Yes Janice.
Some questions that have cropped up during this discussion.
The (Plymouth) Brethren New Street Erdington
An unresolved aspect about this is whether the Primitive Methodists used the chapel/'Gospel Hall' in New Street (Erd) - raised as a possibility by Janice. The My Primituve Methodists site suggests it was a Primitive Methodist building, but:
The newspaper report in 1886 tells us the Brethren opened their 'own' Gospel Hall at New Street (Erd).
Brethren marriages were still taking place there in the 1950s according to newspaper reports.
So, returning to Janice's point, was the building shared at one time ?
If so when was it shared ?
Or is the My Primitive Methodists information incorrect ?
Primitive Methodists/Methodists
The Primitive Methodists had a presence in Erdington prior to the early 1900s. But there are no exact details, but what we do know is that a church was established in 1910 in a corrugated iron structure, now confirmed as on Newman Road. Fundraising was active from this date until 1913 for a new permanent church (the site being next to the Newman Road chapel, and fronting onto High Street). Church services were still being carried out at the new, permanent Methodist Church until at least 1950.
In 1913 the title 'Primitive' was dropped from the name. Was this due to the union of various Methodist branches of the faith ?
Did the Methodists move out of the church soon after the 1950s ? The buildings on the site today look around the 1960s/70s.
When was the Newman Road iron church removed ?