Station Road, Knowle, Solihull, West Midlands B93 0HN
Rev. Basil Bridge
1951 to 1955
Basil Bridge, URC Minister and hymnwriter, Norwich gained his MA at Cheshunt in 1951.
His first ministry was at Knowle, Warwickshire (1951-55). He then moved to Bond Street, Leicestershire (1955-67), Abbotts Road (1955-74), Stamford and Bourne (1976-89) and Harrold (1989 – 94) before retiring.
This is the truth we hold,
source of the joy we share,
hope that can make us bold
trusting the name we bear;
that ‘Christ has died’ and ‘Christ is risen,
in Christ shall all be made alive.’
Basil Bridge 1927-
Knowle URC ministers Rev Basil Bridge
At his induction at Knowle Congregational Church
The membership was about 30; it was classed as "Strategic"...
In 1951 there were six deacons- three men, and their wives! One unusual feature of the congregation was the attendance at morning service in term time of the pupils at Springfield House, a residential school under the Birmingham Education Authority. During my four years a hall was added, and a Boy's Brigade Company started; this latter was thanks to a former BB Captain at Stetchford Methodists moving into our district.
Basil Bridge (writing February 2008)