The organist librarian

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Monday to Beckenham circle arriving late - found a good way tube to Stockwell, tube to Brixton, train to Beckenham junction. Long chat to John Parker was GLC architect. Meryl has been twice to look at selfissue positioning and take photos for possiboe refurb. Tuesday off at 2 after more weeding. Picked up Harry Mellor and drove to Redlibbets golf club near Sevenoaks for provincial council meeting. New PP Peter Stevens urged us to be more professional and then waffled on and gave summaries of reports submitted by people sitting there. I got my raffle prize of wine and miniature for 3 years - how long as this sentence? Wed lie-in and spoke to Ann at length. To St Michael's for Gary Sieling's recital of anniversaries - Stanley Vann, Schumann, Boyce, Wesley. Liz shopped and joined me. Mackerel for lunch. Wrote article for Oremus about interfaith group and rang synagogue. To see Ciarán and he rolled over from back to front for first time. Louise off to Whitney Houston concert. We w...

Dennis offered 4 year job in Manchester which is great. He had 2 other interviews and stayed over. More silly choir comments at practice. Did application for director of music at Clerkenwell RC Sat a.m. Recital at St John's for organists association AGM - one fumble before Mendessohn to find right stops and could not see Great to Pedal in Howells. Adrian to be President elect. Dennis glad I played Dad's suite. To National servers Mass at cathedral - sat in All Souls chapel. Organ very loud and people not singing. Procession out a mess. Tea at M & S then vespers and Mass. Excellent group from Paris sang Sheppard and MacMillan. Lou and Tom out to dinner and Ciarán did not wake. Saw him Sunday a.m. Coulsdon went OK Nicholson in G, Bob Chilcott The Lord is my shepherd, Worthy is the Lamb. Drove to Kennington and tube to Angel. Arrived at St Peter and St Paul Clerkenwell Angel at 12.30 p.m. Competent player (no pedals) on Eminent 2 manual, 2 good singers (professionals). Spoke t...

Liz and I set off via Selhurst only to find delays on the Shepherds Bush line so we got a 49 and Louise had the car ready for the drive to Neasden. Nitin Palan the National interfaith coordinator for the temple made us very welcome. He said the Archbishop had visited in November. He gace us a tour and then we had lunch. The men are separated from the women for the prayers. The exhibition on Hinduism is excellent and we saw a film about the building of the temple in 1999 done by volunteers. The marble carving and wood carvings are exquisite. Ciarán got a little gift too and we were all given booklets (there were 10 of us). I then went to St John's to practise. Watched mastercrafts on stained glass, the end of "A passionate woman" and Tropic of Cancer. A most satisfying day and dialogue should come from this visit.

Monday after finishing at 6.15 to Newton Prep for the 3rd interfaith meeting and we heard from Salim a Bahai journalist from Lambeth. After a break for more eats there was a good discussion about what to do next. Suzanne made a useful point about spiritual and material, body and soul. There were some looking for a practical outcome from our meetings. I thought Salim summed it up with his quote "By their fruits you shall know them". Tuesday was mostly spent on the information desk but I did manage to throw out a lot more thrillers and put up some new style notices.

Andrew Martin kindly sent photos from the Chorus 50th birthday party - I am sporting a bloody nose after a fall!