Geoff, Thank you for that little extract;yes it sounds and feels like my gf John who in my youth attended chapel at Marshfield,then in his 60's.BUT,if the event described was pre 1920 I think it will have been his father,also John,of whom this is the first personal item I have seen. Have just sent Robert a note from Hillesley chapel records at CRO,which seems to support this Am looking forwards to more stuff from the Hillesley memoires john s