at the theatre organ
Felton Rapley was a chorister at Winchester Cathedral and received his musical training from Dr. Prendergast, its famous organist, to whom he was pupil assistant for three years. During that period, at the age of thirteen, he was appointed organist at Hursley Parish Church (John Keble's parish church) in Hampshire.
When he was seventeen he entered the cinema industry. He has held positions as organist at the Poole Regent, the Maidenhead Plaza, and the Hanley Regent, from which he gave a series of broadcasts nine years ago. In December, 1935, he was appointed to the Birmingham Gaumont Palace.