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A lot of churches act as social venues now: I was part of a model railway exhibition in the church at Isleham, for example. The Methodist Chapel in the village I grew up in is now the village hall.

I think the last line is key; "- Launch outreach programme encouraging expats in Dubai and Singapore to return by pledging lower taxes"
Sounds like Tice and Oakshitt are feeling homesick

Boiler wrote: ↑Mon Feb 23, 2026 2:03 pm A lot of churches act as social venues now: I was part of a model railway exhibition in the church at Isleham, for example. The Methodist Chapel in the village I grew up in is now the village hall.

Lots in cities are flats. 2 within a 10 minute walk of my flat in Bethnal Green.

Oboogie wrote: ↑Mon Feb 23, 2026 2:05 pm I think the last line is key; "- Launch outreach programme encouraging expats in Dubai and Singapore to return by pledging lower taxes"
Sounds like Tice and Oakshitt are feeling homesick

And give big tax cuts to people who haven't moved.

This is what they really want in Stoke, Hartlepool etc. (As I always say).

The author Robert Rankin had a point when he said that deconsecrated churches and chapels make for great auction houses and furniture showrooms.

We got lots of our nice furniture from a deconsecrated chapel showroom, now you mention it, in Pendryn, where they also make whiskey.

I would bank on at least one former church being a Wetherspoons nowadays, unless he doesn’t go into that area.

We definitely had one in Lancaster - closed down for a few years now.

The Wesleyan chapel at the end of the road became a porno VHS warehouse. The local community hall has become a mosque. The Catholic church has opened a new hall. Funny that. The incomers are keeping religion alive.