We went to P M sermons. £58 11 1. After service went round Sutton Back Lane a walk.
Notes
Primitive Methodist Sermons
We refers to my grandmother, Ethel Cirket, and my grandfather, Gordon Parkin. This was five years before they married, see Chapter 16. PM refers to Primitive Methodist. “Sermons” was how grandad referred to anniversaries, see Chapter 17. The anniversary was held over two consecutive Sundays and this was the second, the first having been held the previous week.
Sunday School Anniversary
Initially, I was not completely sure if this was the chapel or Sunday School anniversary. However, in the “Stray Notes” in the Stapleford and Sandiacre News of 9 May 1925, a brief article noted that the Sunday School anniversary was being held the next Sunday and crowded congregations were expected. Mr E Hutchinson had been training the children.
News Report
The following week, the Stapleford and Sandiacre News contained a report of the anniversary. The church was full half an hour ahead of the start of the evening service. The preacher ws Rev F Winterburn who spoke on the development of character. Solos were given by Misses L Rice and Betty Webster. Mr H F Garnett played the organ. A total of £80 3s 11d was raised through the collection.
Forty Years Earlier
I thought I had found a reference to the anniversary service on 17 May in the Stapleford and Sandiacre News of 23 May 1925. However, this was one of a series of articles from forty years earlier, that is 1885. That article noted that Rev J Gair from Leicester preached at the Bourne Sunday School anniversary and that £65 was raised in collections.
Sutton Back Lane
After the service, grandma and grandad went for a walk round Sutton Back Lane. I was not exactly sure where that was or why they decided to walk there. For an exploration of this, see post for 9 May 1926.