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PROGRAMME
Deep
Harmony
Hymn
696: Guide me 0 Thou Great Jehovah
Arise.
0 Sun
Sing
unto God
Feasting,
I watch
Speed
your Journey
Monte
Christe
The
Old Woman
Cloud
Capp’d Towers
The
Miller’s Daughter
Hymn
297: Love Divine,
Jamaica
Farewell
Li’l
Liza Jane
Love
could I only tell Thee
Gwahoddiad
Comrades
The
Holy City
Hymn
64: The day Thou gavest,
Vesper |
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Here is a close up of part of
the choir. I am grateful to Sarah Greenwood, wife of that well known local
historian, Jack Greenwood, for permission to use her pictures. |
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I'm sure that the faces here will be familiar
to a lot of the 'old Colners' amongst you. The only one I know is Edris
Bracewell on the extreme left. He used to be my Sunday School teacher in
the early 1950's. |
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This is the magnificent cake baked
especially for the occasion by Margaret Bracewell (wife of Edris) |
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| The pictures below were kindly provided by David
Gott and Gillian Greenwood who both used to go to Zion Methodist
Church at the same time as myself. They have also provided information about the
pictures which I include. Zion Independent
Methodist Walking Day. (circa 1965)
Usually held the first Sunday
in August. |
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From left to right:
Hettie Gott, Little girl
(not known) Mrs Aston. ( Melvin &
Margaret Aston's grandmother). Lived right opposite Zion Chapel. One of the Aston's,
Cissy Laycock (Frank
Laycock's mother) Hall Road, Mrs Flowers (Francis
Flowers' mother) Mary Jane Kendal (Sheila's
mother) not known, Ann Gott (my mother) Alice Kendal (Mary Kendal's
sister) "Slack Royd" opposite "Avondale" Mrs Mazurkewicz (Victor's
mother) Hilda Baker (mother of webmaster!) Bertha
Davidson, Children- Rear: (not known) Front: Irene Birtwistle (One of
three, Joan, Nora or Irene). It must be Irene the youngest. Madge Barrett,
Hilda Birtwistle. (Irene's
mother, my cousin) Hettie Gott, first on photograph is Hilda's mother
The photograph was taken below
the entrance to St. Mary's Parish Church. opposite Church View terraced
houses. |
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This was taken on another of our chapels Walking
Days. The names are: Jean Laycock, Joan Birtwistle, Carole Nicholson,
(retiring Rose Queen), Melvyn Aston, Colin Blackburn, Jeffrey
Kirkbride,
(carrying cushion), Harry Greenwood, Anne Pickles, Dena Smith, Lesley
Davidson, Margaret Aston, Carole Taylor, Norah Birtwistle,
Megan Stevenson, (Rose Queen), Gillian Corteen, Janet Barrett, Diane
Davidson and Brian Rushton. Thanks to Gillian Greenwood for providing me
with the picture and all the names
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This superb picture of the Zion Choir as it
was in 1897 has been kindly supplied to me for use on the
site. |
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...and this was how the choir
looked in 1947 |
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