
Originally installed in the Granada theatre Woolwich and opened there on April 20 1937 by Reginald Dixon.
The Wurlitzer, numbered 2203, contained the following 8 units: Tibia, Diapason, Clarinet, Violin, Violin Celeste, Concert Flute, Vox Humana and Trumpet. There were provisions for a Grand Piano.
The theatre was second only to Tooting Granada in style, being a scaled down version. Lloyd Thomas gave the organ its first BBC airing the following August.
Visited by the famous broadcasting Granada team of organists over the next 20 or so years, the Granada finally succumbed to Bingo and by 1971 the organ console had been disconnected and stored backstage. Granada theatre Woolwich. The organ was eventually sold and removed to Carlisle (before the Granada was listed in 1974), where part of it was used to enlarge another Wurlitzer, the remainder being put into store. The organ was rescued by then COS General Secretary, John Smallwood in 1991 and put back together again before being painstakingly restored and installed in Neuadd Pendre, the local community hall in Tywyn, Gwynedd at the beginning of 1996. An 8ft Orchestral Oboe has since been added, utilising existing stop-keys so as not to alter the console in any way. The organ is now owned by John Smallwood of Tywyn who has generously arranged its permanent loan to the people of the town through the Tywyn Town Council.