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Langley Mill Central Methodist Chapel replied on: 3/2/2005 10:41:02 PM That's the one-it's now a light fitting shop/warehouse.Roger was a Sunday School teacher when I went there-he and Arthur Pynegar used to be responsible for marking our "star cards"-each time you attended you got a star stamped on a card, then we got certificates for attendance at the end of the year-sometimes we got a book with an inscription inside-I still have one of mine-Ringo'Bells Mystery-Enid Blyton-it was well read by torchlight under the bed covers at night. The cubs and scouts used to have an upstairs room.We also had a youth club there-table tennisetc. There was always the Christmas party-when you had to take your own spoon (coloured cotton on the handle for identification), handicraft fayres, oh and of course religion came into it too.I remember once we were all given 2/6 and had to make it "grow"-to help with chapel funds.One of us made quite a few pounds going house to house selling firewood-almost did Edgar Parker out of business. There was the annual chapel anniversary when we had new clothes and sung or recited-the highest honour was being given the Collection piece torecite. All the ladies had new hats to wear for their appearance in the choir-the chapel would be overfull afternoon and evening on that day. The week before the anniversary we went around the streets on a coop lorry advertising the following Sunday's event. There was so much to do at chapel-and we loved every minute of it.

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