Blackpool Methodist Publications Gallery

A full transcription of the newspaper articles is available in the Methodist History section of this website.

Some of these images were shared on the now defunct Blackpool Methodist Circuit website, while others have been gathered from a variety of sources. If you're interested in one of the newspaper articles a full transcription will be available in the Methodist History section of this website. More information will be added periodically.

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cover of a Spanish Bazaar souvenir book for Rawcliffe Street Methodist Church featuring a line drawing of the church

Spanish Bazaar souvenir book: Rawcliffe Street Methodist Church

1846 newspaper cutting about a London Missionary Society meeting in Blackpool

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: 1846 - London Missionary Society meeting in Blackpool

1848 cutting from Slater's Directory about places of worship in Blackpool

1848 Slater’s Directory: Places of worship in Blackpool

1851 census return for Marton Methodist Church

1851 Census: return for Wesleyan Chapel, Great Marton

1851 Census: return for Central Methodist Church

1855 cutting from Slater's Directory about places of worship in Blackpool

1855 Slater’s Directory: Places of worship in Blackpool

Newspaper article dated 17 February 1855 about a Wesleyan tea party

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: Wesleyan Annual Tea Party 1855

Newspaper article dated 9th August 1862 about a presentation to Reverend E Oldfield

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: Presentation to Rev. E Oldfield

Newspaper article dated 17 September 1864 about the building of Adelaide Street Methodist Church

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: 1864 Adelaide Street Methodist Church newspaper article

1864 newspaper cutting about Wesleyan marriages

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: 1864 - marriage announcement

May 1867 newspaper cutting about Wesleyan marriages

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: May 1867 - marriage announcement

June 1867 newspaper cutting about Wesleyan marriages

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: June 1867 - marriage announcement

1868 newspaper cutting about Wesleyan marriages

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: 1868 - marriage announcement

1869 cutting from Slater's Directory about places of worship in Blackpool

1869 Slater’s Directory: Places of worship in Blackpool

Newspaper article dated 15th April 1872 about annual school sermons

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: Annual school sermons 1871

Newspaper article dated 11th April 1874 about annual Sunday school sermons

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: Annual Sunday school sermons 1874

Newspaper article dated 17 November 1877 about the Wesleyan Foreign Missionary Society at Adelaide Street Methodist Church

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: 1877 - Wesleyan Foreign Missionary Society at Adelaide Street Methodist Church

1878 newspaper cutting about Wesleyan marriages

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: 1878 - Adelaide Street Church marriage announcement

1879 newspaper cutting about Wesleyan marriages

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: 1879 - marriage announcement

Newspaper article dated 21 February 1880 about the Adelaide Street Methodist Church annual meeting and tea

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: 1880 - Adelaide Street Methodist Church annual meeting and tea

1881 newspaper cutting about Wesleyan marriages

Blackpool Herald: 1881 - fashionable weddings in Blackpool

1881 newspaper cutting about Blackpool Wesleyan Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Society

Blackpool Herald: 1881 - Blackpool Wesleyan Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Society

Newspaper article dated 14 April 1882 about the Wesleyan Sunday School Union meeting at Adelaide Street Methodist Church

Blackpool Herald: 1882 - Wesleyan Sunday School Union meeting at Adelaide Street Methodist Church

Newspaper article dated 14 April 1882 about the Adelaide Street Sunday School annual sermons

Blackpool Herald: 1882 - Adelaide Street Sunday School annual sermons

1883 newspaper cutting about anniversary services in the Wesleyan Chapel, Blackpool

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: Anniversary services in Blackpool's Wesleyan Chapel 1883

1888 newspaper cutting about the Christmas Tea and Entertainment at Chapel Street Methodist Church

Blackpool Herald: Christmas Tea and Entertainment at Chapel Street, 1883

1885 newspaper cutting about a Wesleyan quarterly meeting

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: Wesleyan quarterly meeting 1885

1886 newspaper cutting about a new Methodist chapel for Blackpool

Blackpool Herald: 1886 - Methodist New Connexion

1888 newspaper cutting about Christmas tea for Sunday school children at Adelaide Street

Blackpool Herald: 1888 - Treat to children at Adelaide Street

1888 newspaper cutting about a service at Adelaide Street Methodist Church

Blackpool Herald: 1888 - Christmas service at Adelaide Street

1890 newspaper cutting about new Wesleyan buildings

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: 1890 - new Wesleyan buildings in Fylde District

1895 cutting from Kellys's Directory about Rawcliffe Street Wesleyan Chapel in Blackpool

1895 Kelly’s Directory (Lancashire): Rawcliffe Street Wesleyan Chapel

1895 cutting from Kelly's Directory about places of worship in Blackpool

1895 Kelly’s Directory (Lancashire): Places of worship in Blackpool

1895 cutting from Kellys's Directory about Marton Methodist Chapel in Blackpool

1895 Kelly’s Directory (Lancashire): Marton Methodist Chapel

1900 newspaper cutting about a meeting of the Fylde Wesleyan Circuit at Adelaide Street Methodist Church

