View From Blackpool

Publication: 1905 Kelly’s Directory (Lancashire)

The Wesleyan chapel, Rawcliffe Street, South Shore, opened in 1889, is in a mixed Gothic style; the tower is not yet completed; the cost, including the organ was £5, 050, and there is accommodation for 700 persons; there is a memorial window to the late Francis Parnell in the chancel at the west end; there are two other memorial windows.

The details for Little Marton include: 'There is a small Wesleyan chapel at Marton Moss Side, erected in 1872, at a cost of £300, and seating 150 persons.'

Places of worship for Blackpool includes:

Methodist Free Church, Avenue Street, 10:30am & 6:30pm; Tues 7:30pm; seats 600.

Methodist Free Church, Egerton Road, 10:30am & 6:30pm; Wed 7:30pm.

Methodist Free Church, Shaw Road, South Shore, 10:30am & 6:30pm; Wed 7pm.

The ministers associated with the above group og churches were: Rev. Walter Leicester & Rev. Roland L. Wildridge; Rev. J S. Balmer, Rev. John Holgate & Rev. T. Ashcroft, supernumeraries.

Methodist New Connexion, May Bell Avenue, 10:30am & 6:30pm; Wed 7:30pm.

The ministers at May Bell Avenue were: Rev. Frederick J. Wharton; Rev. James Gibson, supernumerary.

Primitive Methodist, Chapel Street, 10:45am & 6:30pm; Wed 7:30pm; seats 600.

The ministers at Chapel Street were: Rev. J. Day Thompson; Rev. Robert Pattinson & Rev. John Vaughan, supernumeraries.

Wesleyan, Adelaide Street, 10:30am & 6:30pm; Wed 7pm; seats 750.

Wesleyan, South Shore, 10:30am & 6:30pm; Thurs 7pm; seats 700.

Wesleyan, Grosvenor Street, 10:30am & 6:30pm; Thurs 7pm; seats 250.

Wesleyan, Dickson Road, North Shore, 10:30am & 6:30pm; Tues 7pm; seats 250.

Wesleyan, Highfield Avenue, South Shore, 10:30am & 6:30pm; Tues 7pm.

Wesleyan Chapel, Marton, 2:30pm.

The ministers associated with the above group of churches were: Rev. Samuel T. House (superintendent); Rev. Thomas Henry Wainman, Rev. John H. Doddrell & Rev. Hy. R. Glanville; Rev. Thomas Ayrton, supernumerary.

The address for Reverend James Stubbs Balmer is given as 63 Reads Avenue.