Wendy Reader
Back in 1966 – when I was a naïve 16 year old (shucks – now I’ve given away my age!) I …
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Betty Shepherd (1922-2016)
I was born on 31 October 1922 and was brought up in the Christian faith. At the age of 15 I …
Margaret Lord (1932-2023)
I have been a Bahá’í for just over 50 years, living during that time in Chester. I find it quite …
Rita Bartlett (1946-2013)
“I testify before God to the greatness, the inconceivable greatness of this revelation” Bahá’u’lláh Early days The first time I heard …
Evelyn Bowman (1923-2009)
Sometimes the journey towards the recognition of the Manifestation of God for the age in which one lives, begins a …
Dianne Mahboubi
I grew up in Southsea, born to a Norwegian mother and half French, half-English father. I always knew my father as …
George Bowers (1925-2002)
Early Days I was born George Francis Bowers on 3 December 1925 in Liverpool. My parents were Frances Mabel and …
Midge Ault
Background My given name is Carolyn Lucy Mitchell. I was born in 1952 in North Staffordshire Hospital to a coal …
Martin Beckett
I was born in 1950 and grew up in Oxford. In 1955 I started primary school. In the same class …
Vivian Isenthal Roe (1909-1997)
The following story was recorded in 1991. At that time, Vivian had been a Bahá’í for 50 years. She served on …
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