The Organ in the Savoy
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Title
The Organ in the Savoy
Subject
Marie Crean recalls that Mr Bridgeman played the organ in the Savoy cinema.
Description
Excerpt from an oral history archive about the organ in the Savoy cinema being played by Mr Bridgeman. Patrick Street location on Memory Map.
Transcript
"Really, I loved the Savoy because the music - they had the organ and it used come up from underneath the - at the interval the organ used to come up from underneath and the man, Bridgeman was the organist and he’d play music, and the song. When you’d think, it was long before the modern day, the words of the song would come up on the screen, you know. And I used love that ‘cause I love music and it was just unique to see the organ just ascending up from the bowels of the cinema, and the Savoy was a beautiful cinema, it was really."
Transcript
"Really, I loved the Savoy because the music - they had the organ and it used come up from underneath the - at the interval the organ used to come up from underneath and the man, Bridgeman was the organist and he’d play music, and the song. When you’d think, it was long before the modern day, the words of the song would come up on the screen, you know. And I used love that ‘cause I love music and it was just unique to see the organ just ascending up from the bowels of the cinema, and the Savoy was a beautiful cinema, it was really."
Creator
Cork Folklore Project
Source
CFP_SR00391_crean_2010
Publisher
Cork Folklore Project
Date
06 April 2016
Contributor
Marie Crean (narrator)
Rights
Copyright Cork Foklore Project
Format
mp3
Language
English
Type
Audio
Citation
Cork Folklore Project, “The Organ in the Savoy,” Cork Memory Map, accessed June 26, 2024, https://corkfolklore.org/cmm/items/show/27.