Happy Birthday William

On this day in 1829 William Booth was born in Nottingham, England.  Despite the rumours begun by our children, I was not in attendance at his first birthday party in 1830.  However, 100 years later my Dad was born in 1930….that’s as close as I get. So a salute to General William, you can read…

UK Heritage Centre

Mark welcomes us to the Heritage Centre Friday night we visited the Heritage Centre here at the William Booth Memorial College.  The presentation of articfacts is well done and there were some very interesting items.  The Salvation Army isn’t that old when you consider other organizations?  That being said it has a colourful history and…

Denmark Hill

The view from my window  I had hoped that I might get some sleep on the plane last night – leaving at 9:30 pm I think I was asleep shortly after 10..but then came the food and I was awake and well, I never went back to sleep.  I finally got an hour’s nap this…