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“A tale that is told”: Thomas Melling (1912-1998)
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“Providence Strict Baptist Chapel [Haydock], 1876”
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“many good men”
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“a more convenient place in the colliery works”
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Colliery School, Haydock, c.1910
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Strict Baptist Chapel, Haydock, c.1885
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“A Sermon Preached By Mr Feazey at Haydock Srict Baptist Chapel on Sunday Afternoon, May 26, 1895” (extract)
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James Turton (1839-1916)
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“times of poverty”: the birthplace of Thomas Melling, Carr Mill Rd, Billinge
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The Masons Arms, Carr Mill Rd, Billinge
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“the Methodists and the Rechabites”
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Thomas Melling, 1931/2, at Carr Mill Rd, Billinge
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Glass-making at Pilkington Brothers Ltd, St Helens, 1935
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“He decreed the very place”: Greenfield Farmhouse, Carr Mill Rd, Billinge
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The extended Hitchen family at Greenfield Farm, Billinge, c.1930
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“a real Christian”: St Aidan's Church, Billinge
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“the vicar preached at him from the pulpit”: interior of St Aidan's Church, Billinge
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“If you want to hear the truth, go to Shaw Street Strict Baptist”: Rev Horace Siviter, St Silas' Church, Liverpool
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“Surely the Lord is in this place”: Providence Strict Baptist Chapel, Clipsley Lane, Haydock, c.1960
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“hand to the plough”: Thomas Melling at Greenfield Farm, Billinge, c.1935
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“’Twas fixed in God’s eternal mind...”
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Dawson-Bethesda Home, Haydock, 1964
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Dawson-Bethesda Home, Haydock: Site Plan, 25 May 1963
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Dawson-Bethesda Home, Haydock: Floor Plan, 20 May 1964
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“17 Residents … in urgent need of a Matron”
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“A bond of blessed union”: Harold Wilfred Jones (1898-1971) and David Thomas Evans (1901-1974)
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Jones-Evans Grave, St Mark's Burial Ground, Haydock
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Hermon Hitchen (1895-1989)
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“Fighting the Fight Of Faith in Old Age”: London Fields, Billinge
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“the day of small things”