Since this website went live, we have been inundated with requests to open up the Church for various activies. Please note that for all instances where you require access to the Church for your own needs, please contact Urban Strawberry Lunch. Details to contact them can be found on their own page above. We have been amazed at the e-mail's, phone calls and personal talks when visiting 'the bomdie' and would like to share a few special artifacts below. To say that each story has been 'the best' so far is special enough, but then we will open our e-mail and find more personal pictures - some we have produced below. DO YOU have ANY pictures of St Luke's from any era that you can send us by E-mail? No matter how insignificant you may think they are! Did you have family baptised/married in the Church? Do you have pictures of the building before its partial destruction? Or perhaps a good story to tell us? From the many phone calls we have received, one has stood out and will continue to do so. We have been unable to actually view the artifact ourselves as yet, but we are going to do so in the next few weeks. This item was one of the few items that were removed from the Church during he fire and it has stood the test of time, now sitting in someone's house. We will report with pictures nearer the time! Lastly, please support Urban Strawberry Lunch, especially Ambrose and Liz who are seen working tirelessly at the Church on numerous occasions. Please also donate when you walk in the Church so we can continue to fund their group and keep 'the bomdie' open for all to see.

We were recently contacted by Joyce Greenland regarding her late father's connection with St Luke's: "My Dad, Alfred Greenland, was christened in St. Luke's on Easter Sunday the 8th April 1928; these are his Certificates of Baptism. Dad lived nearby in Pilgrim Street, his Grandfather (also named Alfred Greenland) living, just around the corner, and owning a garage in, Rice Street. Dad was a choir boy in St. Luke's right up to when it was bombed. After the bombing, services continued in a building in either Leece street or Hardman street, I cannot recall the name of the building, and he was one of the last choir boys who continued to sing there. Dad always spoke fondly and proudly of his days as a choir boy at St. Luke's, and he always spoke affectionately of a lady called Violet Swift who was, I think, a Sunday School teacher there. Sadly, Dad passed away on Tuesday 23rd August 2011, aged 83." Joyce has kindly given us copies of her late father's certificates and a picture of him at the age of when he was a Choir boy. Our thanks go to Joyce for giving us more information on a much loved and well used Church and the personal connection it had for people in the surrounding area.