Ah Twickenham before the refit. Jesus, like could you have any less legroom. So glad I don't have to sit through 7hrs a day of that kinda hell anymore.
Ignored One.
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South East England - love of the greater number cooling off
by truthseeker inhi everyone, in the congregation i grew up in, it was very cold and unloving.
circuit overseers would come and go, they would give counsel and nothing changed.
at one time even the do came at the same time as the co and gave counsel to 'widen out'.
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My Active JW Mother Told Me They Have Sold Several KHs
by truth1 inmy mother who has been a jw for 38 years told me last night that the society had said they don't have the funds like they used to for the kingdom halls.
their congregation just sold theirs last month and another in their area just sold (michigan).
they say they are building double khs instead.
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What do you guys think? Are they selling them in any of your areas?
Personally I've not heard from my family about any recent quickbuilds going on, so I guess the increase isn't there like they want it to be.
Ignored One.
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South East England - love of the greater number cooling off
by truthseeker inhi everyone, in the congregation i grew up in, it was very cold and unloving.
circuit overseers would come and go, they would give counsel and nothing changed.
at one time even the do came at the same time as the co and gave counsel to 'widen out'.
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Matt,
Really nice bloke, very well spoken, I remember the first time I picked up the phone to him when he called my mum and he was trying to describe to me how he was related to me - I thought it was a creepy caller ! but he was a lovely bloke the more i got to know him.
It's a shame he's now decided to snub you just because you chose not to go back.
His loss.
Ignored One.
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South East England - love of the greater number cooling off
by truthseeker inhi everyone, in the congregation i grew up in, it was very cold and unloving.
circuit overseers would come and go, they would give counsel and nothing changed.
at one time even the do came at the same time as the co and gave counsel to 'widen out'.
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Ignored One, hi, Colin Conradie did go to South Africa, but he came back about 3 years ago. I remember when they announced David Bingham leaving and a brother replacing who came from South Africa. Colin had a strange way about him now I come to think of it.
Has he had a wife since you've known him?
I remember Haysbridge. I dunno what it was sending me to sleep, the talks or the horrible red decor
Ignored One.
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South East England - love of the greater number cooling off
by truthseeker inhi everyone, in the congregation i grew up in, it was very cold and unloving.
circuit overseers would come and go, they would give counsel and nothing changed.
at one time even the do came at the same time as the co and gave counsel to 'widen out'.
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What about Clive and Jan Upton?
The scottish one was Glen McFarlane. We heard he had some kind of nervous breakdown. He was a nice person. Dont remember the spoon though.
Ah. Upton. That sounds right.
Glen mustn't have used the spoon everywhere. He used to say we needed to be 'big stirrers' or something.
Ignored One, spot on. Colin Conradie, this was him. In the Sussex Circuit, been there about 2 years.
Really? I heard he'd moved to south africa. Ah well.
Ignored One, I remember that somewhere in Sussex, I think Worthing or possibly Horsham where they played football, it all came to a stop because it was getting too competitive. I used to go every other week there. It was very cliquey.
That sounds about right. I'm sure someone mentioned that it was getting a bit out of hand.
I have a question for everyone, was your congregation strong regarding meeting attendance? Did some of the pioneers move to get into a more encouraging congregation. London seemed to be the place to go for anyone who wanted excitement and a more progressive ministry.
Our cong was always thin on the ground pioneer wise. Most we had was 2 regular and maybe 3 aux. Low considering we were a 100+ cong.
Ignored One.
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South East England - love of the greater number cooling off
by truthseeker inhi everyone, in the congregation i grew up in, it was very cold and unloving.
circuit overseers would come and go, they would give counsel and nothing changed.
at one time even the do came at the same time as the co and gave counsel to 'widen out'.
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Also, anyone heard of an organized 'circuit football team'? You had to definetley be in the 'in crowd'. I heard this from a friend who had just got baptized after leaving the truth in his teens, he was an excellent football player and had been invitied to become part of the cicuit team.
I remember that quite a few younger brothers from my old cong used to go somewhere Sussex way to play football quite regularly. Maybe that's what they doing.
Ignored One.
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Stu New
by stu inhi there im new here so a brief biog to say hi.
ill be a bit vague cos not sure how safe with poss jw's seeing as friends and parents still jw's and im not d'sd or df'd just stopped going.probably being paranoid.wonder why?was brought up jw did 'bad things' in teens whilst pioneering felt sick with guilt then got doubts started hanging with worldlys got grassed up by my sis for doing drugs but manage to avoid ds/da and left fairly quietly.
i live in birmingham england have been my own man for over two years but after the initial great im free feeling i guess im a bit flat now.
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Hi Stu.
Ignored One.
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South East England - love of the greater number cooling off
by truthseeker inhi everyone, in the congregation i grew up in, it was very cold and unloving.
circuit overseers would come and go, they would give counsel and nothing changed.
at one time even the do came at the same time as the co and gave counsel to 'widen out'.
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Short and large - Tom Maltby
Short and thin - Wilf Gregory
Hmm, don't ring a bell. This was the mid 80's I think.
Ignored One - you mentioned a CO from South Africa. Was his last name Conradie? I think he is single, serves in the Sussex Circuit, can't remember which number though.
Ah yes. Colin Conradie. All I remember that he was married living in Dover while he was in our area. Last I heard was that he'd moved back to South Africa. But that was a while ago, maybe he's split and moved again.
Ignored One.
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South East England - love of the greater number cooling off
by truthseeker inhi everyone, in the congregation i grew up in, it was very cold and unloving.
circuit overseers would come and go, they would give counsel and nothing changed.
at one time even the do came at the same time as the co and gave counsel to 'widen out'.
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ignored_one
Regarding COs.
Only ones I remember were:
Short guy, large balding head.
Scottish, loved to carry a big wooden spoon. McFarlan (sp?)
One from South Africa. Used to love the way he said 'you'.
One very short, slightly camp brother.
Any of these descriptions ring a bell?
Ignored One.
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South East England - love of the greater number cooling off
by truthseeker inhi everyone, in the congregation i grew up in, it was very cold and unloving.
circuit overseers would come and go, they would give counsel and nothing changed.
at one time even the do came at the same time as the co and gave counsel to 'widen out'.
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ignored_one
Matt,
Don't you remember when I was suddenly considered bad association because of a talk at your congregation.
I think my crime was that I didn't attend all the meetings.
I suppose had I been a wife beater who was regular it would have been ok.
Hillary,
With a name like Wackett I would have expected lots of talks regarding masturbation.
Ignored One.