Nice one Simon, thank you for sharing it with us.
Your memories of old time Kingdom Halls and meetings with horrible chairs cetainly struck a chord. At ours in those days one had to take something to put on the chair on wet nights or else the colour came off onto your coat.
Old time congregations , with a gi-normous Service Chart at the front , eccentric old ladies who were always of the "Remnant", and a real piano to play the songs on That is what I remember, and a Congregation Servant who was just like a vicar..
But no matter, please tell us soon what happened next in your life.