Jerusalem Baptist Chapel, Bryn
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Jerusalem Baptist Chapel, Bryn
Image: © Alan Hughes Taken: 26 Apr 2024
“At Bryn, Port Talbot, the revival has been greatly felt in all the Nonconformist churches. About 70 new members have been added, and the number is still increasing - Rev J Lloyd Thomas.” From, 'The South Wales Daily News', 18th January 1905. Members of the chapel had to pay weekly for the rental of chapel seats; this stopped in 1970. Tickets were given out during singing schools, held after the evening service. Only those with a good attendance were allowed to go up to the gallery to sing. In its heyday the members would produce dramas and operas; Mayor John Harry Jones was one of the members and also became its secretary. The chapel is now a grade 2 listed building which was turned into a dwelling in 2003.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.617372
Longitude
-3.712984