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No church in Canada has generated more news coverage for more years
than Vancouver's First United. That has everything to do with its
location in the heart of the infamous Downtown Eastside and with
its role as caregiver and defender of the poor, the needy and the
homeless inhabitants of Canada's poorest postal code. Like Mother
Teresa's mission to the slums of Calcutta, the First United seizes
its position among the marginalized as an opportunity to serve and
has proven a shining example of humanitarian activism for 125
years.
Famous for its defence of the jobless poor during the Great
Depression under the leadership of the Rev. Andrew Roddan, it is
now equally renowned as a bastion of support for modern-day street
people with more complicated problems. With its roots in the early
Presbyterian and Methodist Church Missions established in Vancouver
in 1885 and 1888, the history of the First United Church spans that
of the city it resides in. During that time it has seen the area
around it and the population it serves undergo tremendous changes,
as initial generations moved out to the suburbs, and the
congregation assisted with the settling of newcomers from all over
the world.
In this well-written and lively account, Burrows, himself a United
Church minister for over four decades, brings his lifetime of
commitment and compassion to the remarkable history of the First
United Church in "Hope Lives Here."
A report on the excavation of a series of plots, defined by ditches
and adjoining metalled roads, in use from the 2nd century into the
3rd century AD. The plots contained a ditched enclosure, two
roundhouses and other contemporary features. A double-ditched
enclosure was laid out further to the west, set within a ditched
compound. Both the enclosure and the compound contained elaborate
'funnel-like' entrance arrangements which suggest use by livestock.
Ethel Baddeley a lively feisty young girl was born in Oldham in
1915 in poor but happy circumstances.Grandma's Letters tells the
story of her growing up during the First World War and of her
struggle as a young mum in the Second World War when her husband of
just a few months left to fight the Japanese in Burma and India.
Unbeknown to them at the time of his departure she was pregnant and
it would be four long years before Ken would see his daughter.The
last chapter tells of Ken's War deriven mainly from a diary which
he kept of the long journey to reach Northern India and his stories
of fighting a vicious enemy.However the major part of the book
consists of Grandma Howard's letters all written when she was over
eighty to her children and her six grandchildren. They say that
letter writing is a dying art and that it is a great joy to read
other's letters. Her letters are a joy. Repeated exactly as they
were written, spelling mistakes, grammatical errors and as she
mentions complete with breaks for the toilet, a snooze or food. She
writes about the birds and flowers in her garden, religion,
politics, modern society, family values, the past, husband Ken,
death and dying. She is funny, outrageous, frank, sensitive, warm
and over the years has exasperated, enlightened, shocked and
confounded her friends and family. Her letters are an insight into
a lost world of good manners, respect and caring and reveal the
daily struggle of the elderley to cope in a society so alien to
that in which they grew up. At 91, her eyesight failing she no
longer writes or paints but still rails against the fading of the
light.A lovely unusual book.
Ethel Baddeley a lively feisty young girl was born in Oldham in
1915 in poor but happy circumstances.Grandma's Letters tells the
story of her growing up during the First World War and of her
struggle as a young mum in the Second World War when her husband of
just a few months left to fight the Japanese in Burma and India.
Unbeknown to them at the time of his departure she was pregnant and
it would be four long years before Ken would see his daughter.The
last chapter tells of Ken's War deriven mainly from a diary which
he kept of the long journey to reach Northern India and his stories
of fighting a vicious enemy.However the major part of the book
consists of Grandma Howard's letters all written when she was over
eighty to her children and her six grandchildren. They say that
letter writing is a dying art and that it is a great joy to read
other's letters. Her letters are a joy. Repeated exactly as they
were written, spelling mistakes, grammatical errors and as she
mentions complete with breaks for the toilet, a snooze or food. She
writes about the birds and flowers in her garden, religion,
politics, modern society, family values, the past, husband Ken,
death and dying. She is funny, outrageous, frank, sensitive, warm
and over the years has exasperated, enlightened, shocked and
confounded her friends and family. Her letters are an insight into
a lost world of good manners, respect and caring and reveal the
daily struggle of the elderley to cope in a society so alien to
that in which they grew up. At 91, her eyesight failing she no
longer writes or paints but still rails against the fading of the
light.A lovely unusual book.
Infamous Cheshire explores the darker side of this idyllic county,
revealed here as not only the quiet, picturesque and affluent place
that is often portrayed as a tranquil backwater. In his new book
Bob Burrows digs deep into forgotten tales of villainy and crime,
deceit and death, as well as throwing new light on more recent and
well-remembered events - such as the Great Train Robbery's
connections with the county, Britain's biggest financial fraud, the
IRA attack in Warrington, the plane that crashed in the centre of
Stockport, and even the story behind one of Cheshire's roads -
designated the most dangerous in Britain. Bob Burrows' first book
about Cheshire's history was described as 'a work of real
quality...well researched, worth reading and worth keeping'; his
second book is just as enthralling, and will fascinate anyone who
knows and loves the picturesque county of Cheshire.
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