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Old 21-10-2013, 11:26   #12
Aussie Irene
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Re: Wesleyan Methodist church, Union St, Accrington Lancashire

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Originally Posted by Bob Dobson View Post
I don't think it was ever a day school but certainly was a SS. Yes- there was a small graveyard. When Union St chapel closed, the congregation moved to the one on Whalley Rd/Kenyon St.I am unaware of what happened to any archive material. I am in contact with a Mr & Mrs Ashworth, of Union St,. now in Morecambe
It may have been a ss before, or after, but not during the war, troops from the Pioneer Corps were billeted there. I believe part of their job was to maintain the smoke screens, which were on Nelson Square, and various other parts of the town.
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