We
were delighted to hear recently from a "long lost"
member of our church family. Merilyn Hodgett, now
resident in Canada, apparently attended our Sunday
School something close to 50 years ago, and she was
alerted to our website by her sister, Cheryl, still
living in Fairlight.
Cheryl recognised herself in one of
the pictures in our History section. She is the one
standing at the extreme right of the photo, and younger
brother Martin is at the front, just next to her.
Merilyn, it would seem, is
not in the picture (I'm guessing that she is a year or
two older ... please tell me if I'm wrong Merilyn), but
she was kind enough to send a picture of herself.
Although she didn't
say so, I think it's a fair assumption
that the picture at the top of this page
is of Merilyn then, and not Merilyn now.She also sent this picture (left),
which shows her Nan, Olive Willard, with some of the
other children who attended the Sunday School at around the same
time.
Between them, Merilyn and Cheryl
have offered to identify as many of the children as they
can, and we look forward to hearing from them again. It
was lovely to hear from both ladies, and we are
delighted to count them still as members of our extended
family.
Perhaps someone else reading this
will recognise him/herself in the above picture. Or
perhaps you have further pictures that we could share.
Either way, please do make contact with us.
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