Thanks, Lin. I have that book, and some time I could do with copying it to CD for other people in CHBC. I have started an article on Wikipedia for CHBC (Four Ways Baptist Church), where you will find some photos of the building and some of the features of interest. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cradley_Heath_Baptist_Church I also need to get on with copying some of the original Minutes books to issue on CD. The trouble with these is that it takes time to get used to some of the handwriting, as well as to sift through to locate references of interest to a specific enquiry. CHBC has a grant offer from English Heritage for repairing the building, and work is due to start possibly later this year or some time next year. But the congregation has to raise a further £60,000 as their share of the project. English Heritage would like some displays of the history of the Church and how it fits in to local history. Since I am the person most interested in this, I will probably be preparing the artwork. Therefore any contributions which people on this list happen to have of anecdotes of their ancestors who attended CHBC, other than what is in Idris Williams' centenary book, would be gratefully received. Anything I am able to use would be acknowledged, of course. If we run our of wall space, we may well set up a continuous display on a computer and monitor. CHBC is hosting a refreshments point for a Historic Churches Trust sponsored cycle ride on Saturday 8th September, which would be a convenient occasion for anyone with an interest there to come and take a look around. (There is also to be some sort of fund-raising concert in the afternoon, for the building repairs fund.) Cradley Baptist Church and Cradley Heath Baptist Church tend to get confused - they are opposite sides of the River Stour (which joins the Severn at Stourport). CHBC was the first CHurch of any sort in Cradley HEath Robert Higginson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lin Lamberg" <linlamberg@btinternet.com> To: <staffordshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 7:13 PM Subject: Re: [STAFFORDSHIRE] Samuel HALLAM of Cradley Heath > Robert do you have a copy of the book, 'A History of Four Ways Baptist > Church 1833 - 1933?' > > Samuel Hallam is mentioned in there, a list of Deacons circa 1835 were > Joseph Billingham, Benjamin Fellows, Samuel Hallam and William Wood. > Samuel was mentioned again in 1840, where he procured some Candlesticks to > light the Church Anniversary Sermon. Later in 1841 Samuel apparently > resigned from the post of Treasurer. > > I have an interest in CH Baptist Church, as some of my Stringer Ancestors > worshipped there. Eli Stringer was a Deacon at Cradley Baptist Church > together with Charles Willetts circa 1850. After some disagreement with > the new Pastor, they both left, presumably to Cradley Heath where they > both lived. > > Re your 2nd email Ann Hallam is also mentioned in the Church Book. > > Linda. > ****************************** > ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not > apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED > MATERIALS. > ****************************** > PLEASE keep your Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware software up to date. BEWARE > of messages making it onto the List with a single URL. NEVER follow the > link. It's usually from an infected source! > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message