Musical memories (From York Press)

Musical memories

11:39am Thursday 4th October 2012 in Letters By Reader's letter

IT was sad to hear of the passing of Burt Bell recently. Burt used to run the old Rowntrees pensioners’ choir, where I was hired to rattle the old piano.

We would always finish a concert with We’ll Meet Again when we played at old people’s homes.

A decade ago, Burt would be a young 85 in those days, and his favourite song was Who’s Taking You Home Tonight, which was the last waltz for a previous generation.

There was a slight hiccup in our routine when we were all thrown out of the dining block at Rowntrees, along with their brass band and a lot of other groups when Nestlé sold off the building.

We’ll meet again, Burt.

Allan Denney, Catesby house, Holgate Road, York.