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Jottings from the Archives

1879 A hut, which was the original Chapel.

church, becomes Muston*s Methodist

1888 The chancel being unfinished it was decided to continue the design round at a cost of £4 12s 6d.

1891 The Sunday School boasted a total of 67 scholars, and by the end of the year it had grown to 77.

1898 The Sunday School now has 17 teachers. No mention is made number of scholars, but one can hazard a guess that the Sunday School is going from strength to strength.

1914 December 16th. There is a hole in the church spire attributed to the German Navy. £40 was claimed against the government

1916 November 24th. At a meeting on this date the entertaining of "Hunt*s Battalion" in the schoolroom was approved.

One vestry was made into a kitchen.

1926 October 29th. Further additions to the church were planned - the oak pulpit, choir stalls and the dado.

1928 The cost of painting the church and the lecture halt was - £22 lOs 6d. (The Year 2001 was £4.500 excluding the Hall, with other estimates of over £10,000)

1940 December 9th. A decrease in numbers at the Sunday Evening Services was attributed to the canteen, run during the Second World War.

1945 December 11th. A meeting on this date reported the closure of the canteen. The regiment receiving hospitality had left Scarborough.