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Bishop Gore Church Hall

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proper brummie kid
I'm wondering if anyone around still remembers Bishop Gore Church Hall in Reservoir Road, Selly Oak. It was a daughter chapel to St Maty's, Selly Oak.
The building was a wooden hut put up round about the time of the building of the Stonehouse Estate. My Grandmother and Great Aunt were active in running activities there from opening to its closure around 1960. It was later used as a dance school.

Sorting through some old family records I found a bible with an inscription in the front saying "Stonehouse Mission 1951" and a number of signatures.

Is there anyone on here who can identify the people?

Charles

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hi charles ..just taken a street walk down reservoir road..would this be the building.. sadly not in use now but used to be a dance hall...its certainly been boarded up since 2008 i wonder who owns the land as it looks quite a large plot

lyn

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In 1950:
Brian J.Dickson lived at 598 Somerset Road.
Lawrence F. & Dorothy A. Ennis lived at 143 Woolacombe Lodge Road
 
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