The Douglas Lawrence Recording Archive
Comprehensive list of recordings available on this website
There are some really interesting recordings which are of great historical importance.
Categories
| File | Description | HH:MM:SS |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Church Services. All held at the York Lodge Church unless stated otherwise. | ||
| T036 S1 | Address by DL. 1st Sunday 1975? Poor recording | 1:18:10 |
| T036 S2 | 5th Jan. (Year?) Address by DL, Dem by Mr Peter King. Poor recording. | 1:17:54 |
| T037 S2 | Start missing. Address by DL, Dem by Miss Bennett | 1:15:28 |
| T040 S1 | York Lodge dedication service. Chair: Mr Coper Pres. London DC. | 1:34:28 |
| T045 S1 | Church service. last service at Crown St before moving to York Lodge? | 1:26:30 |
| T046 S1 | Dedication of York Lodge, Oct 1966. | 2:03:27 |
| T051 S2 | At 00:23:53, part of Remembrance Sunday Service. 13/11/77? | 0:16:22 |
| T057 S2 | Easter Sunday Service. DL receives Long Service Award. 1968, 69 or 70. | 1:15:40 |
| T101 S1 | Sunday service, Reading church. January 1980 (Some interference.) | 1:01:29 |
| T109 S1 | Church service. DL shares personal experiences. (low volume /some hiss) | 1:02:28 |
| T122 S2 | Remembrance service at Rochester Sq. Temple. Sunday, 8th Nov 1964 | 1:34:18 |
| T131 S1 | Sunday service, undated. Monica Curtis's first public dem. of clairvoyance. | 1:25:59 |
| T132 S2 | 1st Sunday Service at the New York Lodge, 9th Oct. 1966 (low volume) | 1:27:51 |
| T148 S2 | A morning service, probably on Xmas day, year unknown. | 1:04:00 |
| T150 S1 | Divine service. Date unknown | 1:37:38 |
| T155 S1 Pt2 | Address by DL, followed by clairvoyance dem. at 00:36:53 | 1:04:53 |
| T157 S1 | At 00:51:50: Part of address by Lawrence, start missing. | 1:30:12 |
| T161 S1 | Divine Service on 1st Jan. At 00:22:49 Address by D Lawrence | 1:37:35 |
| T162 S1 | Part of Divine Service. Address by Brother Patrick. | 0:22:51 |
| 2. Church Ceremonies: Naming’s, Weddings and Funerals. Held at York Lodge Church | ||
| T029 S1 | Naming Service: Susie and Paul Lawrence | 0:50:39 |
| T031 | Naming Service (girl) at Reading | 0:27:05 |
| T032 S1 | Naming Service at Reading | 0:25:52 |
| T035 S1 | Naming Service | 0:25:52 |
| T044 S1 | Naming ceremony | 0:42:28 |
| T044 S2 | Naming ceremony. | 0:32:20 |
| T051 S2 | Naming ceremony | 0:23:52 |
| T102 S1 | Funeral service for Dorrie's mother. Reading church. Sept 17th 1974. | 0:52:20 |
| T102 S2 | Naming service for Paul Michael at Reading church. No date given. | 0:25:46 |
| T107 S1 | Naming service for Suzanne Margaret. (Background hum) | 0:50:01 |
| T118 S2 | Wedding service of Lynn Joan Parish & Terence Wild. June 2nd 1974 | 0:46:11 |
| T119 S2 | Wedding service of Robert K Redhead & Elizabeth Evans. Sept 6th 1969 | 1:08:25 |
| T127 S2 | Wedding of Thomas Newstead and Patricia Kingshott. End of 1964 | 1:23:33 |
| T130 S1 | At 00:10:04, Naming service of Susan Margaret at Reading church. | 0:29:28 |
| T133 S2 | Wedding service at Reading church. Date unknown. (Very low volume) | 1:34:34 |
