Comments on: How can I keep from singing?

By: Barbara Selby

Barbara Selby — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 13:39:21 +0000

Spurgeon’s Chapel at Elephant and Castle fared somewhat better during the biltz, there are dramatic photos showing it standing proud amost the rubble, virtually the only building left. The photos are similar to the iconic ones of St Paul’s at this time; perhaps only the national church was supposed to rally the country.

By: Huguenot Jo Admin

Huguenot Jo Admin — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 09:53:23 +0000

In reply to Lyn Innes. I thought of you as I selected the pictures, Lyn! The smell of the meat and the sawdust comes back to me so readily. I wish I had escaped to Australia - very sensible!

By: Lyn Innes

Lyn Innes — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 21:45:28 +0000

And you do sing here! A mixture of gospel, blues, and folk ballad. And oh yes, some recitative.
The illustrations are brilliant. The story of the list £200 — in those days an awful lot of money- so sad. I like the offhand way in which you tell that anecdote.
My grandparents also owned a butcher’s shop— it is still there in Aboyne, with the family name though long since owned by others. They too were strict churchgoers— Presbyterians. My father and his sister were not allowed to read anything other than the bible on Sundays. And so he escaped— all the way to Australia.