CARR ROAD PEACE INSTITUTE

 

 

                                                                                                         

Location:     The Wesleyan Peace Institute is situated on the corner of Cross Street near Nelson Library.

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The building of the Carr Road Wesleyan Peace Hall was started in 1919 to meet the needs of the men returning to civilian life after their time in the trenches. There were some 230 names on the Roll of Honour connected with the Wesleyan School.  It was decided that the new building would be a both a memorial to those who had lost their lives and "an expression of thankfulness at the cessation of hostilities"

The building was to comprise of a large room on the ground floor able to contain two full sized billiard tables. A smaller room for reading or conversation or meetings. The upper floor was to be used as a gymnasium with modern up to date equipment, at one end would be a platform to enable the room to be used as an assembly room. Much improved sanitary accommodation was to be provided for use by the school.

The memorial contains the names of twenty-eight soldiers and two civilians who gave their lives for their country and had been connected with the Carr Road Church and school. This memorial stone was laid on 4th October 1919 by Joseph Dyson.

 

The following also laid foundation stones:

 

These are the names of those commemorated:

                                              

 

Also commemorated is Nurse Elsie HARTLEY