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We’re open!
Breaking news!! Christ Church will be open every Thursday afternoon 1 – 2.45pm. After years of procrastination, discussion and seeking advice, we have set up as an official not-for-profit company limited by guarantee – ‘Christ Church Welshpool’. As a result we can now open regularly to start in a small, low key, humble way, to realise the idea of enabling…
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Booklet featuring Christ Church
Welshpool Rotary Club have published a booklet ‘Welshpool Personalities – Issue 10’ which features an article on ‘Why did Christ Church close’, written by Roger L. Brown. We were invited to write and appendix on how we see the future of Christ Church. It is available from Welshpool Tourist Information Centre, priced £1, with all profits going to Water Aid.
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Showing it as it is… 2014
In January of last year, I posted about ‘showing it as it is’ and revealing the not quite so tidy bits of the church which don’t normally make it onto the blog. It featured two full length shots looking over the pews with all our possessions stacked in a seemingly chaotic jumble. I wanted to record this as a way…
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A little less leaky…
You may of noticed rather a lot of scaffolding around the church during recent weeks. This was due to roofing works on the south aisle roof. Ten years ago we inherited this job and we have continually patch repaired it to prevent the drip, drip sounds we have grown to dread. Inside the evidence of leaky roofs was increasingly…
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Thank you!
A very big thank you to all 75 people that came to our Open Day on Sunday. It was a fantastic day despite the showers! We really enjoyed meeting everyone and hearing your thoughts about the church and our work. It was lovely to see some familiar faces, returning to see how we are progressing as well as meeting a…
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Wreck of the Week
We’ve just been featured on a restoration website ‘Wreck of the Week’. Take a look at http://www.wreckoftheweek.co.uk/p/project-church.html
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It’s been a quiet few months here at Christ Church. Karl has been working on the roof of the boys bedrooms, insulating and putting down boards. This will then have a rubber flooring and become an attic/play area. My days fly by with caring for the boys. Victor is doing very well and he is an absolute delight. Maternity leave…
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The Future of Christ Church
When the house is completed at the back of the church, we will take down ‘The Hut’. We will then work on restoring all the interior walls by striping off all inappropriate modern materials and replacing them with lime products. Any damage incurred by years of water ingress will be repaired. We will install under floor heating to the Nave…
