The Revd. 'Ted' Parsell, as he was affectionately known, the minister who travelled everywhere on his bicycle, came from Northamptonshire and soon became popular in the district. Additions were made to the weekly programme of the church: the Sunday Evening Fellowship, Guest Services, week night meetings, Bible Study meetings and an annual Lay Preacher's Sunday were instituted. In 1963 a new oil-fired heating system was installed and a new kitchen and toilets provided in Cowbridge Hall. Revd. Parsell passed away in September 1970. 116 new members joined in his ministry.

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