Ebenezer Memorial Congregational Church

“I lived in Brackenbury Road for 19 years within 200 yards of the church. I attended the Sunday School there and was a member of the Wolf Cub pack and later the Scout troop (First Kingstanding, 213th Birmingham). … They held their meetings in the church hall. My wife and I were married in the church in September 1962 … The Reverend Light conducted the service.”

“I went to that church for years when Rev Light was the minister. His wife was our RI teacher at Dulwich Road.”

“I also went to Dulwich Rd senior boy’s school that was way back in the early forties, also I was in the scoutsat Brackenberry Rd Church Mr Howe was Scoutmaster, his wife was head of the girl guides.”

“I used to pass the church each day on my way to Dulwich Rd school … Iwent to the scout troop in the hall behind the church [1st Kingstanding 213th B’ham] Mr Lowe was the “janitor”but also helped running the scouts … this would have been around 1950”

“In the hall at the back of the church we used to have a rock and roll night. I remember a guy by the name of Pete I think it was who taught us “the Madison”. Must have been the first line dance ever.”

“I was in the choir in the 60s and miss |Maisey was the organist. We had 1 shilling for each wedding. the choirmaster was Scottish, Mr Moncrieff I think. I was also in the pantomime one year about 1960 as a fairy. There were dances sometimes in the hall where we would all jive.”

“I sang in the choir in the early 50s. I went to Handsworth GS at the time.The choirmaster, cannot remember his name,went to HGS and recruited boys for his choir, in addition to me he also recruited Douglas Bickley and Billy Veasey and maybe others whose names I cannot recall.”

“… was a cub and scout leader through the 1960s 213th kingstanding … we all represented our group … to go abroad 2 years running to Germany, Luxembourg and Belgium.we won the football shield in the 60s”

“i remember going to Sunday school and sitting in a circle and two lovely ladies reading from the bible to us all. … i was about 8 years old the year would be 1964”

“My parents were married there on 20th February 1954 and just reached their Diamond Wedding Anniversary.”

“We got married there 53yrs ago 1967 and had our first born christened there too, also grew up going there to sunday school and church”