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Mass in the College Arms assembly room, early 1930s

c. 1932–33 · College Road

A page from a parish year book headed “‘Christ the King’, Kingstanding”, printed with a photograph of a congregation seated on wooden chairs before a draped altar lettered “Sanctus”, with a priest standing at the back. The caption reads “Inside View of the ‘College Arms’ Assembly Room used for Mass, on Holidays of Obligation” and the photo is marked “By the courtesy of the ‘B’ham Gazette’”. — Photo: Birmingham Gazette (as credited in the Christ the King parish year book, 1932–33, reproduced on Voices of Kingstanding). Reproduced via Chris Hillcox, Voices of Kingstanding. · Select the picture to zoom and pan.

College Arms ‘assembly room’, 1930s.

Before Christ the King had a church, Mass was said in the assembly room of the College Arms pub on College Road. This page comes from the parish’s 1932–33 year book in the Christ the King archive on Voices of Kingstanding. A later newspaper article in the same archive says Father Byrne’s “services at the ‘College Arms’ proved successful”.

Notes

Voices of Kingstanding captions it “1930’s”; the date comes from the year book the page belongs to.

About this place: The College Arms · Christ the King Church

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