at the theatre organ
Al Bollington began to study the organ when in America, at a time when cinema organs in that country were just becoming the rage. Returning to England, Bollington got an appointment with Spiero's orchestra at the Tower, Blackpool, and he later obtained his first solo organist appointment at the Streatham Astoria. He was there for five years, spent two years at the Plaza, Piccadilly Circus, and succeeded Reginald Foort at the Paramount, Tottenham Court Road.