Super User Omeka MetsExport Plugin The software used to generate this document is called Omeka MetsExport, which operates as a plugin for Omeka. Documentation can be found at http://github/MetsExport/ Struthers Memorial Church <!-- [if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">The foundation stone for the new Falkirk Town Mission was laid on 10th September 1898. Amazingly, almost all of the money for it, about £1600, was raised at a grand bazaar in the Town Hall that year.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">The original plans by Alexander Gauld were modified when the mission was given a bell from Falkirk Steeple – the tower was provided with a louvred belfry instead of a dome. The church has a horseshoe balcony, reached by a stair in the tower. A library (now a crèche) and meeting rooms were placed to the front of the building.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">The Town Mission closed its doors for the last time in March 1985. On 12^th December 1986 they re-opened as the Struther’s Memorial Church and remain so to this day.</span></p> 1899 Museum 2045 Struthers Memorial Church Falkirk 13252 Yes Alexander Gauld 1 Mission Lane 19/9/2015 10 am to 4 pm No No No No No No No No No No FK1 1PN