St Annes, Cobham Road
 

Oh no! Its happening again! I have only just found out that St Anne's will be the next Catholic church to be demolished, although they are to get a brand new church! Oh deary me! N0 offical date has been announced as to when the church will be knocked to the ground, but a replacement church is def. to be built. So ...... Mick ...... fancy a walk round to Cobham Road? ;)

Re: St Annes, Cobham Road
 

I wonder if it would not be easier for the authorities-that-be for them to tell us what bits of Accy are NOT due to be demolished?

Re: St Annes, Cobham Road
 

I have been told that St Annes Church will not be knocked down until the new one is ready, and up and praying.

Re: St Annes, Cobham Road
 

St. Anne's church has just had £650,000 spent on it.We now have a community room and a roof which does not leak. New wiring, new lighting, refurbished organ and a wonderful parish community.
Bernard Holden

Re: St Annes, Cobham Road
 

Seems strange that Bernard, all that money wasted, they are, at the moment spending lots of money on St Mary's, lets hope its not in vain

Re: St Annes, Cobham Road
 

All this was debated some years ago,
I don't think they can get permission
to knock it down, its classed as a WW1
memorial. All the pews inside had the name
of a soldier on them.

Accy Library used my files on the parishoners
who served in WW1.
They have also spent a lot of money on restoring the Rose Window and the roof.

Retlaw

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That's a lot of money.I hope it will have proved to be well spent.

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Have you a complete list of ALL the 1st WW parishioners who died ?
Bernard

Re: St Annes, Cobham Road
 

I do not have a separate list for any of the church's as such, they are within my files of Greater Accrington Heroe's from A's to Y's over 14,000 names.
The only complete list I have for a church in Accrington, is Christ Church on Rough Lee Rd, theirs was lost in the refurbishment donkeys years back, so I made them a new one.
One of your parishoners was making some enquiries at Acc Library a few years ago best to ask around and see what they came up with.
I know a Tom Glannon was making lists in 1915//6/7 of all the catholics who enlisted, but there is a lot of duplication, errors and names and address's of men who don't exist.

Retlaw.

Re: St Annes, Cobham Road
 

Can Bernard Holden please tell me if St Annes have a B.M.D register that any member of the public can look at. I live in France but was baptised at St Annes

Re: St Annes, Cobham Road
 

Yes.I am sure they are available.
Bernard