{"id":11075,"date":"2023-08-18T07:05:10","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T06:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wainsgate.co.uk\/?page_id=11075"},"modified":"2023-09-12T19:56:41","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T18:56:41","slug":"coat-hooks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wainsgate.co.uk\/coat-hooks\/","title":{"rendered":"COAT HOOKS"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
An item as simple as a coat hook can symbolise the individuals to whom the chapel was part of life. Through taking the time to think about such objects, we remember those who have walked through the doors throughout the chapel\u2019s history. Every single person a piece of the rich fabric of Wainsgate and a member of its community. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Children in the Sunday School at Wainsgate Mid 20th Century<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Joseph Greenwood\u2019s words about life at Ebenezer Wesylan Methodist Chapel in Luddenden invite us to imagine the children arriving for Sunday school, lunch in tow. \u201cOn the boys side there were two long rows of hat pegs, where might be seen hanging an interesting batch of indescribable parcels.\u201d<\/em> We know that children sometimes walked for miles to attend Sunday school and the school at Wainsgate would have been no exception. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Young ladies class in 1885<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t The Calder Valley was one of the first places in Britain to experiment with Sunday schools. Ann Kilbey writes that \u2018by 1833-49 in upper valley 9,669 children were enrolled in Sunday Schools and 80 percent of those were enrolled in non-conformist chapels,\u2019<\/em> which were impressive numbers indeed. The community saw an opportunity to educate their children at a time that the state made no provision for this and Wainsgate was no exception. Wainsgate Chapel was therefore a place of worship, community and education, and for some of the congregation, this was a building through which they lived their entire lives. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Hannah Hargreaves was one person who it could be said lived her life through the chapel. She was a teacher at the Sunday school for 30 years and \u2018probably lived in Wainsgate Lane for her entire life.\u2019<\/em><\/p> Daughter of Richard and Mary Hargreaves, she probably lived in Wainsgate Lane for her entire life. She never married, and worked as a fustian tailoress. At the end of her life she was living alone in Wainsgate Lane, her parents, brother and sister having predeceased her: all of them buried in plot A399 at Wainsgate. The framed photograph of Hannah displayed at Wainsgate is inscribed \u2018For 30 years a Faithful Teacher in this Sunday School.\u2019<\/p> Words by Chris Barnett \u2013 The Wainsgate Graveyard Project<\/a>. Drawing of John Fawcett (left) and a plaque erected to his memory (right)<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Although the coat hooks that we see today would certainly not have been here in the time of the first chapel, the sense of community certainly was.<\/p> The first chapel was built at Wainsgate in 1750 with Dr John Fawcett became minister in 1764. The sense of community and belonging that was felt between the congregation and also its ministers were clearly evident, even in the early days of the chapel\u2019s life. Sources record that Dr, John Fawcett was unable to leave his congregation to preach in London due to the \u2018ties\u2019 he felt bound him to his local community.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Ira D Sankey wrote:<\/p> \u2018The wagons were loaded with his books and furniture, and all was ready for the departure, when his parishioners gathered around him, and with tears in their eyes begged him to stay. His wife said: \u2018Oh John, John I cannot bear this ,\u2019 to which Fawcett replied, \u2018Neither can I, and we will not go. Unload the wagons and put everything as it was before.\u2019<\/em><\/p> Whether this word by word account is completely accurate we will never know but Fawcett did remain with his congregation due to his unwillingness to leave.<\/p> (Quotation from \u2018Wainsgate Baptist Chapel West Yorkshire: A History and a Guide by Charles W Thompson.)<\/p> Fawcett wrote his hymn \u2018blessed be the tie that binds our hearts\u2019<\/em> soon afterwards about his struggle to leave \u2018the fellowship of kindred minds\u2019<\/em> which he felt made up the community at Wainsgate.<\/p> Find out more about John Fawcett HERE<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t If we read the lyrics to Fawcett\u2019s hymn it is evident that there was a close bond between the congregation at Wainsgate where \u2018mutual burdens\u2019<\/em> were bourne and \u2018hopes and aims\u2019<\/em> were one.<\/p> \u00a0<\/p> Blest Be the Tie That Binds<\/strong> (John Fawcett 1782)<\/p> Blest be the tie that binds\u2028<\/p> Our hearts in Christian love;\u2028<\/p> The fellowship of kindred minds<\/p> \u2028Is like to that above.<\/p> Before our Father\u2019s throne,\u2028<\/p> We pour our ardent prayers;\u2028<\/p> Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one,\u2028<\/p> Our comforts, and our cares.<\/p> We share our mutual woes,\u2028<\/p> Our mutual burdens bear;\u2028<\/p> And often for each other flows\u2028<\/p> The sympathizing tear.<\/p> When we asunder part,\u2028<\/p> It gives us inward pain;\u2028<\/p> But we shall still be joined in heart,\u2028<\/p> And hope to meet again.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Wainsgate Choir circa 1898<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Wainsgate musical society was founded in 1843 along with the Chapel Choir. The Ashworth family played a main part in the society with Richard Ashcroft being the secretary. Alice Ashcroft, remained a member of the society until 1943.<\/p> It is quite likely that Alice may have used some of the hooks that we see to hang her belongings when at the Chapel along with other members of the choir.<\/p>Who has hung their coats? \n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
Sunday School at Wainsgate.\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
Elementary Education in the 19th Century<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
Find out more about the Sunday school HERE
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The Choir at Wainsgate: A space for worship, community and the arts\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t