FANS of organ music have pulled out all the stops to help keep a charity on the road.
The 80 members of the Langbaurgh Theatre Organ Society succeeded in inviting international organist, "Queen of the Keyboard", Frieda Hall, to give a fundraising recital on Teesside.
The concert was organised to raise money for St John Ambulance, which needs £840,000 to buy nine replacement ambulances for Teesside and North Yorkshire, and build a first-aid training centre of excellence.
The two-hour concert, in which Frieda Hall played on Eston's own Wurlitzer organ, which originally came from the Granada Cinema in Bedford, raised £243.82 for the organisation.
Trevor Bunce, secretary of the society, said: "We were delighted to welcome Frieda, and to be able to help the St John Ambulance.
"Their volunteers do a marvellous job at providing first- aid service to local groups like our own, and our members recognise the need to be able to help them to update and replace equipment and training resources.
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