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Childhood Awe
...and Inspiration
Recollections ....Peter Newey
My interest in and love for the organ began when as a 9yr-old I was invited to join the junior choir at St Peter’s Anglican Church Hamilton. At the time I was learning piano from music teacher Alva Green who was also the organist at St Paul’s Anglican Church Stockton.
...start next Sunday
On my second “observation” visit to services at St Andrew’s Anglican Church Mayfield in September 1946, I was asked to see the rector Canon Withycombe. Meeting him in the vestry, I was greeted with: “Here’s the key to come and practise; start next Sunday”.