Operation 2001

P.1472 Richard Hurfor d  became Bishop of Bathurst. Our charity CD was sold for £10 and features both choirs and solos. Karen resigned from the library. Louise changed jobs. P.1474 we were singing carols at various places. Kurt Ison liked my Handel and Mendelssohn on the CD p.1483. P.1486 talk of moving Nellie. I sent 10 of our C Ds to be sold in Oz. Dad sent me all his organ music! 500 pieces. elijah's mantle fell on Elisha. The junior choir photo appeared in CMS p 1492. I sent details of the book Holiness. P.1500. Diamond wedding at Sydney Tower p. 1501. My right knee was drained at May day arthroscopy. This occurred on the day before Palm Sunday 2001. Fr Peter was my first visitor telling me not to worry. What emerged was that nobody else knew where the music for the Vigil was in the cupoard! Helene la Rue played for me. It took a month to recover. Hydrotherapy was advised and I was filmed for the May Day hospital TV in 'the pool. On the Thursday my feet were washed by a male nurse a new experience. I was home for Easter and Paul brought me communion. It was a rare moment of faith knowing Jesus the risen Lord was in our bedroom! We of course talked about the liturgies. Many in the ward were Afghans who need arrived became pizza delivery drivers and came off their mopeds!
P.1502 boxes of organ music arrived. I did play Vierne without feet at Farnborough Abbey later on. The Organists visit included Sandhurst. P.1503.p video of Brahms requiem.I was off until May 19. We got Nellle settled in a lovely new home  outside the city. P.1505 Mum was 82 and when I went back to work I started late each day to avoid traffic. Heather and Fred Brokenshire visited us and  Dad was again in touch with Hugh Mathew. P.1511 Nellie had a stroke and went into hospital.p.1512 Nellie died aged 79.p.1514 I went to York twice and the Lord Mayor of York attended the cremation.

Helene played the Vigil for me she died 2007

2000

I gave a recital on both organs at Addiscombe and included Bach from my new Barenreiter edition. We then went on to St Mildred's where Tim Horton welcomed us. 

P.1450 confirmation and Veni creator was repeated. P.1452 I had written to Music and Liturgy about triplets quoting Bairstow. Dad had a minor stroke. The last piece he played was Bach Fantasia on Veni creator. I returned from Istanbul. We rehearsed in the Eirene church but the Dvorak was performed in the concert hall. Dad typed all this with his left hand.p.1453 we went to Ampleforth for a week and I enjoyed a retreat with nuns on Therese of Lisieux. Fr Martin who led it told stories about Cardinal Hume and spoke on the Shroud of Turin. At school we used to ask Fr Sulter to tell us about the shroud but he always replied there are only 24 hours in a day. Nellie was not going to leave Peppermint Court so we spent 3 days clearing 22 Park Grove. On the second day I rang the Castle museum and she came that day to take scales, shelving paper, drinks set, she even wanted the lino! Archives took the theatre books and programmes. The landlady Mrs Wakefield took the keys very graciously. Nellie had been paying for repairs.We brought home Grandma's book of family dates, the brass nameplate, some pictures, a chamberpot and iron.

The pageant about St Augustine and we sang the plainsong the monks sang on arrival in Canterbury and the article where I found it. It is about the wrath of God! Ampleforth monks helped with the style. We also sang sections of Noyes fludde.