by Herbert Dawson
Relayed from St. Margaret's, Westmminster
English Programme

St. Margaret's, Westminster, is one of the most famous of the London churches. It nestles close to the Abbey, on the North side. It was founded about the time of Edward the Confessor, but the present building is only about 500 years old. It is the official church of the House of Commons, and more beautiful within than without. The organ is the newest part about the church, and was built in 1897 by Walker, and there are two ways of describing it, one by 'specification', which is - 3 manuals, 48 sp. stops, 14 couplers, elec. bl.; and the other is to say that it has great beauty of tone, blends perfectly with the acoustics of the building, and is never heard to better advantage than in Bach.