Eye hears about soft furnishings in 1947, sees the youngest attender at Fritchley Meeting, and offers familiar words for Friends to colour…
by Elinor Smallman
Seeking Friends and earth ‘Be bold! Never be afraid to admit your mistakes! That’s how we learn!’ So wrote Jill Allum, of Beccles Meeting, in a recent missive to Eye. In ‘A…
Mind your Ps and Qs The use of fossil fuels and the challenge for travelling Friends is far from a new concern. Friends in the 1940s were perplexed as to how to deal with a very…
Vast Ocean of Light Vast Ocean of light, whose rayes surround The Universe, who know’st nor ebb, nor shore, Who lend’st the Sun his sparkling drop, to store With overflowing…
Appreciating life A visit to a friend prompted Brenda Claxton, of Bath Meeting, and her husband Ted to take to heart an uplifting suggestion. Brenda shared with Eye that: ‘Each…
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