On 15th May 2011 two of our trustees, Bryan Hanlon and Dave Holwell, together with Peter Fry - Samuel Ryder's biographer - attended a service to celebrate the 100th "birthday" of the present Citadel building in St Albans.
Samuel's foundation stone is to the left when you enter through the main doors , and our president Mary Moore remembers that William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army, stayed with Samuel and his wife at Marlborough House when he was in the city.
Dave gave a presentation upon Samuel's life, work and religious beliefs, and The Foundation mounted a display expanding on these in the entrance foyer. It was particularly gratifying that one of the congregation (now 85 years of age!) used to work part-time in the Ryder Seed Hall on Holywell Hill in St Albans, when a schoolgirl during WW2.
Samuel's foundation stone is to the left when you enter through the main doors , and our president Mary Moore remembers that William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army, stayed with Samuel and his wife at Marlborough House when he was in the city.
Dave gave a presentation upon Samuel's life, work and religious beliefs, and The Foundation mounted a display expanding on these in the entrance foyer. It was particularly gratifying that one of the congregation (now 85 years of age!) used to work part-time in the Ryder Seed Hall on Holywell Hill in St Albans, when a schoolgirl during WW2.
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