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Lancastrian Theatre Organ Trust - Heritage Centre

Telephone Number :  07818067573

Email address :  chairman@ltot.org

Website :  www.ltot.org.uk

Contact name :  Walter Baker

Venue address : The Theatre Organ Heritage Centre, Alexandra Road, Peel Green, Eccles, M30 7HJ

About Lancastrian Theatre Organ Trust - Heritage Centre

The Lancastrian Theatre Organ Heritage Centre was opened in 2006 after a four year total refurbishment of a former Methodist Sunday School, involving many hours of work from a very committed team of volunteers.

The Centre is a mock-up of a theatre from a bygone era.  There is seating in the auditorium for 85 patrons.

The Centre houses a 2/6 Wurlitzer Theatre Pipe Organ and the first Theatre Organ museum in the U.K.  It also contains the very first museum to exhibit the work of Robert Hope-Jones, the father of the Wurlitzer Theatre Organ as we now know it.  More details about the Heritage Centre can be found at www.ltot.org.uk

For up to date information you can also find us on Facebook as a group entitled 'Theatre Organ Heritage Centre'.

The Heritage Centre now also houses the ex-Davenport Theatre, Stockport, 3 manual Compton organ.  During installation here in 2017, it was increased from seven ranks to ten and the pipework shares the understage pipe chamber with the Wurlitzer pipework etc.

The Centre is open on Wednesday and Friday from 11a.m. to 2p.m. by appointment, and free admission coffee mornings are held on the first Saturday of each month from 10.30a.m. to 12.30p.m.

Weekly concerts are held at the Centre every Wednesday at 1-00pm featuring well known and local artistes.

The facilities of the Heritage Centre are available to anyone for having an experience of playing the Wurlitzer and/or Compton Theatre pipe organs

Presentations and tours can be arranged for Societies, Clubs, W.I., Rotary, Schools etc., plus the opportunity to have hands on experience of playing a Wurlitzer or Compton Theatre Organ.

For further details please contact the Heritage Centre Manager, Roger Fisher, on 07904 480 527 (or 0161 264 9039), or you can email him - rcfgromit@btinternet.com

The Trust also presents concerts at Stockport Town Hall - See our sister link on the Club index - LTOT Stockport Town Hall