Just to throw in my two-pennyworth on the subject of the various 'brands' of Christian denomination: My Father's family has a strong Methodist & Scotch Church background (my great-grandfather was a lay preacher at North Shields). His 'interpretation' was that the CofE was for the 'toffs', the Scotch Church was self-defining, the Catholic church was for 'foreigners' but Methodism was for all the working class. Of course, he was one of the Jarrow March generation, which would have coloured his views. In these days of the melting pot of social interaction and PC, it is sometimes difficult to imagine life on Tyneside solely divided between the landowners and the workers. John LOVE Great-grandson of John Scott FORREST