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Hebron Hall on Mayor St, Bolton. The hall is still in use today (2012).
Mass Observation planned to publish a study of religious life in Bolton to follow on from John Sommerfield’s The Pub and the People. It was planned that Humphrey Spender’s photographs would be used to illustrate this survey, as they had been in Sommerfield’s book, and so many of the Worktown photographs are of religious buildings and services. The start of the Second World War interrupted the plans for the book which was then never completed.
I attended the Hebron Hall whilst living with my grandparents at the Gilnow Arms in the 30’s. I still have the bible I was given for a full attendance and never late for twelve months at the Sunday school. Dad collected me after the school and we went to the milk bar in Bradshawgate ??? for milkshake.
My grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles cousin’s also attended there for a long time around then the 30’s 40’s so guess you may know them, the Preston family, Bank’s, & Nelson’s.
I went to Hebron Hall when I was a lad. Knew the Nelsons who had a bakery shop & Prestons who had a jewellery shop up Daubhill. The Banks. , he was a director of the company called Pilate before it was taken over by Ebro
I well remember fellowship at United Christian Rally’s on Saturday evenings in the 1970’s Mr Baldwin ( Alex) was one of the leading elders there at the time. I also remember there was a committee responsible for organising these rallies which were held each month between Horwich, Farnworth, Bury and others.