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  Whitstable Baptist Church
As followers of Jesus we seek to be a centre of Christian Worship,
Fellowship and Service by nurturing our own Church family
and reaching out with fellow Christians to the whole community.

Previous Ministers

Rev. Albert Leslie Smith
(1935-1939)

Born: 1906.
Married: Violet, 2 sons - Dennis and David, 1 daughter - Elizabeth.
Dublin College.
Clifton Park Avenue, Belfast, 1932-1935.
Middle Wall, Whitstable, Kent, 1935-1939.
Entered Anglican Ministry.
Deacon & Priest, Diocese of Chelmsford, 1939.
Curate of West Ham, London, 1939-1940.
Vicar of Assington, Suffolk, 1940-1943.
Rector of Great Blakenham with Baylham, Suffolk, 1943-1960
and Little Blakenham from 1953.
Rector of Brantham, Suffolk, 1960-1973.
Honorary Canon of St. Edmundsbury and Ipswich, 1962-1973.
Emeritus Canon of St. Edmundsbury and Ipswich, 1973-?
Acting Curate-in-Charge of Holbrook with Sutton, Suffolk, 1974-75.
Last listed in Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76.
Died: 1981.

Rev. Albert Leslie Smith with Dennis and Violet.                  Rev. and Mrs Albert Leslie Smith c1988.
Rev Albert Leslie Smith with his wife Violet, and their son, Dennis (Peter).      Rev. and Mrs Albert Leslie Smith c1988

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