Crumpsall Park Methodist Church
Crumpsall Park Methodist Church was based on the site of the present-day Methodist Church Crumpsall, and was built in a more traditional style, complete with spire and several rooms.
A Methodist Chapel had been present in the triangle formed by Oak Road (now Ash Tree Road), Lansdowne Road and Moorside Road since 1886. The original chapel was replaced by the grander building (pictured left) in 1909 and whose doors closed after the final service on September 8th 1974.
During the building of MCC, the Crumpsall Park congregation worshipped at St Matthew’s Church each Sunday in a service of their own that preceded St Matthew’s own Sunday morning service. Members of the Cheetham Hill congregation joined with their friends from Crumpsall also.
'The Last Service'
Above: the front page of the Order of Service from Crumpsall Park's final service before the building was taken down. This final act of worship was held on Sunday 8th September 1974.
It would be almost 18 months before the new Church opened its doors for worship.
Baptism Font
Above: the tiny, but significant, marble font used for baptisms for decades in Crumpsall Park Methodist Church, now anointing our feathered friends in a local back garden.
Right: the war memorial plaques 'in grateful remembrance of the men of this church who made the supreme sacrifice in the two great wars: 1914-1918 and 1939-1945',
War Memorial Plaques
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