What was initially an annexe of the Kirkgate church began its life, in 1884, in a rented room above a shop at the bottom of Dyson Street, off Sunbridge Road. But as the work and support grew, it became obvious that a larger, permanent home was going to be necessary.
A site at the bottom of Gaynor Street was chosen, the land was bought, money was raised or guaranteed, and a foundation stone was laid on March 18, 1889.
On Saturday September 23, 1989, hundreds of banner waving Christians joined a tuneful procession in Bradford to mark the start of the evangelical Methodist mission’s centenary celebrations.
Members and friends of Sunbridge Road Mission, in Gaynor Street, Bradford, sang songs as the birthday procession left the Old Infirmary Grounds in Westgate and snaked through the city to a rally outside the law courts.
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