Cinderford - The Ark (General)

by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Tuesday, October 16, 2007, 02:46 (6251 days ago) @ Dorothy

Also in Cinderford a mission hall in the later Station Street, an iron building which became known as the Ark, was registered in 1886 by a group called the Blue Ribbon Gospel Army. (fn. 73) The mission, which the 'Forward Movement' of the South Wales Presbyterian Church revived in 1901, was undenominational and under A. H. Hirst, its pastor for much of its life before 1938, it had over 30 members. (fn. 74) In 1973, the mission having been abandoned, the Ark was sold to Cinderford Town band for musical activities (fn. 75) and later it was pulled down

From: 'Forest of Dean: Protestant nonconformity', A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 5: Bledisloe Hundred, St. Briavels Hundred, The Forest of Dean (1996), pp. 396-404. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=23273. Date accessed: Tuesday, October 16, 2007.

The Blue Ribbon Temperance Mission / Gospel Army was a movement to promote teetotal values etc