06 July, 2013
Who’s been sleeping in my house?
The popularity of the television series of this name shows
how keen many of us are discover the human dramas that might have played out in
the house we now occupy. One of the quests of this blog is to find out much more
about the history and the secrets of the land, the buildings and the people around
my home in Hamilton.
28 June, 2013
'Blow it up over my dead body!'
'A couple of days after the earthquake, I was at home in the
parsonage in Beaumont Street when there was a knock on the door. I opened it to
a policeman, who told me – the Army is
about to blow up the church. They want you there!'
That was John Mason, Minister of the Hamilton Wesley Church 1985 - 1992.
That was John Mason, Minister of the Hamilton Wesley Church 1985 - 1992.
22 June, 2013
Wesleyans of Pit Town
Pressing his nose against the glass as I hold him up to our
high front window, my three year old grandson stares transfixed at the floodlit
church tower. Springing from the darkness, it’s so close we can almost touch
it, this cake decorator’s fantasy of lacy outlines, turrets and slim arches.
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