Susan Kouchek-zadeh
My father, who should have been a writer or a journalist, was an insurance agent by force of circumstances, and …
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Iain Macdonald
In the following account, Iain’s shares his recollections of his childhood in a Bahá’í family in the 1950s and 1960s. …
Paul Booth (1948-2000)
Born: 15th June 1948 – England. Contracted poliomyelitis at age 16 months. Doctor’s prognosis: “Will never sit up and will …
Carolyn Neogi
I was born and raised in Guildford and was quite a God-fearing little girl – my paternal Grandmother, from Abingdon, …
Hugh Featherstone Blyth
Memory lacks the objectivity of ‘real’ history, which is based on verifiable events, recognized artefacts and a reliable paper trail. …
Gillian Phillips – early pioneering days in Ireland
On January 20th 1968 the St. David’s ferry boat left Fishguard harbour in Pembrokeshire, South Wales, at 15.00 hours – …
Ian Semple (1928-2011)
Editor’s note: Mr Ian Semple wrote his story as a twenty-first birthday gift to his son Michael in 1985. In it, Ian …
Margaret (1915-2006) and Cyril Jenkerson (1912-1996)
I was Margaret Saville when I first heard of the Bahá’í Faith in Bradford in 1940. My husband, Cyril Jenkerson, …
Kathleen Hyett Hofman (1921-2004)
As a child I regularly attended Sunday School and Church and took part in Brownie, Girl Guide, Rangers and other …
Beryl de Gruchy (1913-2011)
In 1945, having spent the war years in occupied Jersey, I went over to England. I had been badly let …
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