We visited St. Barnabas parish church, Gorse Hill, during a flower festival in September 2000.   We were greeted warmly by members of the congregation and enjoyed listening to the organ recital (unusual in that songs from, amongst others, The Sound of Music were played, not just hymns!) as we looked at the flowers and took our photographs.   We took a photograph with us of Mandy's parents' wedding which took place at St. Barnabas in 1954 and showed it to some of the ladies in the church.   A few of them remembered the Lea family who lived in Bright Street just around the corner - Mandy's grandmother had 11 children.   One lady at the church actually attended the wedding and was able to recall the service; what luck we took the photograph with us.

There are some unusual features inside this church - especially the War Memorial and the wall paintings.

All photographs taken September 2000, unless shown otherwise.

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St. Barnabas June 2000 (378k)

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Wedding of Pamela Wallace to Donald Lea 19 June 1954 (013 - 282k)

Niche over porch door (115k)

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