tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561249004966522983.post446926498992669667..comments2024-03-28T14:38:09.470+00:00Comments on Patrick Comerford: A 70-year-old postcard from Lichfield arrived this morning and is ready for framingPatrick Comerfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00558394038241172440noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561249004966522983.post-84506744630948668362019-01-20T22:40:54.177+00:002019-01-20T22:40:54.177+00:00Hi Patrick. A very interesting post, I bought 110 ...Hi Patrick. A very interesting post, I bought 110 Birmingham Road 2 years ago, which is attached to 108, which i saw your photo of when I was googling for old photos. I was just wondering if you had any more photos or memories of the maltings brewery 108/110 Birmingham road. Thanks Andy Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07748698451727039628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561249004966522983.post-79627877141552556302017-12-20T01:53:29.075+00:002017-12-20T01:53:29.075+00:00Sorry, Patrick....one more 'footnote'-
Yo...Sorry, Patrick....one more 'footnote'- <br />Your postcard and the place pictured holds fond memories and experiences for you. At other times in life, our "Bethels" rise from troubled/challenging periods.<br />See Sarah F. Adams'** 1941 hymn "Nearer My God to Thee", stzs. 2 & 4: (again referencing Jacob and Genesis 28:10-22):<br /> "Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down,<br /> darkness be over me, my rest a stone;<br /> Yet in my dreams I'll be nearer, my God, to Thee.<br /><br /> Then, with my waking thoughts bright with thy praise,<br /> out of my stony griefs Bethel I'll raise;<br /> So by my woes to be nearer, my God to Thee...."<br />** Sarah Fuller Flower, born Harlow, Essex, England, 22 February, 1805; d. London, 14 August, 1848, age 43; a published poet and Shakespearian actress.Roger Dowdynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561249004966522983.post-13713748251009765702017-12-20T01:34:08.650+00:002017-12-20T01:34:08.650+00:00Patrick: thank you for sharing your story of this ...Patrick: thank you for sharing your story of this 'place' - each of us have such "Beth-Els" and we recall our particular "Ebenezer" (not the 'scrooge'), rather 'places or stones of remembrance', 'a stone of help'....sacred places of refuge, respite, retreat, inspriation, and life-changing experiences. **<br />** I Samuel 7:12 "stone of help" / "Yahweh helped us as far as this"<br />** Genesis 28: 10-22, Jacob's dream, and a stone 'pillow' became Jacob's 'place of remembrance' his 'Bethel' or "where God dwells". <br />Rev. Rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16848564515630232914noreply@blogger.com