Mum – LPMA Sunday – not bad. Drayton for tea. Mr Cheeseman brought rest of R’s things in aft. (Did not see him). Worked on Comm Roll 8-11.30pm. Rang FR briefly at night.
Roger – Got up late at 11 o’clock, had my breakfast and listened to the Radio. For dinner we had Pork then mum, P & A went to Grandma’s and I stayed at home as Geoff was coming to bring the rest of my stuff from the holiday. Watched tele & did a jigsaw until he came at 25 past 4. Then Trish & Aunty Dolly picked me up and I had tea at grandma’s. Came back here listened to the Radio & watched tele and went to bed at about ½ past 11.
Notes
LPMA Sunday
Mum noted that it was LPMA Sunday at St Peter’s Park Lane Methodist Church. She rated the service not bad. According to notices in the local press, speakers at St Peter’s that day were Mr B Garrood and Mr W D Arnold. LPMA refers to Local Preachers Mutual Aid. This Sunday is now called Local Preachers’ Sunday and is traditionally the Sunday after Easter but can be a locally-agreed date.
Mr B Garrood
Mr B Garrood spoke at the morning service. He was a member of Chapelfield Road Methodist Church and a Methodist local preacher in Norfolk from at least 1962 to 1979. In March 1972, he gave a talk at Rosebery Road Methodist Church on the topic of prison visiting. He appears to have chaired committees focused on addressing homelessness and was secretary of Christian Action, a housing association.
Mr W Desmond Arnold
Mr W Desmond Arnold spoke at the morning service for Local Preachers’ Sunday at St Peter’s in 1976. He was a Methodist local preacher in Norfolk from at least 1964 to 1990. Apparently, he was very involved in LPMA in the Norwich circuit.
Drayton
Mum noted going to grandma’s in Drayton for tea which was our usual practice on Sunday afternoons, see Chapter 122. I noted that initially only mum, Tricia (P for Patricia) and Alan (A) went to grandma’s. I waited in for Mr Cheeseman to bring my stuff from holiday. Later, Tricia (Trish) and Auntie Dolly picked me up and I joined them for tea at grandma’s.
Community Roll
Mum was responsible for maintaining the church’s community roll and she worked on this from 8-11.30pm. Mum refers to three forms of church roll. First, there was the community roll which listed everyone with a connection to the church. Second, there was a membership roll which listed everyone who had been admitted into church membership. Third, mum referred to a pastoral roll. I think this indicated those people for whom the church had some pastoral responsibility. My suspicion is that mum used the term community and pastoral roll interchangeably. It is possible, even likely, that there was one roll which indicated who were members etc., see Chapter 124.
Rev Dowson
FR refers to Rev F R Dowson. Frederick Rodham Dowson entered the Methodist ministry in 1936. He was born in Haxby, York on 5 August 1912 and he died in Selsey on 4 September 2011, aged 99. I believe he was superintendent Minister for the Park Lane circuit from 1968 to 1974. He and mum were close and they spoke and corresponded frequently, see Chapter 114. On this occasion, mum rang him briefly at night.
A Quiet Morning
I noted that I had a quiet morning. I lay in until 11 o’clock and then had breakfast and listened to the radio. Also, I noted that we had pork for dinner.
Geoff Cheeseman
I had got back from a school camping trip in France the previous day, see Chapter 118. The teacher who had led that trip, who mum referred to as Mr Cheeseman and I referred to as Geoff, brought the rest of my stuff round at 4.25pm. Mum noted that he came but that she did not see him.
TV and Jigsaw
While I waited for Geoff Cheeseman to come, I watched TV and did a jigsaw. This surprises me a bit as I have never been a huge jigsaw fan but clearly I did one on this occasion, see Chapter 122.
Radio and TV
In the evening, after we got back from grandma’s, I listened to the radio and watched TV, see Chapter 122.
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