Congregational Church, Fore Street, Beer
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Congregational Church, Fore Street, Beer
Image: © Jo and Steve Turner Taken: 25 Aug 2021
The church was opened in 1856 and was extended in 1880 and 1920. Originally installed in the Picture House in Walsall, the church's Wurlitzer pipe organ (Opus 956) is the oldest surviving Wurlitzer theatre organ in the UK that first played at the cinema in February 1925. In 1955 it was transplanted from the cinema into Dormston House in Sedgley but in 1958, the organ was removed and re-installed in the church by the Sweetland Organ Company of Bath. The organ was in a state of disrepair in 1987 and in 1988 some refurbishment was carried out and wiring faults corrected. Then in 2008, ‘Friends of Beer Wurly’, started to raise the funds to restore it. The restoration was eventually completed in late 2009.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.698484
Longitude
-3.092909