11/06/2026
Does anyone else have a family where someone will just drop the most insane lore randomly on a Tuesday afternoon n then wander off like it's no big deal?!
So this is my grans piano! I was put in lessons from a child and hated it! Now I'd give anything to be able to play like I used to when I was along seeing Brenda every wk after school..... but im an adult n noone can force me to practice now and I have a job and a million excuses not to practice. Please someone hold me accountable to not waste 20 years of lessons!!!
My grandparents were both very musical as we know with Grandpa being in local amateur theatre n playing the organ n gran played the piano by ear and she was more talented than ill ever be! The house was filled with music growing up, it was magical! There was always grandpa singing or one of them playing or music from the speakers wired in everywhere. Grandpa had ceiling speakers in the kitchen in the 80s n im still jealous I cant get them to work again!
And so I got left the piano. Partly because where do you put a baby grand?! And i bought their house so it stayed where gran left it.
Anywho, im sure it was just a year ago..... ie after 41 years of life my aunty and mum announce.... did i know that my piano came from the old Jubilee Hall?! And no, no i did not. Partially because I barely know what the Jubilee was n also because i never thought to wonder where my grandpa actually sourced a piano back then! N i was told how my aunt n grandpa went n bid on it at the auction when the place was closing n so on n so forth n all these years later ive got it covered in fairy lights.
It needs tuned again since its bn 2 years but if anyone else, never for a second ever though about all the stuff from the old town hall and what happened to it..... be reassured that the piano is one of my most treasured possessions and a part of Levens history that I am so lucky to have been entrusted with! My favourite thing now when I do play it is wondering how many of our grandparents or great grandparents danced to this same piano or had kids choirs singing along to it back in the day and just how many happy times it was the soundtrack to ❤️