| T135 S1 | Unidentified funeral service. No date given. | 0:30:33 |
| T142 S2 | Wedding (2) date unknown | 0:38:14 |
| T140 S1 | Wedding (1) at York Lodge church, date unknown | 0:36:56 |
| T157 S2 | 00:00:00 Wedding Service at York Lodge. 00:41:20 Funeral Service. | 1:18:25 |
| T161 S2 | Funeral Service at Reading York Lodge Church | 0:34:25 |
| 3. Lectures, Talks and Addresses | ||
| T009 S1 & S2 | Part 1, 2 & 3. Lawrence lecture with Direct Voice séance excerpt. | 2:59:37 |
| T013 S2 Pt1 | Silver Birch addressing NFSH Council, May 1967. | 1:03:08 |
| T016 | Lecture by Mr Charles Quastel? | 0:29:12 |
| T018 Pt2 | DL address/lecture: Spirit it needed more today; … lost our fire. | 0:26:31 |
| T020 S2 Pt2 | Address by Estelle Roberts? | 0:16:22 |
| T030 S1 Pt1 | Public meeting. Reading Civic Hall? with Gordon Higginson | 0:26:39 |
| T038 S2 | Lecture by DL on his psychic experiences with excerpts. | 1:34:16 |
| T039 S1 | At 01:11:24, Address by DL – in large hall? | 1:39:09 |
| T040 S2 | 00:15:49, Address/Speech by DL. 00:26:34, 31st May 1973 Q & A. York Lodge church | 1:17:34 |
| T051 S2 | At 00:40:15, Trance address. At 00 58 52, Dem | 0:18:37 |
| T059 S1 | Philosophy via trance. 26th June 1975 at AFC. Medium unknown. | 0:55:16 |
| T117 S1 | D. Lawrence shares early experiences & answers questions. (Excellent talk) | 1:02:39 |
| T124 S1 | Address: 'What Does It Mean to be a Spiritualist?'. (some interference) | 0:26:53 |
| T135 S1 | At 00:30:34, DL talks at Stansted on spirit photos. Probably on 4th or 5th Aug 1976 | 1:04:28 |
| T135 S2 | DL’s experiences of materialisation. Held at Stansted Hall on 5th Aug. 1976 | 1:48:25 |
| T136 S1 | At 01:36:21, Public service & demonstration with John Harvey. | 1:16:37 |
| T153 S2 | Philosophy by trance, At 00:04:05, Address/Lecture by Doug Lawrence | 1:08:56 |
| T154 S2 | Séance and then at 00:04:07, part of lecture or an address. | 0:39:16 |
| 4. Mediumship Demonstrations and Sittings (See also Church Services) | ||
| T006 S2 | 13th May 1969. Sitting by unknown lady. | 0:39:58 |
| T019 | Part of trance Dem by Quastel? | 0:08:58 |
| T021 | Group sitting with Guide Chang. Medium? | 0:44:20 |
| T030 S1 Pt2 | 2/09/72? Public meeting. Reading Civic Hall? with Gordon Higginson | 0:26:39 |
| T051 S2 | Demonstration | 0:46:52 |
| T056 S2 | At 00:44:43, Dem by G Higginson. Poor recording. | 0:49:56 |
| T104 S1 | Three trance sittings with Monica Curtis. Physical content. Nov/Dec 1975 | 1:00:03 |
| T104 S2 | Extract from a séance with Monica Curtis. No date given. | 0:03:39 |
| T106 S1 | Copy of T104 S1. Three trance sittings with Monica Curtis. See Section 8 | |
| T106 S2 | Full version of T104 S2. Séance with Monica Curtis. No date. | 1:25:04 |
| T137 S1 | Trance sitting with Monica Curtis. Nov 12th (1975?) (Very low volume) | 1:02:10 |
| T166 S2 Pt1 | At 00:26:53 on 5th March 1975 trance sitting with Mrs M Curtis | 0:51:51 |
| 5. Physical Séances, Brother Boniface via Leslie Flint: Copyright Mr Alfred Scarfe | ||
| T007 S1 | We Draw Close to Earth and Revealing to man his destiny | 0:24:07 |
