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Interrupted by Silence
…Reading Howard Reid’s ‘Dad’s War’. In 1943 Ian Reid was wounded and captured in North Africa and taken to an Italian prisoner-of-war camp. He escaped and survived… Nearly sixty years later his son Howard followed his father’s footsteps across Italy… Howard’s writing from a farm in Tuscany, ‘A wonderful calm place’. I read: ‘The raucous…
Responding to the Call
…St Patrick: Today is St Patrick’s day. Born in Britain, sixteen-year-old Patrick was captured by Irish raiders. After six years as a slave he escaped and returned to Britain. He heard a call from his God to return to Ireland, where he preached, bringing Christianity to Ireland. Patrick responded to the call… …Soldiers: Reflecting on…
The Old Hymn Book
In church yesterday Elspeth handed me a small book. The cover read, ‘Sacred Songs and Solos… compiled and sung by Ira D. Sankey’. Inside the cover was written, ‘Miss M Shales… Lowestoft 4.8.1906. In my childhood a big purple ‘Sankey’s’ – music edition – lived on our piano… I imagined Miss Shales singing from her…
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