Further to my earlier post re the fire at St Bartholomews in January 1895. Just over one week later a meeting had taken place to discuss the raising of funds to rebuild the church.
This was achieved the following year and the church re-opened in September 1896.

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Interesting isn’t how quickly everyone managed to get a Restoration Fund committee together and approx. 18 months later the church re-opened.
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