Friday, October 19, 2018

The changing world (186) Nov 1995

Nov 1st deb not into Tutorial Centre.
2nd       Elders prayer. Boss has taken his son to Manchester to meet red devils players. Housegroup at ours.
3rd        Moaning boss back. Resolved to leave ASAP. Rachel worked pm. Labour have cancelled bonfire night firework display.
4th        Session. Shopping. Gardening. Letter to gazette on fireworks. In Israel, Rabin assassinated.
5th         Rota. Gave Mr O Southern Comfort from holiday. Took Rachel to Alperton station on her way back to uni. Steve Constable sample sermon on video went well but AH unhappy.
6th         Rachel happy start to her placement.
7th         Katy at music group. Prayer meeting poorly attended. Deb off tutorial centre with pains. Frost on car last four mornings.
8th          Finance committee. Too tired to go on to st Anne's governors.
9gh         I was the only one there for early prayer. Session at ours. We cannot offer housing to Corcorans. Finances good. as is feedback on Steve Constable.
10th         Boss reckons some money has gone missing in transit between the two shops. Pleased deb went to teens.
11th          Prayer breakfast. Present shopping with Katy. Harry Greenway not happy with my Gazette letter criticising the lottery. One of three I had published.
12th          Remembrance Sunday. Usual inappropriate folk group at Richardson's service at the war memorial. Chris Baddock and Mr O to lunch. Spoke on church government for youth service. Supported the mayor at the British Legion and found Pound also opposes the lottery.
13th          Group chaired by Barbara Yerolemou was rather slow. Deacons will not let Corcorans stay in church flat on their return from Switzerland.
14th          Katy out with c hello. Wrote to PAE about their documents. Anger over Nigeria executing Saro Wiwa.
15th          Deb and I took Welly to vet before she went to tutorial centre. Wrapping presents for Yorkshire.
16th          To Harrogate and before judge in chambers. He said Shores never sent dad bills and the six year rule applied halving the bill too £1000. Shores garage man very angry. Tea with Myra. Drove home to find Rachel there.
17th          House of Jacobs teens round for Deb's birthday.
18th          Met with Paul for session before synod which I missed due to work but I wrote our report.
19gh         Led for Raju but had rota. He is very critical of IPC elders. Liss is still with s for they have concessions to accommodate ballistic elders. Indian takeaway from Alperton to celebrate Jonathan's birthday. he is here with Miriam. Spoke on the welfare state in the evening.
20th           Before work prepared sermon on Job and Christmas letter. Good turnout for church meeting but AH unhappy over change in voting rules fr calling elders. Diana interviewed by Bashir on Panorama. Critical of Charles. Katy refused to watch. (Within two years she was no more).
21st            Everyone except us has sympathy for Diana. I still think she was a young unwise woman ignorant of the ways of royal princes. I do not excuse Charles but he was par for the course of royal princes like his great uncle. His grandfather and great grandfather and great great great grandfather were exceptions to the rule, His great great  grandfather typified it. He and Diana were both at fault. He should have married Camilla but she was no virgin. Diana was but she came from a failed marriage so had no good family example to follow. A beautiful, sad, manipulative woman but a good mother to her sons and she did good work with Aids and land mines charities. Rosemary West found guilty of three counts of murder. Bosnian peace agreement. Katy out with cello.
22nd           Boss refuses to consider a pay rise. New computer program giving trouble with labelling. With Miriam, Katy and deb to Northolt harvester in Deb's honour but found the steak very small after Boston.
23rd           Elders prayer. Boss talked but offered no more money and Moss job is open. SACRE boring presentation by Walford head of RE. Free Church woman is the pits too.
24th           Asked Moss for written offer. Enlivened by the prospect of leaving this job. Tutorial centre cancelled visit at short notice.
25th           Good elders prayer. Welly to vet. Photocopied Christmas letter. Helping Katy in garden cutting back trees.
26th           Went well preaching the grace of God in Job. carol Gray gave moving testimony on death of her first husband and she sand from messiah too. Katy at contact Sunday at her school. I visited Robbin. David Barnes on divorce. best Sunday for a long time.
27th            Group until 11pm. I stirred it up with my objections to grant Maintained schools. They are from a government not bold enough to reintroduce grammar schools and will be no help for special needs pupils.
28th           Full council. I had two questions and four supplementaries. Spoke on Acton hospital, GM schools and Tutorial centre as well as SS agenda. Home 12:30 am after drinks with the mayor.
29th           Letter offering Moss job. Katy not enthusiastic not having details of hours. She went to quartets.
30th            Elders prayer. Good housegroup. Clinton in Belfast.

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