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Kings Heath Methodist Addison Road
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Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
RobertS
I have no other information on the church other than what you already know. It was located in Addison St next to the Pretoria grocery store on the corner of Goldsmith Rd.
I do have this postcard dated 1913, showing its location and a view of part of the church, if it is of interest.
Phil
I have no other information on the church other than what you already know. It was located in Addison St next to the Pretoria grocery store on the corner of Goldsmith Rd.
I do have this postcard dated 1913, showing its location and a view of part of the church, if it is of interest.
Phil
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jennyann
Gone but not forgotten. R.I.P.
Hi RobertS:
Just a little snippet of information re Kings Heath Methodist Church.
Addison Road, King's Heath chapel, a wooden building seating 150, was registered for public worship by the United Methodists in 1927. There was a Bible Christian chapel on the site in 1908. Church membership in 1932 was 54.
Source: British History Online
Just a little snippet of information re Kings Heath Methodist Church.
Addison Road, King's Heath chapel, a wooden building seating 150, was registered for public worship by the United Methodists in 1927. There was a Bible Christian chapel on the site in 1908. Church membership in 1932 was 54.
Source: British History Online
jennyann
Gone but not forgotten. R.I.P.
Hi again RobertS:
There is a bit more info on this page plus a picture. Scroll down a bit.
https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/print...EM_ID=24115&CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE=0&MENU_ID=10277
There is a bit more info on this page plus a picture. Scroll down a bit.
https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/print...EM_ID=24115&CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE=0&MENU_ID=10277
Thanks Jennyann for the information on the church. It interesting the church was relatively late. (Most of the housing in Addison was up before1920. Our house was one of the first at 1892.
(I have much of the other stuff as I grew up in Addison Road and have been collecting Kings Heath Material for ages but was short on a church I knew well.)
Thanks PMC1947 for the Addison Road photo. I have a copy but don't think its as good as the one you posted.
The Pretoria Stores was Sealys by my youth (late 1950's). Mr Sealy was a lay preacher and could be seen on Sundays in the Church. He promoted his store as selling upmarket provisons and it was kept very smartly. If the slogans around the store were anything to go by he was keen on free enterprise and independence.
(I have much of the other stuff as I grew up in Addison Road and have been collecting Kings Heath Material for ages but was short on a church I knew well.)
Thanks PMC1947 for the Addison Road photo. I have a copy but don't think its as good as the one you posted.
The Pretoria Stores was Sealys by my youth (late 1950's). Mr Sealy was a lay preacher and could be seen on Sundays in the Church. He promoted his store as selling upmarket provisons and it was kept very smartly. If the slogans around the store were anything to go by he was keen on free enterprise and independence.
Some clarification is required here. The source mentioning a Bible Christian chapel in 1908 was a little out of date, because in 1907 the Bible Christians had re-united with two other Methodists schismatic groups to form the United Methodists. Therefore the registration of the chapel in 1927 by the United Methodists was doubtless a re-registration for some administrative reason. The "tin tabernacle", as such buildings were generally known, was almost certainly built around 1900, and was therefore contemporary with the surrounding houses, as RobertS expected.
Following the complete reunification of the Methodist Church, effective from 1933, the Addeison Road chapel became a "daughter" of the Cambridge Road Methodist (originally Wesleyan) Church.
Tony Sargent
proper brummie kid
I think I can remenber this little church. My grand parents lived at 47 Addison Road & I oftern visited the road. Have a picture of my cousin standing out the house in the 50,s & the road is empty. Last time I went passed it was full of parked cars & lots of traffic. Sorry I dont have a picture of the church.
Tony Sargent.
Tony Sargent.
The 1908 kellys lists it as a unitred Methodist church (not numbered,between nos 87 and 89 addison Rd.). the clerical section states it was in the Bible Christian Section of the church. This had four other churches in the group, and they were serviced by three Revs. In 1905 it is listed as a Bible Christian church. It is not listed in the 1897 Kellys, but is in place in the street directory in the 1899 Kellys. However , it does not seem to be listed in the Clerical section in 1899 , with the other churches, this might be because it was very new, and this section had not been properly brought up to date.
Tony Sargent
proper brummie kid
Someone called Bernard sent me a message ref my cousin, replyed but have no reply.
Would you like to try again?
Tony
Would you like to try again?
Tony
Does anyone know if any churches in Kings Heath area have been pulled down? Remember attending a wedding in 1986 in a little church tucked away down a side street that had steps from the road up to the churchyard, cobbled and grassed possibly Victorian or earlier can't remember the name of it but think it was past the All Saints church down on the left hand side going towards Alcester Lanes End.
