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St. Nicholas' Church- Top of the Tower

St Nicholas Church- Top of the Tower.jpg
Photograph taken from the top of the church's tower- note the slits in the brickwork for the bell chamber. man on the left of the photograph presumably Clerk of Works, wearing 'Pot Hot' sign of position of Clerk of Works in the 1930's!!

St. Nicholas' Church- Temporary Church Hall

St Nicholas Church- Temporary Church Hall.jpg
An image of the temporary church's church hall (later the parish hall), built in 1928. Photograph taken looking south. Altar, prayer desk and choir from St. John's Church, Deansgate, Manchester, which closed for worship in 1928. Picture row in…

St. Nicholas' Church under Construction

St Nicholas Church- Cottages and Bull Inn at Rear.jpg
Looking north-east, temporary railway sleeper road for access and asphalt boiler with asphalt "cakes" nearby! Cottages and Bull Inn at rear together with two tram standards and telegraph pole.

St. Nicholas' Church - Temporary Church looking NW

Temporary Church looking NW.jpg
A photograph looking north west showing the St. Nicholas temporary church on left at rear and Homestead Farm on right [rear]. Columns to the north aisle on right, window (lower) in west wall bricked up inside eventually!

St. Nicholas' Church - Photograph Album 2

St Nicholas Church - Album 2.pdf
A photograph album compiled and annotated by Bevan Taylor, showing images of St. Nicholas' Church. Included are several images from a 'Christingle Service' from 20 Dec 1972, a photograph from the 'Christmas Fayre' on Burnage Station from 1983, five…

St. Nicholas' Church - Photograph Album

St Nicholas' Church - Photograph Album.pdf
A photograph album compiled and annotated by Bevan Taylor, showing images of St. Nicholas' Church from approximately 1928 - 1938. In an introduction, Bevan writes:This photograph album was found by the Rector (Rev. T. S. R. [Chow?]) January 1986 who…

St. Nicholas' Church - New Rectory- Railway Bridge to Left

St Nicholas - New Rectory- Railway Bridge to Left.jpg
An image of the new rectory at St. Nicholas' Church. From the state of construction it would appear that this photograph was taken on 29 Feb 1932. Note the railway bridge over Fog Lane at the right-hand side and Burnage Railway station.

St. Nicholas' Church - New Rectory- Farm Buildings at Rear

St Nicholas - New Rectory- Farm Buildings at Rear.jpg
A photograph of the new rectory at St. Nicholas with Mrs Barrett on gate duty (wife of the first rector). Note the wooden garages with the pointed roofs and Kingsway Garage behind on the left, along with the farm buildings of Homestead Farm on the…

St. Nicholas' Church - New Rectory and Rector's Car

St Nicholas - New Rectory- Drive and Front Garden.jpg
1st Image: An image of the new rectory with the Rector's new car by the front door. 2nd Image: Dahlias with rectory beyond (looking east). 3rd Image: Rectory drive and front garden(fence at centre-right is boundary line). 4th Image: Shows the rectory…

St. Nicholas' Church - New Rectory

New Rectory.jpg
An image of the new rectory being built for St. Nicholas' Church. Burnage Station and the bridge across Fog Lane are visible in the background, along with the outbuildings of Holmstead Farm.