| T007 S2 | The Message of Spirit, Communication in the Spirit World and more. | 0:23:16 |
| T008 S2 | Practicality, plus Need or Want (at 00 27 02). | 0:18:18 |
| T011 | The Process of Evolution; Many messiahs; Worship of idols | 0:22:54 |
| T012 S2 | Factors affecting communication. | 0:24:25 |
| T015 | The Illusion of Time. Intro & Mickey: Souls reaching out. | 0:30:09 |
| T022 S1 | Astral Contacts. Astral world real as our world; Astral contacts. | 0:25:31 |
| T022 S2 | The Resurrection - The meaning. Christ was a normal man | 0:28:06 |
| T025 S1 | Reincarnation. Choice or need: One spirit, several astral bodies… | 0:31:01 |
| T025 S2 | The Way of Life. Yours is an imperfect world and more. | 0:28:37 |
| T026 S1 | What is God? The essence of life. | 0:30:31 |
| T026 S2 | Life on the other side: Man creates his own heaven and own hell. | 0:31:10 |
| 6. Physical Séances, Leslie Flint: Copyright Douglas Lawrence | ||
| T010 | 6th Jan 1964. Present: SNU Pres. Quastel, David Duguid, DL & wife. | 1:16:22 |
| T033 S1 | Charles Quastel present, Mickey, Mrs EHB. 5/09/62? | 0:44:05 |
| T033 S2 | Mickey with unknown sitters. | 0:28:28 |
| T035 S1 | At 00:39:07 Flint séance 13th April 1967. Personal contacts only | 1:12:28 |
| T035 S2 | Flint séance. No date, beginning missing | 0:40:26 |
| T037 S1 | Public séance York Lodge 15th May 1971. Flint in light proof cabinet | 1:29:05 |
| T038 S1 | Excerpts from séances. Comments and explanations from DL. | 1:29:20 |
| T039 S1 | Flint séance. Mickey speaks within seconds | 1:10:09 |
| T039 S2 | Flint séance 22nd Sept 1972 | 1:50:50 |
| T040 S2 | Flint séance, very distorted. | 0:15:48 |
| T041 S1 | At 00:25:45, Flint séance 1st Dec 1970 | 1:26:48 |
| T041 S2 | Flint séance, 25/11/1967? At 01:16:33 Mrs EHB | 1:54:34 |
| T042 S1 | Flint séance, 4/01/68? Or maybe prior to public séance on 14/06/67. | 0:47:44 |
| T043 S1 | Flint séance. | 0:51:20 |
| T043 S2 | Flint séance, experimental recording | 0:55:19 |
| T044 S1 | At 00:42:29, Flint séance 24th Jan 1957 | 0:37:54 |
| T044 S2 | At 00 32 21. Flint séance | 0:52:32 |
| T045 S2 | Flint séance | 1:11:27 |
| T046 S2 | Flint séance 5th Nov. 1970. Sitters listed inc. Mr & Mrs Sheldon | 1:15:06 |
| T050 S1 | Flint public séance at Reading (Distorted at start). 26th May 73 | 1:31:10 |
| T052 S1 | Talk(?) by DL. Poor muffled recording | 1:30:56 |
| T052 S2 | Talk by DL. Muffled and many thumps. | 1:33:30 |
| T053 S2 | 00:00:00 Séance 1: Mainly Mickey. 00 35 22, Séance 2: 10th Apr 1967. | 1:19:26 |
| T054 S1 | 00 00 00, 18th Dec 1971. At 00 04 06, 15th Feb 1971 | 1:28:56 |
| T054 S2 | Flint séance., no date. Very poor recording | 0:57:36 |
| T055 S1 | Flint séance, no date. Very poor recording | 0:57:10 |
| T055 S2 | Flint séance. Very distorted. Speed too fast - probably copied… | 1:05:14 |
| T056 S1 | Flint séance. | 0:52:40 |
| T057 S1 | Trial Flint séance testing light proof box and communication with audience. | 1:22:53 |
| See the two public Flint seances on T037 S1 and T050 S1. | ||
| T058 S1 | Flint séance. 7/10/64? Good clear recording | 0:46:32 |
