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Pipe Organ 1914-18 Bridge Street Wesleyan Methodist
Reference
B42.29
Place
BLYTH
Map ref
NZ 314817
Original Location
Bridge Street Wesleyan Church, (Later Blyth Central Methodist Church)
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 4th May 1924 by Major. Gen. Dudgeon of the 50th Northumbrian Division.
Memorial Description
Pipe organ. There was also a tablet above the console.
Inscription
Installed "as a memorial to the young men of the congregation who laid down their lives in the war."
Names
Cost
Estimated at £1,400, to be raised by direct giving as thank offering. A different report says £1,000 was required. Another report states that "The organ, tablet and renovation have cost, roughly, £2000, and of this amount, a debit of £350 remains".
How money was raised
Public subscription.
Present condition
Demolished, see Note 1 below.
Notes
1. "At some time, probably after the 1939-45 war, when the organ was past its useful life, it was removed and replaced by a mobile organ of a different type and the gap left by the discarded organ was filled by choir stalls. The old organ had gone long before the church itself was demolished in 1989. There was a commemorative plate above the organ, but it was later fixed to the church wall in a different location. It was replaced by a panel on the font in the new church” (Jack Tait)
2. A report in Morpeth Herald also reports the hope of raising money to cover renovation of the church.
2. A report in Morpeth Herald also reports the hope of raising money to cover renovation of the church.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Shields Daily News 04/10/1921 reports suggestion of a new organ; 05/05/1924 reports briefly on unveiling.
Blyth News 06/04/1922 gives report of installation.
Morpeth Herald 15/12/1922 reports on fund raising; 09/05/1924 reports unveiling.
Alnwick & County Gazette 08/10/1921 reports proposal to buy a new organ.
Northern Echo 14/12/1922 reports opening of bazaar to raise money towards the £12,000 (is this a typographical error?)
Blyth News 06/04/1922 gives report of installation.
Morpeth Herald 15/12/1922 reports on fund raising; 09/05/1924 reports unveiling.
Alnwick & County Gazette 08/10/1921 reports proposal to buy a new organ.
Northern Echo 14/12/1922 reports opening of bazaar to raise money towards the £12,000 (is this a typographical error?)
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Research acknowledgements
The late R.W. Gould; the late Jack Tait (Blyth LHS); J. Brown; Dorothy Hall
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Pipe Organ 1914-18 Bridge Street Wesleyan Methodist (B42.29)
BLYTH, Wesleyan Church.
The layout of this memorial is not known.
The names listed in the Press report in
Shields Daily News are as follows :
John Colin Goulding
Joseph Greener
William Ewart Parker
Thomas R. Smith
John Soulsby
Ernest Robert Taylor
William Turnbull
NamesB42.29
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