HAYES PHILHARMONIC CHOIR
In 1944, the two Hayes churches (as they then were) planned initiatives to revive the local community after the war. One of these was the Hayes Churches Musical Society, which was “up and singing” in time for the VE Day Service on Hayes Common. There was an orchestra too (now Hayes Symphony Orchestra), which split off in 1947, and in 1951 the Hayes Churches Musical Society became Hayes Philharmonic Choir. Singers from outside Hayes were welcomed, but...