Redditch, Bates Hill Methodist Church c.1955
Photo ref: R84022
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This imposing and quite enormous Wesleyan chapel is testimony to the power of Methodism in 19th-century Redditch. It was opened in 1843, and was extended in 1881; but it was demolished in the 1980s to make way for a gas and electrical superstore. Fortunately, the foreground trees have matured well and screen the new building quite effectively.

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Memories of Redditch, Bates Hill Methodist Church c1955

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Redditch, Bates Hill Methodist Church c.1955

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This was the year that I was christained there. My grand parents and great grand parents attended the chapel. As a child I also went to Sunday school there. It was a beautiful church and should have been given a heritage listing, what a shameful waste when it was burnt down, probably arson. All the nice buildings have been pulled down and the town of Redditch has been destroyed completely by the 1960,s ...see more