Peter Clark Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Radio 4, 1.30pm today is broadcasting a programme about the Willis firm. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Willis Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Radio 4, 1.30pm today is broadcasting a programme about the Willis firm. Peter Oooh! Thank you for drawing my attention to it Peter - they hadn't let ME know! DW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusingMuso Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Radio 4, 1.30pm today is broadcasting a programme about the Willis firm. Peter ========================== And very interesting it was too, which happily came to my delighted attention at Pont-y-Clun, nr.Cardiff. (Good job I listen constantly to Radio 4, like Stephen Fry.....what would we do without it? It didn't say anything new or tell me anything that I didn't already know, but it was nice to hear Dr David speak and one of the Willis voicers who had been with the firm since 1966, straight from school. The contributions from Andrew Lumsden and Dr Nicholas Thistlethwaite were also interesting. My only (small) gripe is this insistence on all things Victorian, when equally remarkable things have happened since. But Father Willis is always a good subject for a pub conversation, and at least he was an organ-builder of some ability. MM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Kemp Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 ========================== but it was nice to hear Dr David speak and one of the Willis voicers who had been with the firm since 1966, straight from school. It was Fred Preston, their Works Director. mpk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Harvey Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Oooh! Thank you for drawing my attention to it Peter - they hadn't let ME know! DW Apparently you're interviewed on it! Have a listen here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0103wyx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Willis Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Apparently you're interviewed on it! Have a listen here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0103wyx Oh I knew that, but I just hadn't heard by then that it was actually on on that day. They were here for hours and recorded a huge amount of stuff, so I think they might be using some of that for a different programme, perhaps in the future. For Mr. Richell's information: It would have been difficult to interview HW4 as he lives in India and has done for several years now. Unlike some, I don't have much time for newspapers! DW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Ball Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Plus brief highlights on Pick of the Week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbouffant Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 The main problem I have with Mr Richell's posts is his inability to quote a post and reply to it within the same message. Call me an old stick-in-the-mud... (PS Delighted to see Crawley Town get promotion to the Football League ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Richell Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Sorry I am not very good with computers. I am always asking my lodger to help when I have a problem. Please tell me what I am doing wrong, as it is obviously of immence importance that I am not perfect. Do I press "reply" or "fast reply" to answer a message ? Thanks Colin Richell ps is this ok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusingMuso Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Sorry I am not very good with computers. I am always asking my lodger to help when I have a problem.Please tell me what I am doing wrong, as it is obviously of immence importance that I am not perfect. =================== I don’t think there’s anything intrinsically wrong about asking your lodger for assistance when you have a problem. Lifestyle choices are all around us, and at least your lodger is presumably welcome, unlike the one I briefly had in London. That particular lodger dragged a fresh chicken under a kitchen cupboard and ran off; all traces of captor and captive disappearing without trace. MM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbouffant Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Sorry I am not very good with computers. I am always asking my lodger to help when I have a problem.Please tell me what I am doing wrong, as it is obviously of immence importance that I am not perfect. Do I press "reply" or "fast reply" to answer a message ? Thanks Colin Richell ps is this ok? Click reply and then start typing below the /quote tag... Then just click Add Reply as normal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Richell Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Click reply and then start typing below the /quote tag... Then just click Add Reply as normal Many thanks for that I will do my best to save upsetting any one. Colin Richell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P DeVile Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 [First part edited by moderator] David Wyld has breathed new life into a virtually dead firm. They are doing well, building British organs. That is important. P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Geoff McMahon Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 This topic has been "pruned" by the moderator. In addition to the main, offensive, post several other comments were deleted only because they quoted the offending post or were off-topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusingMuso Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Wearing my diplomatic robe; (real rabbit-fur and fools-gold), I may agree with anyone or no-one, and I have met David Wylde when he was busy talking about recordings and promoting the cause of the Ally Pally organ. This really isn't the point. The point is that of once more involving an innocent third party in someone else's turf war, and frankly, I'm just not interested. I have a view on many things, but often keep them to myself; especially if they unfairly involve others. I would hope that members of the board would not only respect the integrity of ALL organ-builders, but especially that of our hosts, who may or may not be placed in a difficult position by this sort of exchange. MM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Geoff McMahon Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 I would hope that members of the board would not only respect the integrity of ALL organ-builders, but especially that of our hosts, who may or may not be placed in a difficult position by this sort of exchange. MM Thanks, MM. Moderator, Mander Organs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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