Baptist church - Warrington Rd, Rainhill

[tranmere]

My relative, Charlie Calder was the minister of the Baptist church in Warrington Rd, Rainhill in the 1950's. I gather it was later a Salvation Army office and has now sadly been demolished. Does anyone remember this church or have a picture of it please?

[MaryA]

Hi and welcome to the forum. I have asked somebody from our Warrington Group to look at your query and perhaps ask at the next meeting to see if anybody could help.

[tranmere]

thank you. I'm told now the church site is now occupied by a new Salvation Army building - its at 160 Warrington Rd. And it was called Bethel Baptist church. Opened 1950.

I'm hoping to see a pic of the former church.

[MaryA]

Unless somebody happened to have a copy in their own photograph album your best place to enquire would be the Warrington Library where the archives would be held.

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/arch ... .asp?LR=19

[Katie]

Do you know there is a Calder Drive in Rainhill? possibly named after your relative.

[Katie]

Just remebered Rainhill have a Civic Society and a Woman's Guild I'll see if I can get some contact details. Also St. Helen's may be worth a shot.