The organist librarian

Monday to the hospital for meeting with the consultant who is so nice and explains everything. Decision made to move Grandma to a care home and Dennis confirmed he had told her. None of us think she would want to go. The astonishing and shocking news that Chris Greenhalgh had died of a massive heart attack. He joins Rev John Hill and Fr Mark Hartley in the heavenly choir. Tuesday on to 8 and Liz had a contretemps with the discharge sister. Dennis complained about her to her manager. Wednesday cut up carpet and to St Michael's for Richard Pilliner's recital of Jongen, Liszt and Vierne - a couple of mechanical problems. Lit 4 candles. To Newtons to test drive the Honda Jazz which Liz liked on Tuesday. Long wait for the rep but car is excellent. Liz went to chorus and I went to Southfields library through the Wimbledon crowds for the retirement of Neville and Margaret. Neville produced a Stanford Irish song to sing together and I brought some economy carols in view of all the cuts...

To St Anne's Wandsworth for the Council Christian fellowship carol service. The preacher was good but wore a suit and pink tie. The Swaffield junior school choir sang 3 items unaccompanied and there were some growlers! They did not sing the congregational carols as nobody had given them the words! The Mayor read a lesson. Saw Sandra MacNiven and Neville Squires who is now church warden at St Mary Merton. His beard is quite gray! To Wandsworth Museum and had a long chat to Pat about the closure and her redundancy. Saw Barrie Temple's watercolours (Dawn was there - she volunteers at the library for the Englsih conversation group). Had a last look round the collection before it goes into store for at least a year. To Trafalgar Square where the tree is up but not yet lit. Such a queue in the Post Office I just bunged stamps on Ann's cards and posted them! To Westminster Abbey for 5 p.m. evensong. On Dec 6 1927 Sydney Nicholson founded the Royal School of Church music there. We ...