Notes: 1. In 1927, the ownership passed into the hands of the Parochial Council. In 1939 it passed into the hands of the Y.M.C.A. for a canteen for troops billeted locally. The P.C.C. resumed ownership of Hall after the war, but it became a burden on the church and was finally sold to the Y.M.C.A. in 1965.
2. In the Church Magazine, the Rector of Morpeth made it quite clear “to any ‘Free Church’ friends” that the Parochial Hall had been purchased by the CofE at the CofE’s instigation as a memorial to the men of the CofE who had died and that “it was a surprise to me that anyone could have thought differently”.
3. The building was finally demolished and a block of flats named Admiral Collingwood Court was built on the site.
4. Lady Renwick presented a large quantity of furniture for use at the hall, including over 70 chairs, a number of tables, benches, pictures. As a consequence, the Rector stated that the hall was now fully equipped.
5. A move to provide a Parochial Hall for the use of Church activities such as the Boys’ Brigade had started before the war and a sum of £500 had been raised. “There was no room but the Mission Room where any church organization could meet or classes be held, and there was no doubt that the inadequate accommodation mitigated against the inception, and still more against the development and extension of work for women and girls, and much more was this the case with the work for boys and men, for they seemed to require much more room and scope for their activities than the ladies did.
6. A recreation ground was proposed and the first part of this – a bowling green – was opened in July 1924. It was hoped that tennis courts would follow.
