St Andrews Church: A memory of Frimley Green

St Andrews Church

A Memory of Frimley Green.

St Andrews Church must have been at least a mile and a half from the Worseley Road council Estate where we lived from 1951 until 1960 at Hillside Crescent. From a very young age a group of us would walk there and back on a Sunday afternoon to attend Sunday School. My sister Moira was christened there in 1956. The Reverend was Laurie Payne and there was a deaconess but her name slips my memory. It was a pretty little church back then.We never had any adults accompany us. I guess it was safer in those days with less traffic. I am sure our parents enjoyed having a bit of peace and quiet on a Sunday afernoon!!!

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Barbara Clement was the deaconess - she recruited me as a Sunday School teacher in the late 50s. I joined the RAF in 1963, but came back for my wedding in 1963; Laurie Pain came back to marry us - by then he was vicar of Rowledge. Later Barbara was appointed Chaplain at Frimley Park Hospital and subsequently assisted at St Peters. She was a very special person.

By Pennie Kennedy on Thu Feb 4th 2021, at 11:43 pm

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Thank you for reminding me of her name. Yes she was a kind person and much liked. How lovely that Laurie Payne married you. I know my mother thought a lot of them both. We moved to Southampton in 1960 and she never really found a church she liked as much.

By miss_devinette on Fri Feb 5th 2021, at 4:49 am

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