On Sunday 13th October 1929, the Rev. Thomas Shanks, minister of Queen Street Arbroath Congregational Church, intimated to his congregation that he had agreed to accept the call to Blantyre Congregational Church. Mr Shanks had been minister of the Congregational Church in Arbroath since 1924. Born in Airdrie in 1890, Mr Shanks’ early education […]
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1880 Congregational Church
Congregational Church – was established 8th March 1877 and was formed with 56 members allegedly in a temporary church on land belonging to Mr. John Craig. Plans were immediately set out for their own church, securing a relatively square piece of isolated ground measuring 140 feet by 155 feet. The idea came about, just 6 […]


