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1921: The Rectory Room, built by Rev.
Haslem and bought from him by Rev.
Whitmell has now been purchased from him
by the Church, for £150. |
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1923: Rectory Room, new stove bought.
Boiler house built. |
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1925: The Rectory Room was painted on
the outside by voluntary helpers led by
Mr. Rowland. |
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1935: The Rectory Room was enlarged by
the addition of a room for refreshments
and a gentlemen’s cloakroom. |
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1935: Thursday 21st February: The S.E.
pinnacle and centre of the Church Tower
were struck by lightning, after a
hailstorm lasting around 2 hours,
causing large pieces of masonry to fall
through the Church roof and resulting in
a great deal of damage to the building.
This article is reported elsewhere:
click here.
Services took place in the Rectory Rooms
until January 12th 1936. |
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1937: A new piano was bought for the
Rectory Room and the exterior of the
building was painted. |
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1947: An electric boiler was installed
at the Rectory Room at a cost of £11. |
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1949: The exterior of the Rectory Room
was repainted by Mr. S. Barber during
July and August and some necessary
repairs were done at the same time, at a
total cost of £47.10s.0d. The money was
withdrawn from the Rectory Room repair
fund. A new stove was also installed at
the end of the year, £9.5s.6d. |
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1952: Some necessary repairs done to the
foundations and floor of the Rectory
Room, under the Ladies Cloakroom, at a
cost of £22. The work was done by Mr.
Barber of Week St. Mary and was
consequent on extensive rotting of the
main floor beams through faulty pillars
and lack of free passage of air beneath
the building. |
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1970: The Rector's announcement from the
pulpit of his decision to deny access to
the Rectory Room because of a health and
safety risk caused some aggravation
amongst many parishioners. It was felt
that the decision to close the Rectory
Room should have been delayed until the
building of the new Parish Hall was
complete so as to continue to offer a
meeting place for the parishioners. |
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1971:
January 1st: The Rectory Room was sold
by the P.C.C., Week St. Mary to the
Rector for the sum of £60. (This was
signed by the Rector, W.T. Simpson and
by the Treasurer, M. Cobbledick). |
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One such event held in the
Rectory Room was a musical concert held
on April 10th 1944 -
view it here |
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Here are two pictures, from the late 50s
of a sadly missed community event 'the
Christmas Party' held in the Rectory
Room.
Some of us may even
recognise a few faces, or be in one of
them!! |
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