YORKSHIRE UNITARIAN UNION MEETING HULL

THIS FOUNDATION STONE WAS LAID BY BIG CYRIL SMITH WHO WAS A LIBERAL MP. HE WAS ALSO THE TREASURER OF ROCHDALE UNITARIAN CHAPEL. THE STORY GOES THT WHEN THEY DECIDED TO DOWNSIZE, CYRIL WROTE TO ALL CHURCH LEADERS IN THE TOWN TO ASK FOR DONATIONS. HE GOT A LETTER BACK FROM ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIEST, WHO WOULD GIVE HIM NOTHING FOR REBUILDING, BUT GAVE HIM £500 FOR KNOCKING THE OLD ONE DOWN