When a knight won his spurs - Burley in Wharfedale Methodist Church, Ilkley

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Me playing the organ at Burley in Wharfedale Methodist Church near Ilkley, West Yorkshire.
The organ was built in around 1890 by Wordsworth & Co of Leeds. It has since had some restoration work but retains the following original specification:
PEDAL
Open Diapason 16'
Bourdon 16'
Principal 8'
Bass Flute 8'
GREAT
Open Diapason 8'
Hohl Flute 8'
Dulciana 8'
Principal 4'
Flute Harmonic 4'
Fifteenth 2'
SWELL
Lieblich Bourdon 16'
Open Diapason 8'
Lieblich Gedact 8'
Viol d'Orchestra 8'
Voix Celestes 8'
Principal 4'
Mixture II
Cornopean 8'
Oboe 8'
Tremulant
COUPLERS
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Swell to Great
Swell Octave Sub
Swell Octave Super
ACCESSORIES
3 composition pedals to great
3 composition pedals to swell
I am playing the hymn "When a knight won his spurs" to the tune 'Stowey'.
Many thanks to the church officials for allowing me access to this superb instrument.

[@bryanhilton7360]

I always loved that hymn at school , i knew it by heart.
Hearing it takes me right back .

[@ten-bob-note]

At my school we used to sing this at least once per term.
The school chapel had quite a good Father Willis organ at the time, which made a good show of this hymn, so it became one of my favourites.
It had a trigger swell, which I found very difficult to use effectively.
I've only sung it it once, since I left school, almost 60 years ago, at the funeral of one of my old school friends, who must have liked it too.

[@suefirth9558]

Wonderful memories from more innocent days.

[@johnspeller3666]

I think it's around seventy years since I last sang that hymn, when I was in Miss Lang's Kindergarten class. Thanks for the memory!