Our story in brief

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1950s  Pinnocks Way Council estate built.
 

1956    Local churches start services in the Social Club. 
             About 100 children attend the Sunday school.
 

1958   Fund-raising starts for a church building in Dean Court.
 

1961   Wooden panels erected om ceontrete base. Local residents
            give voluntary help to finish it.
 

            New church dedicated on Saturday 9 December by Bishop of

            Reading (E.H. Knell). First service held on Sunday
            10 December 1961.  

 

1980s  Wooden youth hut put up.
            Games court built behind the church.
 

2005    Hut burned down.

 

 

2007    New St Andrew’s Centre (STAC) opened to replace
            youth hut.
 

2012    Games court totally refurbished with community grants
            and reopened for all to use.
 

2014    Cracked roof beams in church repaired.
            Building declared ‘past its use-by date’.
 

2018    Planning permission granted for a new church.

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2021    Modified plans submitted and planning permission
            received: rebuilding starts in November!  Last service in
            old building on 7 November, 10am, followed by
            tea/coffee and cake for all. 

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            Services transfer to Dean Court Community Centre - 
            where they started in 1956 (though the Centre is a new
            one). 

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2022   Rebuilding by APH Construction Ltd. Provisional date for
           official re-opening: 10 September. 

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