the scottish jdubs are having tours of their refurbished hall.
won't that be a super fun day for the people of haddington!?😂.
"hello, here's the foyer leading into the main hall, there's the ladies, gents, and baby changing facility.
The last time I was at Haddington KH would be in the late 1970's, gave part of a Public Talk. Not this KH however though I cannot remember much more about it. We had lunch with a family afterwards, there were several witness families in the row of terraced houses, they were known locally as "Armageddon Row".
I knew a family who moved there many years later.
Did Paul Gilles come from there?
George
australian royal commission solicitor: “do you [the governing body] see yourselves as god's spokespeople on earth?”.
geoffrey jackson - “ah, that i think would seem to be quite presumptuous to say that we are the only spokesperson that god is using.".
october 5th 2022 daily text: “we also need to trust in the only channel [the g.b.
It's called "Theocratic warfare".
Lying to you and me.
George
There has just been a U turn announced on the 45p tax band.
George
PS Will not affect me!
i was under the impression that it was going to be a short war, that russia’s military would indeed subdue ukraine’s forces quickly but that is not happening.
seems that russia’s military power is much less than it’s reputed to be.
no guess how it will all end..
it's more likely they'll reach the age of 80, look around, and realize all they have to show for their time on earth is a...
bookcase full of old yellowing books, unread in the last 30 years....
That just sums me up!
George PIMO JW
just curious about the rest of you.
i was bullied quite badly throughout my school years because of being a witness and not participating in religious holidays, sporting celebrations, assembly (worship), and the like.. it was mostly from other pupils but there were a couple of teachers who definitely treated me badly.
that was back when uk teachers still caned pupils or were allowed to hurl the heavy wooden blackboard duster across the room at them.... i still have ptsd flashbacks on some of those events even after 50 years!
Just like Stan above, I also went to an all boys grammar school but this was back in the 1950's. It was a pretty tough school but I loved to fight, we still did boxing in those days and I had also boxed in junior school. In fact it was the only sporting activity I was any good at!
All the other kids knew I was a JW but never gave me any trouble. I knew a JW similar age to me who went to the local secondary modern school and the kids there made his life miserable. He used to dread waking each morning. I just don't know how I would have coped with that.
George
i am still on my holiday around the uk and currently am in the midlands if anyone is around i’d love to catch up - hope you are all well xx.
“I'm used to southerners so my standards are pretty low🤷♀️“
I'm a grumpy old northerner that now lives on the south coast. The locals I have and do deal with have all welcomed me and I have made many friends, JW and non-JW. Don't tar everyone with the same brush.
George
I'm older than you two but cannot remember King George VI dying in 1952. I well remember watching the Coronation in 1953 on TV, a 12" B/W which we all crowded around and thought it was magical. My mother told me that the 'H' on certain people's chimney was to show they had a TV!
At school we received a Coronation New Testament plus a cup and saucer and also a mug.
George
Currency with the various kings, George VI, V etc were in regular use up till the 1970's when new decimal currency was introduced. They will eventually produce new designs of currency to reflect the change, but the old stuff will continue until the end of its natural life.
George
there is so much silence about the jw's in the ukraine conflict.
are the jw men arrested because they don't want to fight?
how is that going in the hyper nationalist fase the country is in?
A JW couple that I know are currently accommodating a Ukraine sister and her two young children. They are advertising locally looking for accommodation they can rent at a reasonable price. The husband is still in Ukraine and having difficulty getting out at present. I don't know if he is allowed alternative service.
During WWII here in England the women did not run overseas, they stayed and helped the country. My mother worked in the munitions factories and I know of others who worked in engineering, taking on the jobs that the men would normally have done but for conscription. What happened to patriotism?
George
if you are looking for pre-1950 watchtower mags, try.
https://wtarchive.wordpress.com/english/zions-watch-tower/.
how about pdfs.
I used to use Strictly Genteel which had most old publications on line. However it seems to have disappeared of late, anyone know if that's the case?
George
