4th September 2025
Midlands District have dancing with Cameron Lloyd at the Compton Organ in September, October and November. Dance, listen, or just enjoy tea and cakes. Entry just £6
30th August 2025
COS Northern District have a new contact number – 07380 395025. This is available for Calls, Texts or WhatsApp, calls after 6pm please.
24th August 2025
A double CD of Dave Wickerham’s UK tour earlier this year has been released by the COS and is available for purchase on our Sales Site for £15, or at COS Midlands and Northern District concerts. The recording was done by Steve Ashley and 3 of those tracks are available to hear on his latest Hot Pipes podcast Here.
19th August 2025
Refurbishment work continues on the Compton Organ in Thorngate Hall Gosport, but 3 events are planned in September (Open Day), October (Concert) and November (Silent movie). Details of these are on our Events calendar. More details about the work can be found Here
19th August 2025
Sad News has reached us of the planned closure of the LTOT Heritage Centre at Peel Green at the end of this year. The reasons include lack of volunteers willing to help, increased costs and reduced income resulting in the fact that running of the centre is no longer viable. The LTOT will however continue with their Wurlitzer at Stockport Town Hall which itself is undergoing repair work due to water damage from a leaking roof. More details including an update 29th September that shows will continue until the end of March 2026.
3rd August 2025
Congratulations to Oscar Battle on becoming the UK Young Theatre Organist of the Year. 6 young entrants performed on the Brentford Musical Museum’s 3/12 Wurlitzer organ with Oscar winning and Jack Morton as 2nd place runner up, and who was also the first recipient of the Len Rawle memorial trophy.
24th July 2025
Many congratulations to Declan Poole. Not only is he our current Ian Sutherland Award holder, he has now been awarded First Prize in the American Theatre Organ Society Young Theatre Organist Competition
22nd July 2025
LTOT Chairman Walter Baker has reported that all concerts at Stockport Town Hall are unfortunately cancelled for the rest of the year. This is due to damage to the Wurlitzer organ chests, as a result of recent water ingress.
6th June 2025
Exciting news from Ian Midgley:
“The reopening of the Bowness Royalty is scheduled for Saturday evening, 14th June with a Beatles Tribute Band. I will be playing our Wurlitzer for the arriving audience from 6.30pm. Then the next day on Sunday, 15th we will be holding the first of what is hoped to be a monthly Sunday Tea Dance from 2pm! The monthly Tuesday Concerts should be resuming in August along with the odd Silent Movie.
The organ now has a new fully functioning relay from Sonic Services. The front of the stage has been opened up with just black material covering it so the volume of the organ has increased by probably 50%!”
3rd February 2025
A number of Changes to COS Officer Roles have recently taken place
– Simon Field is the new Chairman replacing Simon Gledhill
– Simon Gledhill is now Southern District Secretary
– Michael Carter is now Midlands and Wales District Secretary replacing Gordon Whitehouse
We wish them all the best in their new roles and thank Gordon for his many dedicated years as District Secretary. Simon Field and Michael Carter will continue their existing roles as Sales Officer and Journal Editor respectively.