Introduction

Biography

A stu­dent of Hen­ry Smart, Walch played the or­gan at Duke’s Al­ley Con­gre­ga­tion­al Church, Bol­ton (1851); Walms­ley Church (1857); Bridge Street Wes­ley­an Cha­pel (1858); and St. George’s Par­ish Church, Bol­ton (1863).

He con­duct­ed the Bol­ton Phil­har­mon­ic Sym­pho­ny (1870–74), then moved to Bar­row-in-Fur­ness in 1877, where he ran a mu­sic bus­i­ness.