During the time I was in Manchester I sang at many Concerts & I was a member of Mr Chas. Halle’s Choir who gave very grand Concerts at the Free Trade Hall. I was also engaged to sing at the meetings of the Manchester Glee & Madrigal Society which were held at the Albion Hotel. Those were pleasant evenings. “Oh Memory” was about my greatest favourite in singing. At these gatherings besides receiving our fees, we had a very good supper, & coupons for two glasses of grog afterwards. I also sang at Several Concerts in the neighbourhood, at a private one at Lord Wilton’s residence & at one at Ashton Under Lyne, the principals being Mrs Sunderland, a famous oratorio singer, known as the Yorkshire Nightingale, Miss Palmer Contralto, myself tenor, & Mr Henri Wharton Bass. I left Manchester to take an appointment in Oswestry & I was deeply pained at having to give up so many pleasant musical associations & I shall never forget how I felt when I sang my last “Amen” at the end of the evening service at St Peter’s.