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Builders developing the old First Tower Methodist Church are making an appeal to reunite stones from maybe over half-a-century ago with the families of those they are named after.
The three stones bear the surnames ‘Gaudin’, ‘Boot’ and ‘Marett’, but it has not yet been determined who exactly they belonged to.
They were found by local businessman, Jonathan Ruff, and his team. Talking to Express, Mr Ruff said the discovery had been made working on renovating the church, knocking down an extension from 1972 that they needed to rebuild.
When it was knocked down, one of the workers noticed a tin with a note inside from 1977, which explained that, due to inflation, it was not possible to remove the stones.
Pictured: The letter found behind the extension that explains why the bricks were not moved.
Mr Ruff first posted the images of the bricks and letter to Facebook on Tuesday, with commenters offering their thoughts as to the origin of the mystery bricks.
One commenter on the post said that she had been a churchgoer since the 1950s and recognised the names.
Pictured: The bricks were found behind an extension at the old First Tower Methodist Church.
Though Mr Ruff said they currently have no definite lead on who the bricks belong to, he said they were in contact with the Head of Jersey's Catholic Church to find out.
If no one is found, the stones will be moved to the other side of the Church, to be put alongside the other stones already in place.
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