South Wigston Methodist Church, Blaby Road ~ key dates
June 1884 Wesleyan Mission commences in Orson Wright’s factory
23 September 1886 Stone laying of the original Chapel (now the schoolroom)
16 December 1886 Chapel opens
1888 Wesleyan Church cricket club formed
10 July 1902 Enlarged Church opened
24 January 1906 Organ inaugurated
1911 Methodist Guild formed
1920 First resident minister Rev. W J Kinchington appointed
1928 Electric lighting installed
1932 The (National) Deed of Union leads to the merger of the Church with the Primitive Methodist Church, Countesthorpe Road, to become The Methodist Church
1951 Blaby Road Methodist drama group formed ~ still running as SWM Theatre Company
1963 2nd Wigston Company of the Girls’ Guild formed ~ now the Girls’ Brigade
October 1967 First united service with Countesthorpe Road Methodist Church
(Countesthorpe Road closed and joined with Blaby Road in the newly redesigned building)
1971 Completion of major internal restructuring. Service of Dedication held on 24th April. The worship area was moved upstairs with a meeting room below.
1977 25th (Leicester) Company of the Boys’ Brigade formed.
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