St Johns Church Cinderford (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Sunday, July 29, 2018, 23:18 (2317 days ago) @ Hornbeam

Hi Hornbeam and welcome back.
Our family went to St Stephens not St Johns, but for a couple of years in the early 80s I visited St John's Church Hall one evening a week. Along with other friends we hired it to play recreational badminton. The floorspace was just large enough to house one badminton court, non-playing members had to sit on the relatively high stage to wait for their game. The horizontal wooden trusses supporting the roof apex were a continual problem altho getting a lucky rebound occasionally gave sneaky points, but less good if accidentally landed a shuttlecock on top of the beams. It was a great venue as had good parking plus the White Hart next door for that all-important 2 hour "hydration break" afterwards. In those days it looked much like this
http://way-mark.co.uk/foresthaven/livnhist/slide096.htm#

Back in 2014 the Hall was discussed on this forum, and I found it was on the market, presumably just prior to being redeveloped. Several interior photos were available online via the vendor's website, it looked much like I remembered. I can't find them online now, but hopefully the company still has them on file to share with you ?.
https://www.brutonknowles.co.uk/about-bruton-knowles/locations