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Saint Jude's Church undergoing demolition in 1991.rnThe original St Jude's Church on Accrington Road was opened in 1914. The Parish of Saint Thomas was subdivided to create the new Parish. By the 1980s, the old church had serious structural problems, and so a decision was made to demolish the old building and to build a new one within the original curtilage, while keeping the tower. The new building was consecrated in 1993. DW 2018