Carol Forrest
My first name is Elizabeth but I am known by my middle name, Carol, chosen by my mother because I …
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Maureen Melville (1936-2020)
Maureen was born on 27 September 1936, in Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, 40 hours after her twin brother Jeffrey. Her family …
Peter Dowson (1938-2019)
I was born on 16th September, 1938, in Goole. My spiritual journey started when I was aged twelve. I was …
Kathleen (1928 – 2022) and John (1931 – 2015) Coates
Kathleen writes: I was born in County Durham on 16 October 1928, to parents Tom and Lilian Davidson. I had …
Jonathan Martin (1954-2019)
Jonathan was born on 10 July 1954 in Liverpool to Katherine and Ernest Martin. His parents came from very different backgrounds, …
Iain Palin
The year 1968 was marked by widespread unrest, riots in major cities across Europe and America, and a generalised dissatisfaction …
Adam Thorne – Eulogy
The following is the text of a eulogy given by Dr Stephen Vickers on the occasion of a memorial event …
Sharon Forghani
People have often asked me when, how and why I became a Baha’i, as I was not born into a …
Viv Bartlett (1945 – 2022)
The death of my brother, Peter, smashed into our family like a comet hitting the earth. And the repercussions of …
Ilaria Quattrone
“I want to go and find out if there is one universal truth or if everything is relative.” I said …
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