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Strabane Gospel Hall
Originally posted on David's Diaries: https://electricianschildren.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/strabane-gospel-hall.png The to-ings and fro-ings of our little community held a certain fascination for the good burghers of Strabane. Sunday morning singing could produce its own surprises. On one famous occasion a hymn drew to a close and everybody slowly sat down again. Except my father, who was in his… Read more
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En Route to Porto Alegre
Originally posted on David's Diaries: https://electricianschildren.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/porto-allegre.png My parents had hit on a way to keep their expression of loyalty to Jesus as simple and unpretentious as possible by the time they got married and moved to Strabane. They took up with fellow-travellers who saw things the same way – the Plymouth Brethren. This was (and… Read more
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Thank you, Strabane
Originally posted on David's Diaries: https://electricianschildren.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/george-cunningham.png The rendezvous between my mother, the original country girl from a windswept mountainside in southern Donegal, with my father, the original city boy from Derry, was unique. Saturday nights in Derry during the Second World War were a sight to behold. Mainly because there was nothing to behold at… Read more
