Churchgoers in Risinghurst, Oxford, adopted a novel idea to raise money.
They invited shoppers to buy a brick and help them build a new congregational church in Collinwood Road.
The Rev Tom Stiff is seen in 1959 trying to persuade 16-year-old Judith Cox of Barton to part with some cash.
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