| T058 S2 | Flint séance. 28/10/64? Good clear recording | 0:42:40 |
| T105 S2 | Flint séance. 14th Dec. 1968. Ann Sparrow gives good evidence | 0:39:48 |
| T108 S1 | Flint direct voice at Reading church: 15TH July 15th 1972 (clear audio) | 1:32:24 |
| T110 S1 | Flint séance. 12th Feb 1969 (poor sound quality) / Party (at Reading Church?) | 1:01:47 |
| T111 S1 | Séance extract. 12thMar 1966. Ann Sparrow's 1st communication (poor quality) | 1:33:52 |
| T111 S2 | Flint séance. Recorded: Saturday, late 1960s? | 0:48:58 |
| T114 S1 | Flint séance. Recorded: Sept 2nd 1969. (very poor quality) | 0:39:54 |
| T114 S2 | Flint séance. No date given. 1971? (audio runs a little slow, poor quality) | 2:14:57 |
| T115 S1 | Flint séance. Recorded: 1st May 1968. (clear recording) | 0:46:07 |
| T115 S2 | Flint séance. Nov. 1970? (clear audio with intermittent interference) | 0:37:23 |
| T117 S2 | Flint séance. 11th May 1968. (Excellent quality. Good evidence) | 0:37:34 |
| T118 S1 | Flint séance. 18th Feb.1971? (partially over-recorded) clear audio | 0:53:37 |
| T120 S1 | Flint séance. Sept 10th 1973 (Clear speech with strong hissing) | 1:04:32 |
| T120 S2 | Duplicate copy of T114 S2 | |
| T122 S1 | Flint séance. Dec. 4th 1963 (clear audio, but runs a little slow) | 1:08:42 |
| T123 S1 | Held at Reading church. 26th May 1973.Clearer edited version of T050 S1. | 1:18:12 |
| T125 S2 | Incomplete Flint séance. Nov. 7th 1962 (tape reels squeaking) | 0:18:29 |
| T126 S1 | Flint séance. Nov. 1962? (Runs slowly. Some interference) | 1:11:20 |
| T126 S2 | Flint séance. Copy of audio T125 S2 (less clear, but a longer version) | 0:26:39 |
| T128 S1 | Flint séance. June 29th 1968 (muffled - runs a little fast) Good evidence | 1:03:28 |
| T128 S2 | Dud Flint séance. Recorded: March 27th 1971 | 0:40:19 |
| T130 S1 | Clear extract of public Flint séance. | 0:10:03 |
| T134 S1 | Flint séance. Recorded: 1967 | 0:41:54 |
| T134 S2 | Flint séance. Recorded: 1st May 1963 (Low volume)(Good sitting) | 1:04:28 |
| T140 S2 | 3rd Oct 1974. Muffled sound and low volume. | 0:45:29 |
| T145 S1 | 27th July 1968 Clear recording | 0:31:03 |
| S2 | 10th July 1968 Flint séance. Clear recording | 0:53:51 |
| T149 | 12th Sept 1974 Flint séance. Low level recording. | 1:19:07 |
| T150 S2 Pt1 | Flint séance. Lot of chatter before Mickey speaks | 0:49:54 |
| Pt2 | Flint séance. Train noise reduced. | 0:47:45 |
| T151 S1 | 1 7/8th recording. Clear recoding | 1:14:49 |
| S2 | Seances at 00:00 and 31:49. Both with distortion. 2nd, part of a séance in Oct 1965 | 1:07:13 |
| T154 S1 | Part of a Flint séance. Mickey already speaking at start of tape. | 0:39:16 |
| T156 S2 | 15th Jan 1969. Part of Flint séance | 0:52:16 |
| S2 | Flint séance, Mickey speaks near start of recording. | 0:49:07 |
| T157 S1 | 11th Mar 1967? Flint séance. Good recording | 1:30:12 |
| T159 S1 | Flint séance. O0:16:02 Mickey speaks. 23:18 1st personal contact. | 1:10:21 |
| S2 | 4th March 1964 Flint séance. 00:19:20 Mickey speaks. | 0:59:25 |
| T167 S1 | 27th July 1968. Good clear recording. Train noise reduced. | 0:30:49 |
