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The church was opened in 1904. | The church was opened in 1904. | ||
<code>[[File:Wesley hall.jpg|frame|Postcard of the church dating from c.1905]]<span style="font-family: sans-serif, Arial, Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS';">It was renamed Cowley Road Methodist Church in 1934.</span></code> | |||
The church was divided at gallery level and completely renovated in 1984. | |||
=== 1988: the Smith family tragedy === | === 1988: the Smith family tragedy === | ||
In March 1988, a pregnant woman and her twin sons were killed when a Landrover ploughed into them, also destroying the wall at the eastern corner of the church. Brian Price, who lived in Bowness Avenue, Headington, had had a heart attack and died at the wheel while the car was in motion. James and Robert Smith, aged five, died instantly; their mother Maria Smith, thirty-six, subsequently died of head injuries in the John Radcliffe Hospital. The family lived in Jeune Street. A daughter, Olivia, six, survived.<ref>_</ref> | In March 1988, a pregnant woman and her twin sons were killed when a Landrover ploughed into them, also destroying the wall at the eastern corner of the church. Brian Price, who lived in Bowness Avenue, Headington, had had a heart attack and died at the wheel while the car was in motion. James and Robert Smith, aged five, died instantly; their mother Maria Smith, thirty-six, subsequently died of head injuries in the John Radcliffe Hospital. The family lived in Jeune Street. A daughter, Olivia, six, survived.<ref>_</ref> | ||
== Before then? == | == Before then? == | ||