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Castle Quay Shopping Centre is a shopping centre in the town of Banbury, North Oxfordshire, England. The shopping centre is located in the centre of Banbury by the Oxford Canal, off Castle Street. [2] Banbury Museum [3] [4] and Tooley's Boatyard [5] are also located here. [6] Close by is Spiceball Park. The museum is accessible over a bridge ...
Banbury Museum & Gallery is a local museum in the town of Banbury, north Oxfordshire, England. [2] The museum is located in the centre of Banbury by the Oxford Canal. Its displays present the history of the town. [3] They include the English Civil War, Banbury as a market town in Victorian times, the Oxford Canal, and Tooley's Boatyard next to ...
This organ is now located at Rye College in East Sussex. The Trocadero Elephant and Castle Wurlitzer was the largest organ ever shipped to the UK, installed in 1930 for the grand opening of the 3,400-seater cinema. [3] The Blackpool Opera House organ of 1939, designed by Horace Finch, was the last new Wurlitzer to be installed in the UK. The ...
Hope-Jones 16 ft open wood pipes prior to removal from All Saints' Church, Upper Norwood. Robert Hope-Jones (9 February 1859 – 13 September 1914) was an English musician who is considered to be the inventor of the theatre organ in the early 20th century.
John Compton Organ Company of Acton – Nottingham and London (now Makin Organs) Copeman Hart Organs — Shaw (now part of ChurchOrganWorld) Eminent UK — Designer of British organs and exclusive distributor of the Eminent brand.
Banbury is an historic market town and civil parish on the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire, South East England.The parish had a population of 54,335 at the 2021 Census. Banbury is a significant commercial and retail centre for the surrounding area of north Oxfordshire and southern parts of Warwickshire and Northamptonshire which are predominantly rural.
It is the successor to W.W. Kimball and Company, the world's largest piano and organ manufacturer at certain times in the 19th and 20th centuries. On March 8, 2023, HNI Corporation entered into an agreement to purchase Kimball International. [2] On June 1, 2023, the acquisition was completed. [3]
The canal brought much prosperity and growth to Banbury over the years and is still popular with boat users today. [16] Later, the Canalside area began to develop to become a centre of Banbury's agricultural, transport, and electrical engineering industry at about the same time as the arrival of the railways in 1850. [16]