Part Two 1932-1977

For the first 65 years of its history, Trinity was a Wesleyan Methodist Church. In 1932 Methodist Union took place uniting the Wesleyan, Primitive, United Methodists and Wesleyan Reformers. Trinity now became known as Trinity Methodist Church. There were great celebrations in the town with gatherings at Zion [formerly Clacton Primitive Methodist Church - now the Salvation Army Citadel ].

At Trinity, the Church Trustees held a Special Meeting on 4th March, 1932 to wind up the old Trust which had been created in 1912 and appoint a new Trust since several trustees had died or moved away from Clacton or wished to retire.

The minutes record that Stephen Newing, Frederick Collins, Henry Bromley, John Herbert Harmon and Alfred Randall had died and that Alfred Ebenezer Brown, George Astwood Baily, George Hole, Robert Charles Barker and Charles Henry Ingram wished to retire. The meeting agreed to increase the number of Trustees to 27 including 8 of the old Trustees who were willing to continue. They were:

William James Day, 65 Station Road, Clacton on Sea, Butcher

Arthur Fitch, Beaconsfield Road, Clacton on Sea Gentleman

Thomas Benjamin Lubbock, Great Holland Gentleman

Clement Valentine Harmon Fairlawn, 85 West Hill, Putney. Gentleman

Ernest Moses Appleby, Pallister Road, Clacton on Sea Carriage Proprietor

William Adams, Westcliff Hotel, Clacton on Sea Hotel Proprietor

Frederick Bradbrook, High Street, Great Clacton Butcher

William Henry Last, Chapman Road, Clacton on Sea Gentleman

The new Trustees who were nominated by the Superintendent Minister, Rev Anthony Charles Baker were:

Stanley Hubert Bradbrook, Cotswold Road Clacton on Sea Butcher

Henry Robert Collins, Chapman Road, Clacton on Sea Builder

Rupert Edwin Ford, White House, Clacton on Sea Gentleman

Alfred Martin, 28 Meredith Road, Clacton on Sea Gentleman

Frederick Ernest Mead, 63 Old Road, Clacton on Sea Master Printer

Charles Haddon, Newland Carnarvon Road, Clacton on Sea. Boarding House Proprietor

Tom Warner, The Gothee, Uplands Road, Clacton on Sea Gentleman

Alice Harmon, Waverley Hotel, Clacton on Sea Widow

Matilda Rose Baker, Westcliff Hotel, Clacton on Sea Widow

Rosalie Alexandra Croll, Brunton, Carnarvon Road, Clacton on Sea Spinster

Violet Emma Last, Roselands, Chapman Road, Clacton on Sea Spinster

Robert Sampson Carr, The Links, Uplands Roads, Clacton on Sea Solicitor

Albert Ernest Nixon, Colne Road, Clacton on Sea Incorporated Accountant

Frank Arthur Fitch, Beaconsfield Road, Clacton on Sea Motor Engineer

Walter George Crane, Dinafone, Page Road, Clacton on Sea Schoolmaster

Walter James Norfolk, The Bungalow, Vista Road Incorporated Accountant

Harold William Leighton, Rosemary Road, Clacton on Sea Cleaning Contractor

Raymond Ralph Green, Elsworth, London Road, Clacton on Sea Builder

Herbert William Wilson, Station Road, Clacton on Sea Provision Manager

In 1936 the Trustees decided after much discussion to replace the organ. The old one was sold to the Anglican church at Easton near Framlingham in Suffolk where a plaque still records that the organ had come from Holy Trinity Church, Clacton.