A wedding at Ebenezer Memorial Church, Brackenbury Road, 1962
September 1962 · Brackenbury Road
Ebenezer Memorial Church, Brackenbury Road, in 1962. Courtesy of Malcolm Stevens.
A newspaper cutting of Malcolm Stevens’s wedding at Ebenezer Memorial (Kingstanding Congregational) Church, Brackenbury Road. Malcolm Stevens told Voices of Kingstanding: “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) … My wife and I were married in the church in September 1962.”
About this place: Ebenezer Memorial Congregational Church
Local memories
What people who knew this place have said about it, in their own words. These are memories, not checked facts.
“I went 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, his son John was also in the scouts there. the scoutmaster was Stan ? I spent many happy hours there, this would have been around 1950”
“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.”
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