Mum – HM Sunday. Rev Pete Kerridge – quite good. Went to Drayton for tea. 1S.
Roger – I got up about ½ past 10 and finished all but my Soc Econ hwk. We went to grandma’s and played Scrabble P won. Auntie Dorothy has offered to let us go camping on their farm or in fact to stay with them. Played a couple of games this evening and watched “That’s Life” and “The Brothers”.
Notes
Home Missions Sunday
It was Home Missions (HM) Sunday at St Peter’s Park Lane Methodist Church. This was celebrated by the church in February or March each year and was sometimes referred to as Home Missions Anniversary, see Chapter 124. Mum noted that Rev Pete Kerridge was the speaker. She thought he was quite good.
Rev Peter A Kerridge
Rev Peter Avon Kerridge was born in August 1920 in Great Yarmouth. He worked in the insurance industry and, at the time of the second world war, was a conscientious objector. In 1942, he became a candidate for the Methodist Ministry and was ordained in 1947. He married Joyce who he had met in Norwich and they had three children, Jonathan, Monica and Rachael. Circuits he served included Hexham, Doncaster (North East), St Albans, Hull (Trinity) and Hull (North). In 1975, he became secretary and then general secretary of the Property Division and secretary of the Board of Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes. He served on a wide range of committees. He retired to York but died suddenly in February 2013, aged 92, see Chapter 124.
Drayton for Tea
Both mum and I noted going to grandma’s in Drayton for tea which was our usual practice on Sunday afternoons, see Chapter 122. I noted that we played Scrabble there. P refers to my older sister Tricia (Patricia). She won.
Senokot
Mum noted taking one Senokot (S) presumably for constipation, see Chapter 116. Senokot is a senna-containing medicine for the treatment of constipation.
Homework
I did not go to church so was able to get up late, 10.30, and finished all but my social Economics homework (Soc Econ hwk), see Chapter 118.
Offer from Auntie Dorothy
Auntie Dorothy refers to mum’s childhood friend, Dorothy Taylor. Mum had just got back from visiting her following the death of her daughter Heather in a road accident, see Chapter 116. My main interest was that Dorothy had said we could go camping on their farm or stay with them.
Games and TV
In the evening, I played a couple of games and watched TV, see Chapter 122. I did not specify the games played but noted that I watched “That’s Life” and “The Brothers“.
“That’s Life“
“That’s Life” was a very popular consumer affairs programme that reached audiences of 15-20 million. Broadcast from May 1973 to June 1994, it came on BBC1 at 10.05pm after ten minutes of news. It was presented by Esther Rantzen and Cyril Fletcher. “That’s Life” may have been part of my usual Sunday evening TV fare. I also noted watching it later in March.
“The Brothers”
I recall the TV series ”The Brothers” which was shown between 1972 and 1976. It told the story of the Hammonds who ran a road haulage firm. It was directed by Philip Dudley, Lennie Mayne, Ronald Wilson, Timothy Combe, Mary Ridge, Quentin Lawrence, Eric Price, Roderick Graham, Vere Lorrimer and Christopher Baker. The series starred Jean Anderson, Glyn Owen, Richard Easton, Robin Chadwick, Patrick O’Connell, Jennifer Wilson, Derek Benfield, Hilary Tindall, Gabrielle Drake and Colin Baker.
It was on BBC1 at 7.25pm for fifty minutes. I think I watched it most Sunday evenings and noted this on other occasions, e.g. in March and September 1976. In November 1976, there was conflict between me and Liz because I wanted to watch this and she wanted to watch “Hawaii Five O”.
I think “the show”The Brothers” was fairly popular. In August 1975, the celebrity opening the Drayton Festival was Jennifer Wilson from the cast of “The Brothers”, see Chapter 116.
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