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John Walsh
John was born in Essex in 1927 but as a Methodist minister’s son his childhood years were spent in a variety of locations both in India and Britain. He followed...
Pat West
Pat West was born in 1938 and has early memories of going to church and sitting quietly through weekly services where she particularly enjoyed the singing. In this extract, she...
Helen Paige
Helen was born near Rye in Sussex in 1932. After her marriage she moved to Worcester where she lived for twenty-five years. The move to Oxford was prompted by Helen’s...
Mary Gilson
Mary was brought up in Wednesbury in the Black Country. After a short time at a grammar school in Wolverhampton she moved to Hunmanby Hall, a Methodist boarding school for...
Joanna Tulloch
Joanna Tulloch was brought up in an Anglican home in Essex and her early memories of going to the local church (St Mary’s) are of its beauty and the wonderful...
Sylvia Kenyon
Sylvia Kenyon was born in Leeds and grew up during the Second World War. Her earliest memories of going to church are of attending the Claremont Road Methodist Church in...
Simeon Mitchell
Simeon Mitchell works as the Secretary for Church and Society in the United Reformed Church – a partner in the Joint Public Issues Team. Simeon grew up in Loughborough. His...
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Mel McCulloch
Mel McCulloch was born in 1976 and lived in several different places during her childhood because her father moved around a lot with the Royal Marines Bands Service. The place...
Grace Samkange
Grace Samkange comes from a prominent Methodist family in Zimbabwe. She moved to Oxford to work as a radiographer, hoping to return when conditions in Zimbabwe improve. She has found...
Christine Spray
Christine Spray was born in Grimsby in 1924 and remembers attending Victoria Street Primitive Methodist Church as a child, where her father was the organist and choirmaster. Her early life...
Mary Ronaldson
Mary Ronaldson describes herself as a ‘daughter of the manse’. Her father was a Methodist missionary in Northern Rhodesia and her early life was shaped by her parents, their way...
Alison Butler
Alison Butler grew up in Timperley in Cheshire, where her parents were very involved with Timperley Methodist Church. Alison’s early recollections include attending a huge Sunday School, performing in the...
Ann Lemmon
Ann Lemmon grew up in a church-going household in Somerset – her parents had met at a Methodist Sunday School Teachers Conference in 1931. Ann was born in 1934 and...
John Cammack
John became involved with church through the Boys’ Brigade. His faith and financial experience led to a career with Oxfam. He is now a consultant and trainer for non-governmental organisations....
Paul Spray
Paul Spray is the son of Christine Spray, who is also featured here and tells the story of her journey out to Africa when Paul was a very small boy....
Grace Laird
Grace Laird was born in a village called Meru in Kenya. Her parents were farmers. Her father joined the army before the Second World War, was injured during the fighting...
Colin Saunders
Colin Saunders was born in Wales but grew up in London where his family attended the Bloomsbury Baptist Church. His grandfather had been a minister there in the first three...
Sizwe Mkwanazi
Sizwe Mkwanazi grew up on a farm at Platrand in the Transvaal, South Africa. He went to school locally, helped look after the cattle on the farm and got a...
Rachel Blainey
Rachel Blainey is one of Oxford’s ‘local preachers’ – a person who leads worship regularly in our churches. She is a mother of young children and works in publishing. She...
A short history of the John Wesley Society
Mirroring the early days of the Holy Club, it has been an important part of Oxford’s Methodist story for the past 136 years to bring students together. Their group provides...
Local Preachers of the United Methodist Church
This group photograph of the local preachers of the Oxford circuit of the United Methodist Church was probably taken at the Church on St Michael’s Street. The names on the...
All known ministers in Oxford
1765 Thomas Tobias 1766 William Minethorp 1767 Richard Henderson 1768 Benjamin Rhodes and Martin Rodda 1769 Benjamin Rhodes and Richard Whatcoat 1770 John Furze and John Duncan 1771 Samuel Wells...
Kofi Abrefa Busia
Kofi Abrefa Busia was a Ghanaian political leader and academic who was Prime Minister of Ghana from 1969 to 1972. His connections with Methodism and in particular with Wesley Memorial...
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