Hi Friends, When I was in the Library today I thought that I would look for some copies of "This England" as I know that they profile the lives and careers of personalities of the musical world. Oh dear, seemingly out of luck with only one copy on the shelf! I leafed through it and hit the jackpot---just what I wanted to check out; but found in the blurb advertising CDs and Cassettes featuring familiar names, (at least to us oldies), produced for "this England" and sister magazine "Evergreen". I can't ever remember seeing it in print before, so perhaps you will forgive my error in the spelling of one name in my posting,"Pandora's Box---Sounds of Music". The correct spelling is Reginald Foort. The description which accompanied the advertisement for the choices offered was most informative. I learnt the following------- When the BBC evacuated staff at the outbreak of war they left behind only a couple of record producers and Sandy Macpherson, with the BBC organ in St John's hall. During the raids of 1940 this hall and the organ were destroyed. Broadcasts were then made on a Hammond organ at Wood Norton, near Evesham. But in 1941 a move was made to Bangor where Sandy played on a 5 manual concert grand (organ) on loan from Reginald Foort, his predecessor at the BBC in London. This organ was specially constructed so that it could tour the country, transported in several lorries ( trucks). After the war the organ was based in a disused chapel at Hoxton, in N. London and Sandy did several broadcasts per week from there, until his retirement. All this was new to me, and I found it interesting. Isn't it amazing that you can stumble upon information in the most unlikely places? Recorded music by the above two organists, as well as Reginald Dixon, featured in this magazine's releases. Also, greats in other musical areas caught my eye---Henry Hall, Peter Dawson, Evelyn Laye, Anne Ziegler & Webster Booth to name but a few, and of course others equally prominent whom I didn't happen to recognise. Which reminds me, I do remember hearing Julie Andrew's first introduction on the radio, by her parents. She was about thirteen at the time and sang like a lark in a high pure voice; a song which showed off her clear upper register. A star was born that night! It's time to stop the reminiscences for now. Regards, Muriel.