Phil
It has certainly come up on one forum, and I think it was htis one, though cannot be absolutely certain. I have a few notes, and the original enquiry seems to have come from "Lynn", who had visited the registry office and noticed it.and photographed it (though i cannot find a copy of the photo. I don't know if that should havebeen "Lyn" (Astoness) or another. Perhaps Lyn could enlighten us.
My comments at the time were:
I have the Boatmans Mission pinned on the opposite corner of Bridge St. I think that information came from Peter Walker who used that building I think. The wonderfull old building shown was not on Bridge St itself but rather the lane/path between Worcester Wharf and the stables on Holiday St. In the old days, before the Bolinder, that lane would have been trod by the barge horses and boatmen at the start and end of a journey to and from Worcester and other places. They would have walked in front of that very building and it might have been something to do with the canal.