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Temporary churches, prefabricated churches, tin tabernacles, iron churches, iron chapels
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Moor End Lad
master brummie
Changing the subject, there was a tin chapel called St Ethelreda's Mission Church in Moor End Lane, Erdington. It was opened just prior to the first world war, and, as a child, I vaguely remember it prior to demolition in the 1950s. The site remained vacant for many years until a modern house was built.
Thank you. Here's a snippet about St Ethelreda's. Must have smelled lovely inside if the walls were lined with pine.
Source; British Newspaper Archive
Source; British Newspaper Archive
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And this iron church was to be built on Kingsbury Road. In
Source: British Newspaper Archive
Source: British Newspaper Archive
Richard Dye
master brummie
Interesting historical piece. I would have thought Castle Bromwich would have been more that 11/2 miles from Tyburn although after second thought I am not really sure where they are measured from.
Moor End Lad
master brummie
For 'Tyburn' I would read Tyburn House pub, so this church was probably built on Kingsbury Road not far from the Chester Road.
pjbhandsworth
proper brummie kid
We've had a couple of suggestions from our members but have discounted these. I wondered if it was a chapel shown at the corner of Louise Road/Victoria Road on the 1913 OS map, but the angle's wrong and the building facing it in the distance looks too far away. I forwarded it to Midland Ancestors and they could put it in their next issue (December) but asked if it was OK to publish and whether it's possible to have a higher resolution copy. I found a very similar building online but unfortunately it was in Alabama!
pjmburns
master brummie
Thanks - we had that suggestion as well. We discounted that chapel in post 28. As you say orientation to road is wrong.
We did wonder if it was just a photo of one of the firm's chapels as it had their name on it. The word Handsworth just as a reference that they had built similar churches there.
We did wonder if it was just a photo of one of the firm's chapels as it had their name on it. The word Handsworth just as a reference that they had built similar churches there.
There was a tin tabernacle on Rookery Road Handsworth before the Methodist Church at 321 Rookery Road was built. I'm not sure if the tabernacle is the building alongside, to the right, shown in this c1920s photo or if this was a later schoolroom, but that smaller building is no longer there today.
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pjbhandsworth
proper brummie kid
Thank you Vivienne, I haven't got access to our folder on the Rookery Road church at the moment, so can't remember if I've seen a similar photo before. There's a similar building to the Hope Family Church near the junction of Trinity Road/Witton Lane that I pass frequently and is still in use. We gave up trying to find the location of the mystery Handsworth church but thanks everyone for your efforts!