The Site of the first weekly Public Service of the Anglican Church in
Beaumaris, 1951
A plaque inside the garage of Mr Clive Gleadell (standing at the right
of the photograph on
the right) and Mrs Linda Gleadell, at 11 Rennison Street, Beaumaris,
records its use
as the first venue for the newly constituted Anglican church in
Beaumaris, which was
within the Parish of St. Matthew's, Cheltenham, until the present
Parish
of St. Michael and All Angels', Beaumaris, was established in March
1959.
The entrance
to the garage
from Rennison
Street was very different then from the situation now.The first service
held in the garage
was at 2:15
p.m.
on 16th September 1951. One or more services have been held in
Beaumaris
in every week since then. The last service in the garage was on the
third
Sunday in Advent, 14th December 1952. The garage is
pictured in a local newspaper article
reporting the 50th Anniversary of the first service.
Both the first and the
last, and all but seven
of the
68 services held in the garage before the
church moved
to its present site at 28-32 Dalgetty Road (between Martin
and
Bodley
Streets, Beaumaris),were conducted by the Rev.
Robert Dann, who was Vicar until 11th November 1956, and
later
became
Archbishop of Melbourne.
