On Thursday 2nd August, I was joined by David Waterfall (from Pulse Regeneration) as we set up camp in the new (extraordinarly large) Tesco in Widnes.

We had a great day chatting to shoppers about the proposed redevelopment of St Marie’s Church (which is quite literally next door to Tesco’s). The responses we collected were (nearly) all positive.

Don’t forget that if you want to Have Your Say, you can! Simply click on this link to visit on our online survey.

http://www.haltonsthelensvca.org.uk/st-maries-church-redevelopment-0

Thank you. It will only take a few moments of your time and it could a massive difference to our project.

Matthew Roberts

Here are some photos of David and I in action:

Refreshed and ready to go!

A local history buff stops by to talk to me his love of old buildings.

David chats to a shopper

A Tesco staff member (on break) stops by to find out about our plans.

Here’s me explaining how the front third of the church will be restored to it’s former glory.

This former parishioner was very pleased with the plans!