All day visit to organs in Reed, Standon and Ware, Hertfordshire

A good number of our members drove the distance to Hertfordshire for this joint event organised by our colleagues in the Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Organists’ Association, to visit 4 very different organs that the EOA had not visited before. We began with a brand new 2 manual & pedal tracker organ built in 2024 by N P Mander of Canterbury in the small village church of St Mary’s, Reed, between Ware and Stevenage on the old Roman road. We then travelled to St Mary’s Church, Standon, a medieval church with an incredibly high chancel, dating from its earliest days. After an excellent and convivial lunch at The Star pub opposite the church, where members of both Association were able to socialise, we drove a few miles to the large market town of Ware for our afternoon visits – the Parish Church of St Mary’s and Christ Church. Our thanks to our colleagues in the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Association for their excellent organisation of an excellent day out!