Shanklin Church celebrates 175 years

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August 12th may be known to many as the start of the Grouse shooting season, but for the congregation of an Isle of Wight Church that date has a more local significance. In 2016, that date year marks 175 years of Christian Witness in Shanklin. The Independent Chapel was opened on 12 August 1841.; The current United Reformed Church building is the third on the site as BBC Radio Solent's Neil Sackley has been finding out.