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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...
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...
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...
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...
Chris Lane
As a child growing up in Bolton, Chris Lane went to Park Street Methodist Church. His parents were dedicated members and his father had an important financial role in the...
Wesley ceramic picture
This commemorative plaque or picture was produced following John Wesley’s death in 1791. It’s black and white style reflects its memorial purpose. In the style of a frame picture, 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...
Miniature cameo
This very small profile portrait of John Wesley in ceramic is set within an oval mourning-style cameo. Beneath a simple relief profile are the words “He rests from his labours!”....
Wedgwood cameos
Jasper ware cameos or portrait medallions made by Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, at Etruruia in Staffordshire. They feature profile portraits of John Wesley based on an original design from when...
John Wesley statuette
This ceramic statuette of John Wesley has no pretensions to artistic merit but it tells an important story. Ceramic ‘fairings’, inexpensive ceramic ornaments such as this one, were mass produced...
Bust of John Wesley (1)
This head and shoulder statue of John Wesley was based on an original design from when Wesley sat for Enoch Wood. It is probably parian ware, a type of biscuit...
Bust of John Wesley (2)
This head and shoulder statue of John Wesley was based on a remodelled design by Enoch Wood produced after Wesley’s death. It was probably made in Staffordshire in the early...
Wesley Kingswood bowl
This bowl commemorates the school’s founder John Wesley, and the opening of the new Kingswood School in Bath in 1852. When Kingswood opened in 1748, it provided education for a...
Rev Shirley Herrick
Minister at Wesley Hall (Cowley Road Methodist Church) Thomas Shirley Herrick was born at Mountsorrel in Leicestershire in 1864. His father was a grocer. He entered the ministry in 1899....
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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....
Lewis Brownjohn
Lewis was born in Oxford, and his father was a Local Preacher of the United Methodist Free Churches. Son of a compositor Lewis Charles Brownjohn was born in Oxford in...
Frederick Martin
Frederick lived in several parts of Oxford and was associated with a number of its Methodist churches. He became a saddler and maintained harnesses for horses pulling field guns. One...
Joseph Harris
Born in Surrey, Joseph moved to Oxford as a child. When war broke out he enlisted even though he was under age. He was only 17 when he was killed....
Sidney Griffin
Sidney was born in Oxford and gained a place at Jesus College. He soon joined up, and was sent to Mesopotamia (modern Iraq), where he fought alongside Indian troops. Son...
Christopher Choldcroft
Christopher’s father ran a hairdressing business in Woodstock Road, but Christopher became a Master Bootmaker and emigrated to Canada. Born in Oxford Christopher Choldcroft was born in Oxford in 1888....
Cradle roll certificate
A chance find when sorting out paperwork has led Wendy Spray (nee Coulson) to reflect on the unconscious bias in her cradle roll certificate but also on the way in...
William Chandler
William’s father was a grocer who eventually owned a shop in St Giles. William joined a Field Ambulance so would not have carried arms. Grocer’s son William Frederick Chandler was...
Thomas Birtchnell
Thomas became a printer’s machine minder and moved to Oxford. He joined the Royal Engineers and worked on communications and water supplies for the troops. Born in Aylesbury Thomas Bodsworth...
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