Spring 2023 Newsletter – Jesmond ‘Dean’ after Armstrong and The Banqueting Hall organ

In this issue with have an article from our Patron John Grundy on the Garden of Jesmond Dene as well a look at a newspaper advert from 1907 for the rent of Jesmond Dene house. John Telfer also writes his third and concluding article regarding the hydraulic organ at The Banqueting Hall.
Sketch of Jesmond Dean - The residence of Lord Armstrong 1835

The Banqueting Hall and it's hydraulic organ - Part 3

“This is the third and concluding article about the water-powered organ which once entertained Sir William Armstrong’s guests in his banqueting hall. In part 1 I described some of the events, both charitable and social, at which it was played, and the second article described how the organ was powered using water from a specially constructed reservoir at Paddy Freemans. This time we will look at the organ itself and see what is known about its fate.”

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What's included in this issue:

Friends Of Jesmond Dene Committee

  • Patron – John Grundy
  • Chair – Clive Gerrard
  • Treasurer – Jacki Holmes
  • Secretary – Vacant post – acting Yvonne Shannon
  • Members – Geoffrey Carter, John Blakemore, John Telfer
  • Membership Sec. – Susan Lord
  • Newsletter – Yvonne Shannon – Proofreaders Keith Pringle, Sandra Grant

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