Friday, October 12, 2018

The changing world (178) Nov 1994

Nov 1st At Mansells while two one ton safes were delivered for the new Post Office. Education Committee to 11pm. How come when Labour cut the demonstrators are absent unlike when we cut?
2nd        At Mansells the PO counters are being installed.
3rd        After Mansells, session.
4th        Bought food processor with Myra's gift. She is considering a home for Dorothy.
5th        Mattock Lane OK on my return after 3 days of mantels. Rachel with me in the afternoon. With Katy to a party at Sunrise radio,
6th         Pharmacy rota. Mr O and Peter Barnes to lunch. Racked elderberry wine. Our Korean lodger cooked his own food which angered Katy with the garlic fumes.
7th         Gregory the Korean lodger does not want to drink tap water.
8th         Seminar on drug abuse at Town hall.
9th         Marjorie Beldam called in for pastoral counselling.
10th       To Deb's tutorial centre, No local counselling on offer. Martin Mullins died. RC Conservative supporter who had a brain tumour which had not been quickly diagnosed.
11th       Wrote to widow hilary Mullins. Her husband went from normal, to wrongly diagnosed behavioural problem to death from brain tumour in the space of sex weeks. Tragic. Elders and wives bowling at Heathrow.
12th        Men's prayer. Agreed to have a new kitchen fitted for £2950. Repaired greenhouse glass.
13th        Remembrance Sunday at Greenford war memorial. Only two Labour councillors there to support their deputy mayor. Greg Bahnsen preaching at IPC. Took a young woman to the police with alleged rape but they said she had no case as there had previously been a consensual relationship. She stayed with us overnight. I went to the British Legion. One Conservative councillor college there with the Labour mayor and two from his side who were not sociable.
14th        Dropped our overnight visitor at solicitors. Ealing Arts exhibition. David Barnes chaired portly attended church members meeting to set the budget.
15th        Greenford RC church for requiem mass for martin Mullins the day before the funeral. Seated at the front with the family and our MP who spoke well and my Jewish councillor colleague.
16th         Mansells putting up the scripts for the addicts for the next week. Why can they get methadone on the NHS but I cannot get whisky? Sky sports subscribed to see England 1 Nigeria 0, undeserved victory.
17th          Mattock Lane work. ward meeting. Hose group.
18th          Mansells then clear up the mess left by Maureen the previous mattock lane pharmacist.
Gregory has left. Deb to teens on her birthday.
19th           Synod all day. re=elected moderator for the second year running. Gave talk to IPC and PAE on IPC history. PAE was the Presbyterian Association of England precursor to the present EPCEW and came out of an earlier London conference. I preached for them in Cambridge on several occasions and later in Chelmsford too. I hope we will one day be one denomination as we agree doctrinally if not organisational at present. Great Korean lunch. Love the kimchi. Katy keeps he distance afterwards as garlic seeps from every pore.
20th           Sermons from Larry and Alan and pot luck lunch in honour of Jonathan leaving.
21st           Group meeting. I will have four questions and six speeches at Social Services.
22nd         Full council went well. I was the Tory with the most speeches and was complimented in public and private by Cudmore the labour council leader. Neil Richardson to chair SACRE, the liberal rector of Greenford who I described to his face as a false prophet, saying peace when there is no peace in his services blessing homosexual relationships.
23rd          The kitchen fitters have postponed starting work.
24th           Failed to get anyone to oppose Richardson as chair of SACRE. Deb refused to go to tutorial centre after an altercation with our good friend Wendy.
25th           Good staff meal at a Chinese in Yeading celebrating Indu's birthday. She is Hindu. Two Sikh staff there too.
26th           Brain Boddy here for lunch. With him to Samson by Ealing Choral Society. Uplifting. Greeted widow pam Wood.
27th           Joe on Ps 2 then Brian on his work in Borno.
28th           Sarah sick. Rachel came to take over from the boss's wife. Writing to NHS purchaser about lack of mental health provision.
29th           Too tired to enjoy pharmacy education evening on dressings at the Town Hall.
30th            Deb reused to go into tutorial centre. Now she says the maths tutor is the problem. Cleared kitchen for fitters.
    






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