Rev Chirho Glover 1948 – 1972

Chirho Glover took over in 1948. The parish had continued to grow and with it the ministry needs. Within 3 years the old tin vicarage was dismantled and its place taken by a Parish Hall. This immediately led to an expansion of the Sunday School which, by 1957, had grown to over 200 young people. The Hall had been paid off by 1956 and the parish then decided to enlarge the church. The firm of Fleming and Cook, successors to Baker and Massey, designed the extention to the nave, the choir vestry, the tower with its rose window and gallery, and the tiling of the roof. The extentions were carried out by Mr W.H. Gresty, a builder in the parish. The enlarged church was dedicated on St Luke’s Day 1957 By Bishop Ambrose Reeves.

Sylvia Glover was a wife of widespread talents. She was organist, choir-mistress, a leader in the Church Women’s Society, a church councilor a teacher and possessed of an irrepressible sense of humour. She was largely responsible for the design and construction of the present organ to replace the old hand pumped one.