St Gabriel's church could be torn down

The chapel's former vicar has revealed plans to sell the land for housing

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00:10 The church never served a big community, but it did serve this end of Ruff Common,

00:17 Jenny Wilm. There were a small congregation, but of people who came absolutely regularly.

00:24 One congregation who came on Sunday and a slightly different one who came from a Thursday morning

00:30 service. Since this is a community of elderly people, we have a great many people who never

00:36 get to church at all now. I miss it very much myself, because to pop along to the church here

00:43 was one thing, but to get organised for somebody to drive me down to Harbordown is quite another.

00:51 [wind]

01:02 I have had myself, and not that long ago, so I was well into my 80s, had to make a long leap

01:08 just at this side of the church into somebody's front garden because someone skidded as they

01:15 came round the corner and came onto the pavement straight at me.