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Church of The Ascension 1908, Collier Row
Church of The Ascension 1908, Collier Row Ref: 59844
Memories of Church of The Ascension 1908, Collier Row
This Church And my Family
My nan and Grandad (Henry Eastwood and Elsie Lodge) got married in this church in 1930. My Mum and Dad were married there in 1955.
Choir Boy
I became a choirboy at the Ascension church when I was eight. I also joined the 2nd Collier Row cubs attached to the church in 1948. The vicar was Father Reynolds and the cub leader was Olive Smith. I attended Clockhouse Lane school from around 1944 until 1951. We were bombed out in 1945 when a doodle bug fell in Clockhouse lane and the blast blew out our windows in Highfield Road. We were in the Anderson shelter at the time.
Collier Row & local memories
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