Brent Smith was from Sheffield. I believe his mother was ill and he came off for a bit.
Great speaker, the "cripple through the roof" talk was great, as was the one about Hannah and Samuel.
But he was totally Pharasaical over. . .hair cuts.
He made a big stink about short hair cuts! This was the late '80s and the days of Bros, Jason Donovan and Rick Astley(). Basically the cut of the day was a 1940s cut but it was "worldly" because it had shaved and blended back and sides.
He caused trouble right across the circuit. I refused to change and more than that dared to argue my case. There were a couple of elders in there 60's who had exactly the same haircuts and had had them since the 1940's! I pointed this out and was told that they weren't following fashion! I told him that if that was the best he could come up with to forget it.
Thing was, he had a 1970's on the collar, over the ears cut like Elvis in his later years, which 20 years earlier he would have been "counselled" on.
Strangely enough I wasn't made a MS that year