Accrington Pal's
 

What a shame that the Church of England has decided to close in stead of repair not just a place of worship but a church and chapal dedicated to the men of ACCRINGTON who gave everything....i for one as a councial tax payer of Hyndburn think in stead of hyndburn councial thinking of spending thousands of pounds on a name change,why not put the money to better use!! and pay for the rewiring repairs and buy the church for ACCRINGTON and let the pals have there home for ever.:)

Re: Accrington Pal's
 

A lot of churches round here are in financial difficulty and a couple have already closed.This is due to falling numbers in the congregation,the older people dying and not enough younger people coming to replace them.The money they get in the weekly collections isn't enough and they are struggling.The church we are talking about is St John's in Accrington,isn't it? Do you attend regularly?The trouble is that some people do not want to go to church on a Sunday and make weekly donations but they still expect the church to be there for their weddings,christenings etc.Maybe if more people held St John's in such high regard and attended regularly it would not have had to close.It is a real shame that it's going to close but it's down to the people of each individual parish to support their church all year round to avoid their church suffering a similar fate.

Re: Accrington Pal's
 

Re: Accrington Pal's
 

I agree that we should have a memorial to the pals in Accrington.

Re: Accrington Pal's
 

Because the Council can't look after what they have already. Have you been in Ossy Civic Theatre recently? What about the many parks that are neglected by the Council? Many people including yourself complain about the state of the town centre and you want them to take on another building they would not look after.





Reading that back it looks like I am having a go at you Willow, I most certainly am not, sorry if you felt that I was.

Re: Accrington Pal's
 

Re: Accrington Pal's
 

As Chairman of the Friends of Rhydding's Park, surely you're not disillusioned with the appalling state of the parks, and the council's inability to maintain them?

(I do so hope you are regretting putting your little 'X' next to Peter's name instead of Gayle's.):D

It is sad when any church faces closure.

We must be a nation of heathens, compared with a hundred years ago.

I'd support any bid to retain church buildings, even if it was turned into a commercial concern. I can think of three demolished churches in Oswaldtwistle alone, and that's sad.

Re: Accrington Pal's
 

Re: Accrington Pal's
 

How sad. I attended St. John's regularly in my youth. My great-grandparents were married there. My grandfather, an Army medic, was attached to the Pals and accompanied them to Egypt and the Western Front. The chapel, if nothing else, ought to be preserved. Is anyone going to start a fund for this? How much money is needed?

Re: Accrington Pal's
 

i too went to st johns as a young un (we may have been at same time bullseye)think it is very sad if it bites the dust, agree though with others, it should be saved.:(

Re: Accrington Pal's
 

it should be saved.:([/quote] lets hope that someone from Hyndburns co are reading our views and a rescue package can be put together:):)

Re: Accrington Pal's
 

interesting to read the comments about St Johns...my parents married in the church, I was a member of cubs/scouts/venture scouts... once a month at church parade it was packed... how the mighty have fallen... was reading an article earlier in the week that claimed the congrigations in the local (the whole of Lancashire) R.C. churches are increasing by the week.. mainly due to the influx of easten european workers..... pitty the church of England hasn't got the same facility.... :confused:

Re: Accrington Pal's
 

I lived in that area for over twenty three years .... never once did anyone from the church come calling: They were always re-building the roof, I personally did not find it a welcoming church:

In fact the only time we got to meet the vicar, was when our house was being done up and we put a sign in the window: for a joke

saying kebab and curry take away opening soon.... he must have had people asking ,then he came to see what was going on:

Maybe they could put the Pals memorial at St James in the town centre:

Re: Accrington Pal's
 

wasn,t aware that vicars called around, priests yeh, especially if ya had ducked mass.;) think the reason the Pals are associated with the church was summat todo with Mr Collinson,who was a teacher at the school, seem to remember vagely he had a lot todo with the memory of the Pals?

Re: Accrington Pal's
 

Not at all. The Area Council, Chaired by Cllr Britcliffe have been very helpfull and generous to the Park. I could write press releases for HBC to the Observer with statements like that. :rolleyes:

If Gayle had become Councillor for St. Andrews, would she have been more or less useful to the Park than she is now, with her role as secretary of the friends?

Also if Peter had been kicked out by Gayle, would the new leader of the Council (Graham Jones in all probability), have been as interested in a park in Ossy as Peter currently is?