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'''1939 Register (census). Bergamot, Loosley Row.''' Harold G Williams born December 1915. 24, single chairmaker, Annie Williams b 1877, 62 single.
 
'''1939 Register (census). Bergamot, Loosley Row.''' Harold G Williams born December 1915. 24, single chairmaker, Annie Williams b 1877, 62 single.
  
'''Comment by Connie Baker.''' The Village Hall was put up in 1924. This old village hall used to have dances twice or three times a yearCecil Saunders, uncle of Maurice (Mosh used to play the piano, then after several years it was Harold Williams
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'''Connie Baker ([[Fred & Connie Baker]])''' mentioned that Harold played the piano for dances in the old Village Hall.  click [[2005 Memories of Con Baker]] for the full article.
  
 
'''Fred Adams played violin in [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Harold_Williams Harold Williams]' dance band''' with Ted Tyrell and one other member.
 
'''Fred Adams played violin in [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Harold_Williams Harold Williams]' dance band''' with Ted Tyrell and one other member.
  
 
'''In the 1950's the church choir''' was entirely made up of men and boys, led by [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Reverend_Steward Reverend Steward].  He was very musical and trained the choir himself.   The organist was [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Harold_Williams Harold Williams].   Sadly Harold suffered from epilepsy, and would occasionally have a fit while playing the organ.   To this day the organ has the switch to one side, so that the electricity could be turned off if he fell across the keyboard.
 
'''In the 1950's the church choir''' was entirely made up of men and boys, led by [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Reverend_Steward Reverend Steward].  He was very musical and trained the choir himself.   The organist was [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Harold_Williams Harold Williams].   Sadly Harold suffered from epilepsy, and would occasionally have a fit while playing the organ.   To this day the organ has the switch to one side, so that the electricity could be turned off if he fell across the keyboard.

Revision as of 12:10, 27 August 2023

Harold G Williams was born in December 1915.

1939 Register (census). Bergamot, Loosley Row. Harold G Williams born December 1915. 24, single chairmaker, Annie Williams b 1877, 62 single.

Connie Baker (Fred & Connie Baker) mentioned that Harold played the piano for dances in the old Village Hall. click 2005 Memories of Con Baker for the full article.

Fred Adams played violin in Harold Williams' dance band with Ted Tyrell and one other member.

In the 1950's the church choir was entirely made up of men and boys, led by Reverend Steward.  He was very musical and trained the choir himself.   The organist was Harold Williams.   Sadly Harold suffered from epilepsy, and would occasionally have a fit while playing the organ.   To this day the organ has the switch to one side, so that the electricity could be turned off if he fell across the keyboard.