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1910 |
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The foundation stone of the "Edward Husband Memorial Parish Hall" was laid on 12 Sept. Edward Husband was the Vicar of St Michael & All Angels, who died in 1908. This building was designed to the parish hall for St Michael's. It opened in November. At some point it was provided with the 19th century hemispherical bell that had come from the decommissioned chapel at Cheriton Road Cemetery. It was reported that when the bell was rung, "its massive hammer vibrated through the whole building with a dull thud". [1] |
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1953 |
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With St Michael's closed and then demolished in this year, this hall was taken over by a daughter church of the main Parish Church (Ss Mary & Eanswythe) and called St Augustine Mission Church. This was a relaunch of the previous St Augustine Mission Church in Mill Bay which closed in 1941 owing to the War. |
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1963 |
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The hemispherical bell was replaced with a new bell from Mears & Stainbank. |
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1989 |
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Folkestone's Greek Orthodox and Cypriot communities were invited to share the building, so the hall also house St Mark & St Fontini's church. |
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1994 |
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The building was refurbished and became known as St Augustine's Centre. |
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2014 |
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Government funding for St Augustine's Centre was lost so parishioners from the former St Saviour's Church stepped in to share the building with St Mark & St Fontini, as St Saviour's Church itself had been closed. |