Memorial Stones, Ansdell Unitarian Church, Channing Road, Ansdell

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Memorial Stones, Ansdell Unitarian Church, Channing Road, Ansdell

Place

Ansdell

General notes

"At the beginning of the century, people were flooding into Blackpool and the surrounding Fylde area from all parts of Lancashire. Unitarians gathered together, firstly in a corrugated building in the sandhills of Ansdell - a favoured area between St Annes and Lytham. A more permanent building was opened in 1930. Our new hall was built in 1968.

A number of our members have given distinguished public service and held national office in the church. Including two knights: Sir Cuthbert Grundy and Sir Herbert Pollard, and two MBE.'s - Mr W. D. Austin and Mrs Anne Smith (Mayor of Fylde 1998/99). Two national Presidents of the Unitarian General Assembly - Rev Herbert Crabtree and Sir Herbert Pollard. "

From the Ansdell Unitarian and Free Christian Church web pages (http://www.unitarian.org.uk/nelum/ansdell/#history) 30th December 2010.

This is one of a series of photographs of Ansdell Churches taken by staff from Ansdell Library in Summer 2010.

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