| Mickey speaks within seconds of start. 1st personal contact at 00:00:05 | ||
| T167 S2 | Weds 10th July 1968. Good clear recording. Tube train noise reduced. | 0:54:33 |
| 7. Physical Séances: Copyright Leslie Flint Educational Trust | ||
| T008 S1 | George Bedford: Life in the Spirit World | 0:33:58 |
| T008 S2 | George Wilmot (Rag ‘n bone man) | 0:27:49 |
| T012 S1 | Dr C W Leadbeater (1854 to 1934). Reincarnation & Theosophy | 0:26:21 |
| T017 Pt1 | Mike Fearon, WW2 RAF pilot | 0:36:31 |
| T018 Pt1 | Includes Mrs E H Britten? | 1:12:17 |
| T023 Pt2 | Contacts inc. John Brown, Queen Victoria’s medium | 0:05:12 |
| T024 S1 | Charles Morgan. His passing and Experiences in Spirit World | 0:33:00 |
| T024 S2 | Dr. Franck (Dachau, WW2). Conditions at Dachau | 0:40:56 |
| 8. Physical Séances, other than by Leslie Flint | ||
| T013 S2 Pt2 | Jack Webber séance and Harry Edwards | 0:21:11 |
| T017 Pt2 | Copyright STF? Barbanell séance 23rd Feb. 1968. Silver Birch. | 0:47:03 |
| T034 S2 | Gordon Higginson séance at Reading. 2/02/74? | 1:17:54 |
| T050 S2 | GH materialisation séance, 2/02/74 REPEAT of T034 S2. | 1:23:52 |
| T100 S1 | Séance with Mrs Monica Curtis. No date given. (Poor quality.) | 1:25:00 |
| T100 S2 | Séance with Mrs Monica Curtis. January 4th 1976 (Poor quality.) | 0:23:33 |
| T104 S1 | Three séances with Mrs Monica Curtis. See Section 4. | 1:00:03 |
| T104 S2 | Extract from a séance with Mrs Monica Curtis. No date given. | 0:03:39 |
| T106 S1 | Copy of T104 S1 | 1:00:56 |
| T106 S2 | Full version of T104 S2. Three séances with Mrs Monica Curtis. | 1:25:04 |
| T123 S2 | Gordon Higginson séance. 2/02/74? (Poor copy of T034 S2) | 1:28:12 |
| 9. Trance and other Development Circles. Mainly held at York Lodge Church, Reading. | ||
| Trance Development Circles. Students trying to develop trance mediumship are encouraged to speak even if maybe their words are mainly their own rather than of an alleged spirit communicator. With practice it is hoped the words become more of the communicator and less of the student’s own words. This can lead to deep trance where the student has very little or no memory of the words they have spoken. This gives the possibility of being the purest form of mental mediumship where the personality of the student medium least influences the messages being communicated. | ||
| T006 S1 | Development circle? | 0:24:06 |
| T019 | Poor recording. Part of trance Dem by Quastel? | 0:08:58 |
| T020 S1 | Trance Circle? Poor recording | 0:25:10 |
| T034 S1 | Trance circle? | 2:38:46 |
| T112 S1 | Douglas Lawrence's home circle extract. 14th May, year? (some hiss) | 0:28:55 |
| T112 S2 | DL's home circle extracts with John Harvey, trance medium. No date. | 0:28:44 |
| T116 S1 | DL's home circle extract with John Harvey, trance medium. Oct.1975? | 1:16:14 |
| T119 S1 | Trance circle/Open circle with Paul Hinson. (Interesting audio) | 1:32:30 |
| T121 S1 | DL's home circle extract with John Harvey, trance medium. 26th Mar 1974? | 0:52:45 |
| T121 S2 | T121 S1 copy & further extracts of DL's home circle with John Harvey, 1974. | 1:28:43 |
