Operation 2001

P.1472 Richard Hurfor d  became Bishop of Bathurst. Our charity CD was sold for £10 and features both choirs and solos. Karen resigned from the library. Louise changed jobs. P.1474 we were singing carols at various places. Kurt Ison liked my Handel and Mendelssohn on the CD p.1483. P.1486 talk of moving Nellie. I sent 10 of our C Ds to be sold in Oz. Dad sent me all his organ music! 500 pieces. elijah's mantle fell on Elisha. The junior choir photo appeared in CMS p 1492. I sent details of the book Holiness. P.1500. Diamond wedding at Sydney Tower p. 1501. My right knee was drained at May day arthroscopy. This occurred on the day before Palm Sunday 2001. Fr Peter was my first visitor telling me not to worry. What emerged was that nobody else knew where the music for the Vigil was in the cupoard! Helene la Rue played for me. It took a month to recover. Hydrotherapy was advised and I was filmed for the May Day hospital TV in 'the pool. On the Thursday my feet were washed by a male nurse a new experience. I was home for Easter and Paul brought me communion. It was a rare moment of faith knowing Jesus the risen Lord was in our bedroom! We of course talked about the liturgies. Many in the ward were Afghans who need arrived became pizza delivery drivers and came off their mopeds!
P.1502 boxes of organ music arrived. I did play Vierne without feet at Farnborough Abbey later on. The Organists visit included Sandhurst. P.1503.p video of Brahms requiem.I was off until May 19. We got Nellle settled in a lovely new home  outside the city. P.1505 Mum was 82 and when I went back to work I started late each day to avoid traffic. Heather and Fred Brokenshire visited us and  Dad was again in touch with Hugh Mathew. P.1511 Nellie had a stroke and went into hospital.p.1512 Nellie died aged 79.p.1514 I went to York twice and the Lord Mayor of York attended the cremation.

Helene played the Vigil for me she died 2007

King's Cambridge

1972 my first Christmas away from home. Hugh Mathew was an architect who worked with Stephen Dykes Bower on Westminster Abbey and Bury St Edmunds cathedral. His family had Moral rearmament connections and I was fond of his auntie.

 My account in St Mark's magazine

 He arranged for us to go to the Carol service at King's a fantastic moment as we always listened to this at Christmas. Sadly my comments about his far rights connections got back to Hugh and he cut off relations. He ran onto the station in Essex today return some films and said nothing. He always was rather peculiar! 

Hugh

Hugh Mathew was a great friend of Dad's and instrumental in getting him to play at St Mark's. He was an architect and his family were involved with Moral Rearmament. His aunt lived on my route home from school and I recall knocking on her door to give her some flowers. Incidentally I was always careful walking home to avoid dogs even crossing the road not to have to go past a house where there was a barking dog. Being a flat we never had pets apart from a couple of budgies when we looked after the manse at Mayfair and both of them died. Dad told the story of taking "Auntie" to the circus and she asked why the trapeze artists were wearing red so he replied the blue outfits are in the wash. Going to the circus was an annual treat. Even then I had grave doubts about animals being made to perform. One theme which is constant in my life is going to the Zoo. Johannesburg had a fine park and so did Pretoria and on our travels we invariably visit the zoo. It gives one chance to enjoy the animals as well as see the locals enjoying themselves. Note the tie in the photo with Ann - I was certainly quite conservative about clothes.