Fleetwood Chronicle and Fylde Advertiser: 1900 - Fylde Wesleyan Circuit meeting at Adelaide Street Methodist Church

1900 newspaper cutting about a meeting of the Wesley Guild Movement at Rawcliffe Street Methodist Church

Fleetwood Chronicle and Fylde Advertiser: 1900 Wesley Guild Movement meeting at Rawcliffe Street Methodist Church

Sketch of a church with a spire on the corner of a road, people are in the foregorund having emerged from the church

The Building News 1904: Raikes Parade Methodist Church - image with plan

1905 newspaper cutting about a prize-giving at Layton Methodist New Connexion School

The Preston Herald: 1905 - Layton Methodist New Connexion School

1907 newspaper cutting about a floral bazaar at Layton Methodist Church

The Fleetwood Chronicle and Fylde Advertiser: 1907 - Layton Methodists: Hold a successful floral bazaar

1909 Advertisement - United Methodist Church, Adelaide Street: 1909 advertisement for events at Adelaide Street Methodist Church

1911 newspaper cutting about a trip to Nottingham by members of Layton Methodist Church

The Fleetwood Chronicle and Fylde Advertiser: 1911 - Layton Methodists at Nottingham

1915 newspaper cutting about an address at Adelaide Street Methodist Church by the assistant secretary to the London Wesleyan Mission

Fleetwood Chronicle and Fylde Advertiser: 1915 - London Wesleyan Mission assistant secretary at Adelaide Street Methodist Church

1924 cutting from Kellys's Directory about Methodist chapels in Blackpool

1924 Kelly’s Directory (Lancashire): Blackpool's Methodist Chapels

1924 cutting from Kelly's Directory about Marton Methodist Chapel

1924 Kelly’s Directory (Lancashire): Marton Methodist Chapel

1924 cutting from Kellys's Directory about Methodist churches in Blackpool

1924 Kelly’s Directory (Lancashire): Blackpool's Methodist churches

1934 newspaper cutting about plans for a new Layton Methodist Church

Lancashire Daily Post: 1934 - Layton Methodists: Plans for Erection of £7,000 Church and Schoolroom

1935 newspaper cutting about the Rose Queen crowning and fete at Marton Methodist Church

Lancashire Daily Post: 1935 - Marton All Colour and Bustle: Rose Queen Crowning and Fete

1937 newspaper cutting about Fylde Sunday School League football results

Lancashire Daily Post: 1937 - Fylde Sunday School League - Results

Newspaper article dated 17 June 1937 about a chor competition

Lancashire Daily Post: Lytham St Annes Music Festival 1937

1938 newspaper cutting about the death of a member of Marton Methodist Church

Lancashire Daily Post: 1938 - Retired Coal Merchant Dies at Blackpool

1939 newspaper cutting about the crowning of the Rose Queen at Marton Methodist Church

Lancashire Daily Post: 1939 - Parade in Rain: Marton Moss Rose Queen Crowned

1946 newspaper cutting featuring a letter about Marton Methodist Church

Lancashire Evening Post: 1946 Letter to the Lancashire Evening Post: Marton Methodism

1948 newspaper cutting about a trip to Roughlee Lake by members of Waterloo Road Methodist Church

The Nelson Leader: 1948 trip to Roughlee Lake by members of Waterloo Road Methodist Church

Girl in a white dress and dark green cloak, with yellow roses in her hair, sitting on a throne accompanied by a woman and two page boys

Blackpool Gazette: Tracey Smithey crowned as Rose Queen at Marton Methodist Church, 1997

Blackpool Gazette: Interior of North Shore Methodist Church

Heritage coordinator Diana Holden looking at table full of photographs

Blackpool Gazette: North Shore Methodist Church Heritage coordinator, Diana Holden

Reverend Janet Pybon standing in North Shore Methodist Church

Blackpool Gazette: Reverend Janet Pybon

Exterior of a traditional red brick church with a spire

Blackpool Gazette: North Shore Methodist Church

A woman sitting sideways in a pew of a traditional church, looking up towards the rear balcony

Blackpool Gazette: North Shore Methodist Church Senior steward, Yvonne Goulds

Three women standing in the upper balcony of a traditional church, organ pipes and pulpit visible behind them

Blackpool Gazette: Diana Holden, Rev. Janet Pybon, Yvonne Goulds

Red and green flower motif stained glass window in North Shore Methodist Church

Blackpool Gazette: Window, North Shore Methodist Church

Geometric design, stained glass window behind a darkened table on with a cross is placed

Blackpool Gazette: Window, North Shore Methodist Church

White and grey vertically-placed organ pipes

Blackpool Gazette: Organ pipes in North Shore Methodist Church

Woman in jeans, a blue cardigan and silk scarf standing in a church car park looking at the notice board

Blackpool Gazette: 2020 Blackpool church needs a Christmas miracle or it will face closure in January

Woman in jeans, a blue cardigan and silk scarf standing in an empty church hall

Blackpool Gazette: 2020 Marton Methodist Church hall

Yellow noticeboard displaying posters and decorative items

Blackpool Gazette: 2020 Noticeboard in Marton Methodist Church hall