4.4 Chapter 4 Author's Notes and Justification

 

• Arthur brought a euphonium with him when he left England. Family stories tell it was bought for him by his father in Ryde when he was young. The instrument remains in the family.
• ‘Abide with Me’ was a well-known hymn in the Church of England, and ‘Blessed Assurance’ was a new hymn that was circulating through church hymnals and magazines by 1873.
  
• The Dibbens family was known to be very musical. ARJ and his wife, Jessie, often sang together in church and for other meetings in the community later in life.