Bishop Gore Church Hall

[3Es]

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

 

[Astoness]

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

Street View of Reservoir Rd · Google Maps

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[mikejee]

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

 

[Pedrocut]

Church hall Dedicated in 1939.

 

[3Es]

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

Thanks Lyn

I tried looking it up on the postcode finder but it no longer has a postal address. Then I tried the Land Registry and there is a gap between houses 329 and 339. This would indicate that either it is not registered or hasn't changed hands in about 30 years. I suspect it may belong to the Church Commissioners or be in the hands of a bank. If it were Council it would have been sold and built on by now.

Charles