Redhill URC

I was so sorry to learn about David West’s death but it reminded me how he helped me so much when the Venturers at church were planning to make up gift bags. To cheer up the men who had been wounded in Afghanistan and who after being treated in a Birmingham hospital were then sent to Headley Court to recuperate . We were looking for so […]

Congratulations to Kevan Goddard who celebrated his 60th birthday on February 18th. We hope he had a good day despite the pandemic restrictions. 

An American friend of mine loves Death in Paradise, the BBC TV series! Even though he has moved back to the States he eagerly awaits the new season. If you’ve not watched it before, it is a detective led series based in the Caribbean and always begins with a murder (whodunnit) and various twists as it answers the question how-dunnit! T […]

2020 has been a year like no other-we all know that only too well. I have been reflecting on so many Covid related events;

Limited Hospital visiting so staff members have done their best to act in their placeZooming and FaceTiming to bring folk together across milesStudents struggling in isolationNew Mums with no chance to meet each o […]

Christmas followed the same pattern each year. My parents, my two brothers , myself and Gran, my maternal grandmother who lived with us and my paternal grandparents plus my Auntie Mabelle and Uncle Edmund who joined the family early because they brought vegetables ready prepared for Mother to cook. So it was to be at this particular Chri […]