| T129 S1 | DL's home circle extract with John Harvey in trance. No dates given. | 0:24:22 |
| T142 s1 | Trance circle | 1:32:58 |
| T142 s2 | Trance circle | 1:49:44 |
| T144 | Trance circle. Break at 33:45. Poor recording with room echo. | 1:07:01 |
| T147 s1 | Part of trance circles. Friday 20th March and 15 Weds 24th March. | 1:10:16 |
| T147 s2 | Part of trance circle | 0:14:50 |
| T152 s2 Pt1 | Trance sessions mainly with Mrs Monica Curtis.2 sessions? | 1:32:13 |
| s2 Pt2 | Probably two sessions | 1:35:50 |
| T153 S1 | Trance circles. 11th Feb (1976?) and at 00:27:41 Weds 7th Apr. | 0:58:07 |
| T155 Pt1 | 11th Feb 1976. Trances 1st at 00:27:40 and at 00:57:50 | 1:02:05 |
| T158 S1 | Trance circle, date unknown. | 0:43:16 |
| T158 S2 | Two trance circles at 00:00 & 34:15. First one dated 2nd July 1975 | 1:11:51 |
| T163 S1 | Two trance circles, 2nd at 21:20. on 24th Sept. | 1:12:25 |
| T163 S2 | Part of a trance circle | 0:48:38 |
| T164 | Trance circle. Poor room acoustics | 0:36:15 |
| T165 | Weds 6th Aug 1975 Trance circle | 0:58:56 |
| T166 S1 | Trance circle. Breaks at 00:20:37 & 01:13:38. | 1:40:41 |
| T166 S2 Pt1 | 26th Feb 1975 Trance circles. | 0:51:51 |
| Pt2 | Trance Development circles. | 0:57:24 |
| Pt3 | Continuation of Pt2 | 1:11:28 |
| 10. Miscellaneous Events | ||
| T013 S1 | Harry Edwards Healing Service at Manchester, Easter Saturday 1957. | 1:53:29 |
| T017 Pt2 | Barbanell séance 23rd Feb. 1968. Silver Birch. Copyright STF Trust? | 0:47:03 |
| T020 S2 Pt1 | A reading from Red Cloud’s teachings. | 0:14:29 |
| T040 S1 | York Lodge dedication service. Chair: Mr Cooper Pres. London DC. | 1:34:28 |
| T044 S2 | At 01:24:53, Church committee meeting? | 0:56:11 |
| T048 S1 | BBC Radio 4. 3rd Oct. 1979. The Last Witchcraft Trial, (Helen Duncan). | 0:58:27 |
| T051 S1 | Celebration Dinner 8th Oct 1977, York Lodge Church 11th Anniversary. | 2:07:35 |
| T056 S2 | Celebration evening meeting in new building, Baker St. Poor recording | 1:34:38 |
| T110 S1 | At 00:34:34, Party (at Reading Church?) | 1:01:47 |
| T113 S1 | BBC Radio 4: 25th Oct.1973 'DD Home: The Tale of a Victorian Medium' | 0:46:31 |
| T113 S2 | Musical rehearsal, with 'Pat' on piano. | 0:18:07 |
| T127 S1 | 2 vintage 78rpm recordings & a contemporary mediumship dem. 1965-ish | 0:40:17 |
| T138 S2 | DL testing audio equipment. Talking 7ft away from the microphone. | 0:01:35 |
| T139 S1 | BBC Radio 4 programme, with Scottish healer Major Bruce McManaman. | 1:39:15 |
| T139 S2 | Duplicate copy of T139 S1 with volume increased & silence edited out. | 1:23:23 |
| T141 S1 | Reading Church Lyceum Seminar. Room reverb. & some distortion. | 1:14:12 |
| T143 S1 | Live radio psychic experiment on Station 210. Lawrence interviewed. | 0:51:45 |
| T143 S2 | Miscellaneous short test clips. | 0:09:17 |
| T146 | Rehearsal for church social event? Mainly ladies singing | 0:15:29 |
| T148 | Special event with trance circle and audience participation. | 1:07:22 |
| T160 S2 | Radio broadcast featuring D Lawrence (as T143 S1) | 0:55:32 |