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1961

  • 5 ST JOHN'S FROM 1880 ONWARDS

    5 ST JOHN'S FROM 1880 ONWARDS

    CHANGES AT ST JOHN’S IN LATE VICTORIAN TIMES Although the new church had been built at the start of Queen Victoria’s ...
  • Clergy workload increasing, 1961

    Clergy workload increasing, 1961

    The parish is increasing with more new houses being built at Landport, placing a heavier burden on the clergy, who ...
  • Inadequate church heating, 1961

    Inadequate church heating, 1961

    The Rev. Bell has done some extensive research into new methods of heating the church, which badly requires automatic heating ...
  • James Powell & Sons Stained Glass

    James Powell & Sons Stained Glass

    James Powell  in 1834 bought a firm of glassmakers, which had been at Whitefriars, East London since around 1700.  After ...
  • Parish Hall, 1961

    Parish Hall, 1961

    Although bookings for St John’s Parish Hall, Lewes, have increased over the past year, the Parish Hall account, shown at ...
  • Pells School Pupils marry at St John's

    Pells School Pupils marry at St John's

      In the late 1940’s and early 1950’s, when the Pells School was located at the corner of Talbot Terrace and ...
  • Rats or schoolboys? 1961

    Rats or schoolboys? 1961

    New collection bags are needed in the church and some hassocks to replace the present ones, which are in a ...
  • The Present Church

    The Present Church

    This web page is about the history of the present church, built in 1840. However, the history of a church ...
  • The Provident Club

    The Provident Club

    The Provident Club was a Christmas Savings Club run by St John’s Church. It started in 1945, and ran successfully ...
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