Organist for 70 years, Burnley Road Methodist Chapel

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304640

Reference identifier

ENE-N19-J62-2-1

Title

Organist for 70 years, Burnley Road Methodist Chapel

Place

Brierfield, Nelson

Personal names

John Thomas Bracewell

General notes

Mr Bracewell was born 1871 and died 1951. He was organist at the Burnley Road Primitive Methodist Chapel for 70 years. AKA John Tommy Bracewell, he used to play at the Workhouse on Christmas Day and at the Palace Hippodrome on Sunday nights for the Opera Singers from about 1910 to 1925. He also owned a piano shop.

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Photographic print

Colour

Monochrome

Year of image

Early 20th Century

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Subjects

Place Names > Brierfield

Place Names > Nelson

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