Wigston and Oadby Churches of Christ – Leicester Church of Christ

South Wigston Church of Christ (1887-1981)

Opened Easter Tuesday 1887. Closed several months in 1929 for major renovations. Electric organ installed 1960.

Wigston “Holiday School” experiment, Rev. Phillip Morgan, with a senior class, 4th September 1964

South Wigston Church of Christ, Canal Street, 1968 and 1975

The Rev. Arthur L. Brown on his retirement, April 16th 1971

Church of Christ, Canal Street, South Wigston, “Reception for The Rev. Edward W. Terry”,
Mr. W. Hubbard (deacon), Mrs. N. Crane (deaconess), Rev. E. Terry, Mrs. H. Oldershaw (deaconess), Alderman R. Curtis Weston (senior deacon),
September 17th 1971

Junction Road Church of Christ (1980-1990)

Junction Road Church of Christ, bought in 1982, and with artists impression of conversion

Junction Road Church of Christ, building for sale in late 1980’s or 1990, in order to move to Central Avenue

Central Avenue Christian Church (1990-2014)

Christian Churches Together in Wigston, Ivor James Smith, Minister, United Reformed Church, Alan S. Robinson, Central Avenue Christian Church, Martin Smithson, Minister, Wigston Methodist Church, c.late 1990s

(Photo by Gerry Broughton published in “People In Wigston Magna – Portraits of a community”)