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Founders
"Mr
& Mrs Brown were the founders of this chapel, it was
first started in someone's front room, it grew that much
they decided to buy the land on which it stands now. The
foundation stone was laid by Mr Brown in the year 1896.
But of course he could not run it by himself, they had to
form committees, elect trustees, etc. There was Mr Turner,
Mr Glover, Earnie Wynne's father, Mr Darby senior, Mr Leach
and several others. I was born in 1909 and started going
to Sunday School at the age of three which would be 1912.
Mr & Mrs Brown were a lovely couple, everyone liked
them, I remember them quite clearly, he had white hair and
a white beard, very kind, Mrs Brown used to wear a long
black dress, black shawl and a black bonnet with beads on
it and tied with a ribbon in a bow under her chin. Most
ladies dressed liked this it made them look older than they
really were."
From
the book "The West Humberstone Gospel Mission Centenary"
1897 to 1997 minute by minute by A.E.Shenton August 1996.
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