Primitive Methodist Chapel, Accrington - Page 2

Mrs B · 15-02-2009, 21:52

Well I've certainly learnt more than I bargained for in starting this thread .........

And there was me thinking that it was a pretty boring question.

I'll have to start thinking about what question to ask next ........... and what I might find out as a result!

cashman · 15-02-2009, 22:02

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Originally Posted by Mrs B

Well I've certainly learnt more than I bargained for in starting this thread .........

And there was me thinking that it was a pretty boring question.

I'll have to start thinking about what question to ask next ........... and what I might find out as a result!

hey always remember,whats boring to some,is interesting to others, ask whatever Mrs B, plenty on here will try n help.

Bob Dobson · 16-02-2009, 21:41

When Union St methodis Chapel was closed down in the late 50s/early 60s, the congregation, or a lot of them, moved to Whalley Rd. By this time the various divisions within the Methodist Church, such as Wesleyans, Primitives, must have unified.
I recall the name of Jimmy Ollet. He lived in Castle St I think. Went to St John's School.will be 70yrs now. A big fat lad.

ossy kid · 17-02-2009, 02:06

Not sure about this Bob but I remember Jimmy Ollett, if it,s the same person I,m thinking about didn,t he work at the gas board showrooms on St James St? I THINK I remember his obit quite a few years back, BUT I could be wrong.

ossy kid · 17-02-2009, 02:58

Forget the previous one Bob, memory returned. I did know Jimmy Ollett but it wasn,t him who worked at the gas board or his obit. Sorry about that, also to Jimmy if you see this.

Atarah · 18-02-2009, 04:21

Hi photo here for you all to see.

Atarah

Mrs B · 18-02-2009, 13:06

I'm ever so slightly confused (but you have to remember I'm not a native).

The photograph looks more like a Weslyan Chapel than a Primitive one - certainly the Primitive ones where I grew up and around this County are quite distinctively plain, small and well, they just say "Primitive Methodist".

This looks more like a Weslyan ..........................

I am now going to

garinda · 18-02-2009, 14:40

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Originally Posted by Mrs B

I'm ever so slightly confused (but you have to remember I'm not a native).

The photograph looks more like a Weslyan Chapel than a Primitive one - certainly the Primitive ones where I grew up and around this County are quite distinctively plain, small and well, they just say "Primitive Methodist".

This looks more like a Weslyan ..........................

I am now going to

I agree. I wouldn't have guessed that it was a Primitive Methodist Chapel. It looks more like an Anglian church to me, especially the neo-Gothic window, and shows no sign of the usual simpler architecture normally seen.

garinda · 18-02-2009, 14:47

'Methodism was introduced a century ago and the Wesleyans built a chapel in Union Street in 1807, replaced by the present church in 1845. An additional one was opened in 1866 and more recently others at Antley and Baxenden; there are also three school-chapels and a mission room. The Primitive Methodists built a chapel about 1828 and it was rebuilt in 1894; they have also another, and the United Free Methodists have one also.'

Townships - Old and New Accrington | British History Online

garinda · 18-02-2009, 14:50

The reason it's style of architecture is so different from the norm might be because it was built in 1894, and most other Chapels were constructed earlier (?)

cashman · 18-02-2009, 16:02

its certainly the church,remember it well, great photo atarah

Mrs B · 01-03-2009, 11:59

I was thinking I'd killed this thread and it was time for another inane question.

However, I realise there's something else bugging me slightly about this.

Accordingly to the Lancashire On Line Parish Information, the Primitive Methodist Chapel, Whalley Road was built in 1859 - so why was it necessary to build another one one on Whalley Road in 1894? I presume it replaced the first one, but 35 years wasn't long for a Chapel to be around?

Any thoughts?

Atarah · 02-03-2009, 07:20

Hi, will solve this puzzle if its the last thing I do! :-)
trying to remember what I have been told. Was this the church which USED to be on the site across from Barbara Kays shoe shop in Whalley Road, Accrington. There certainly was an old church building there, which I believe was where the old Kings Hall used to be. Do you all remember a bank was eventually on the site - TSB???
will post more thoughts as they "appear in my head" tee hee

cashman · 02-03-2009, 09:12

all i know about that building was from early 50s, was then the "Kings Hall" cinema, with the "Central Billiards Hall" in the cellar, later building became "LLOyds" bank. would love to know what came before all this.

Mrs B · 02-03-2009, 09:27

I'm not sure whether it's great that I'm provoking the stirring of all these grey cells, or bizarre that I can just sit here on the other side of the country and just pose random questions as they appear amongst my grey cells.