No Place like Home

• Listen to Chris talk about cleaning the Wesley statues
• Listen to Robert talk about his mother, Marion, riding his Raleigh runabout in the courtyard
• Listen to Stephen talk about a bomb scare in the Horsefair

 

Rites of Passage

• Listen to Anthony talk about a double baptism he took in 1992
• Listen to Margaret talk about her wedding in 1965
• Listen to Philippa talk about her son, Robert’s, baptism in 1990
• Listen to Margaret and Judith talk about Fred Lindsay’s memorial service in 1987

 

Marking 1738

• Hear more stories about Wesley Day from David Weeks, Mark, Martin and Rachel

 

A Sense of Occasion

• Listen to Mandy and Ward talk about Tony Benn’s memorial service which was held at the New Room in 2014
• Listen to Mandy and Martin talk about BBC’s Poldark being filmed in the chapel

 

At Service

• Listen to Frank talk about establishing the Friday lunchtime Communion services

 

All are Welcome

• Listen to Bob talk about an American choir visiting
• Listen to Constance talk about a man visiting whilst being on the phone to his mother in the Caribbean
• Listen to Mark talk about the New Room hosting Stop the War meetings
• Listen to Rachel talk about coming to the New Room after collecting her husband’s death certificate

 

Before the Horsefair Project

• Listen to Mark talk about researching the decoration of the chapel and repainting it in its original colours

 

Transforming the New Room

• Hear Gary talk about his reasoning behind suggesting the Horsefair Project
• Hear Mandy talk about her experience of working at the New Room in the midst of the building project and about school groups who visited the site