The organist librarian

Beautiful icon courtesy of Fr Rob To work and to the museum to say farewell to Sue Barber and show her the service booklet for Helene la Rue. So sad that the museum is closing and went to West Hill library to fill 2 trolleys with excellent stock for Battersea Park library. The library closes on Saturday and will eventually be replaced by a library in the museum building which is quite unsuitable. Missed going to St John's Upper Norwood for the first time in many years. I like the Easter gospel for today when John outruns Peter to the tomb but he is the one who believes.

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 ...