At our Speaker Meeting we were delighted to welcome Henry Alpass whose knowledge of St George’s amazed us. Henry took us through the different phases of St George’s ending with the recent upgrade.
He told us that in in the early 1800s St George’s was St Augustine’s Chapel and was built in a burial ground between Great George Street and Charlotte Street. Then in 1832, it became St George’s Brandon Hill.
Then in 1975, lunchtime concerts began at St George’s. The first evening concert took place in 1981 and then in 1984, St George’s closed as a parish church. In the 1990s St George’s became a concert hall and the pews were replaced by seats. Finally in 2018, a new pavilion extension was completed, with a new gallery and performance spaces.
We were amazed at the changes that have taken place over the years. Thank you, Henry, for taking us through the changes, some of us have visited recently and we all look forward to visiting again soon.