2nd October, Sunday In 1938 when he was 16 my father who lived in Brockley south London wrote this in his diary: Went to Sunday School in afternoon with Doug Latham Prayers for peace. Doug and I went forward and signed the Students Roll: – “To promise to serve Christ only”. We were carried by the Rev Arnold Bellwood’s enthusiasm. He is a violent and enthusiastic pacifist preacher, a Socialist, I am certain. Dad misses Rev Bamford’s gentlemanly preaching
By Helen Allinson (30/11/2023)
Correction Rev Arnold Bellwood’s wife was Janet
By Elizabeth Joy Szekely (22/07/2020)
I remember Rev Arnold Bellwood .I was a young child in PortTalbot during WWII..People loved him and the chapel was filled every Sunday .He had a bulldog named Bluebell …..it allowed her full name to be Blue Bell Woods . His daughter was my friend .I remember when he had to move on to his next placing everyone was heartbroken and the day he came back to visit the chapel was filled to overflowing ..His wife Jane had a wonderful voice and she would sing solo at each service ……something his Welsh congregation truly appreciated. His hero was Rev Donald Soper .
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2nd October, Sunday
In 1938 when he was 16 my father who lived in Brockley south London wrote this in his diary: Went to Sunday School in afternoon with Doug Latham Prayers for peace. Doug and I went forward and signed the Students Roll: – “To promise to serve Christ only”. We were carried by the Rev Arnold Bellwood’s enthusiasm. He is a violent and enthusiastic pacifist preacher, a Socialist, I am certain. Dad misses Rev Bamford’s gentlemanly preaching
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Rev Arnold Bellwood’s wife was Janet
I remember Rev Arnold Bellwood .I was a young child in PortTalbot during WWII..People loved him and the chapel was filled every Sunday .He had a bulldog named Bluebell …..it allowed her full name to be Blue Bell Woods .
His daughter was my friend .I remember when he had to move on to his next placing everyone was heartbroken and the day he came back to visit the chapel was filled to overflowing ..His wife Jane had a wonderful voice and she would sing solo at each service ……something his Welsh congregation truly appreciated.
His hero was Rev Donald Soper .
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