Congregational Tabernacle - Page 2

Retlaw · 17-09-2010, 21:13

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

There used to be a small church at the start of Whalley Road......not far from where the Hope and Anchor is.(on the block where Wolstenholmes shop used to be) I only remember this because my Auntie Phyllis was a bridesmaid there sometime in the 50's.......maybe about 1954. I went to watch. Can't for the life of me remember what it was called though

Margaret, just a slight correction, Whalley Rd actually starts at Peel St, from the corner next to the Trustee Bank.
A lot of people think it starts at Broadway, the site was between Kenyon St & Castle St, now the car park for the Vetenary, opposite Britcliffe Row.

Retlaw

Margaret Pilkington · 18-09-2010, 06:58

Yes Retlaw when i think about I do know that because Walter Smiths Bake shop was Whalley Road......I should have said the town end, rather than up the hill.
Do you recall the church I am talking about? I didn't dream it did I?

Retlaw · 18-09-2010, 12:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Yes Retlaw when i think about I do know that because Walter Smiths Bake shop was Whalley Road......I should have said the town end, rather than up the hill.
Do you recall the church I am talking about? I didn't dream it did I?

No you didn't dream it.
What I would like to know is what
happened to their WW1 memorial
& Roll of Honour.
Retlaw.

Bob Dobson · 18-09-2010, 18:54

I know a couple who were active at Whalley Rd Meths, so have asked them. Before that they went to Union St, so I have asked about that too.

That wedding you went to Margaret - the church had steps at the front - perhaps 2 lots, and the street at the left side was quite steep. It had a narrow back street at the other side, then some houses leading up to Castle St. Perhaps you went into the Castle pub for a gill and this will confirm which church it was.

Margaret Pilkington · 19-09-2010, 08:56

Yes Bob you were right about the steps up to the church.....and about the sttepness of the street at the side....and another thing I remember is that the path up the the house at the side(which was where the bridesmaids changed(think it was some relative of the groom who lived there) had a verandah style walkway to the front door...which was at the side of the house (?). No, I didn't have a gill anywhere as I was only about five years old...so was whisked away by my dad after the wedding pics were taken......this was around 1952/3.

JCB · 19-09-2010, 18:41

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Yes Retlaw when i think about I do know that because Walter Smiths Bake shop was Whalley Road......I should have said the town end, rather than up the hill.
Do you recall the church I am talking about? I didn't dream it did I?

It was Central Methodist church . It was demolished , and replaced by a brick building , which was then demolished to make way for the town centre development , or maybe because of decilne in attendance .

Dizzy Lizzy · 23-09-2010, 15:20

Thanks for your input folks.

The marriage was solemnized at 'The Congregational Tabernacle, New School, Whalley Road, Accrington' ... 'according to the Rites and Cermonies of the Congregationalists by Licence'... both a Minister and a Registrar were present.
No mention of a church.

Just out of interest, what is the name of the church that has a schoolroom entrance on Malt Street? Is/was that a Methodist church?

Lizzy

Lost in Cornwall · 23-09-2010, 16:47

Many non conformist churches then (and some still now) weren't authorised to conduct weddings without a Registrar so the Minister will have conducted the service and the Registrar just dealt with the paperwork.