Oliphant Chuckerbutty

Immediately after the First World War he started a dance band and ran it for several months, after which he began a career as a cinema organist, running in tandem with his church work.

[2] He joined the musical staff of the Angel, Islington in 1920, and played there until 1927, after which he held other similar posts at, among other venues, the Café Royal, Regent Street; Shoreditch Olympia; the Ritz, Edgware; the Carlton, Essex Road; the New Gallery and the Forum, Kentish Town.

He and guest organists gave regular recitals on what The Musical Times described as "the fine Norman and Beard organ" there.

[4] The instrument featured an innovation designed by Chuckerbutty: the black notes on the pedals had the raised part both forward and backward, and so could be played with either heel or toe.

[4] Chuckerbutty's final church appointment was at St Mary Oatlands, Weybridge, where he served for eight years, retiring due to ill health in 1956.