Hopeman, The Church c.1960
Photo ref:
H278305
Photo ref:
H278305
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Memories of Hopeman, the Church c1960
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Church attendance was compulsory for us an hour of fidgeting in between mam & dad oor riibs were black and blue with the putts we got for shifting aboot or cracking oor pandrop. John Thompson was the beadle he rang the first bell at 20 to the hour and the second at 10 to, in between he would have a puff on his pipe you can still see the grove on the bell room door where he struck the match. The swings on the ...see more
I remember the large Sunday school with George King Main as superintendent. We had great fun, we were all in groups (colour, I think) - I was in the red team. We had great Sunday school picnics. I remember one picnic was at the same time as the World Cup and as it rained the men and boys were all huddled in a room listening to the games on the radio. We would sing on the busses going to and from the picnic usually ...see more
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