Originally Posted by NJSP (Post 913124)

These were made originally in Oz by my Grandad Spencer, when he died it was sold to the Yanks and called SPENBY chest expanders.

Nigel Packer

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 913216)

When I was a teenager it was owned by a man called Tom Baldwin and his brother, he was a member of Rhyddings Methodist Church and ran the Youth Club on a Friday night in the adjacent school, he had a son called John, who worked within the business and a Daughter called Margaret who I dated on and off for about 2 years, in fact Tom actually gave me a pair of chest expanders, think he must have thought I might have needed them to handle his offspring:D

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 913216)

When I was a teenager it was owned by a man called Tom Baldwin and his brother, he was a member of Rhyddings Methodist Church and ran the Youth Club on a Friday night in the adjacent school, he had a son called John, who worked within the business and a Daughter called Margaret who I dated on and off for about 2 years, in fact Tom actually gave me a pair of chest expanders, think he must have thought I might have needed them to handle his offspring:D

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 916016)

Just being picky, incase the Wesleyan police are snooping, it was known as Mount Pleasant Chapel, at the time you are referring to.

It wasn't until York Street, and Foxhill Bank churches merged with it in 1971, that it changed it's name to Rhyddings Methodist.

:)

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 916015)

I never knew that.

I knew Tom, and his wife Mae, from church, and because we lived near them up Stanhill.

My mum saw Mae recently, and said she still looked well for her age.

Will have to ask her about the chest expanders.

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 916018)

I only know because my dad was on the building committee, and was against them using Mount Pleasant. Saying it needed a lot of money spent on it, in the long term, plus it would need an extra church hall, to house the Sunday schools.

He was out voted, because some daft sods thought it was a more pleasing building. Not usually high on a Wesleyan agenda, aesthetics.

Guess my dad was right.

York Street's still standing, unlike the original Mount Pleasant Chapel.

:rolleyes: