Mark Sharman, the seventh pastor. Minister 1976-1981. Mark was a local man who had connections with the church prior to commencing studies at Trinity College, Bristol. He later returned as pastor for a five year stint. He subsequently moved to the Newcastle-Upon-Tyne area where he is currently pastor of an FIEC church.
The words below originally appeared in 1906 and are from Chapter 2 Part 1 of The Forsyte Saga Vol 1 by John Galsworthy (1867-1933). Old Jolyon reminisces Difficult to believe it was so long ago; he felt young still! ... those Sunday afternoons on Hampstead Heath, when young Jolyon and he went for a stretch along the Spaniard's Road to Highgate, to Child's Hill, and back over the Heath again to dine at Jack Straw's Castle - how delicious his cigars were then! And such weather! There was no weather now.
Welsh pastor [born '59] at Childs Hill Baptist, London ['83ff] husband to Eleri ['88ff]; father to 5 sons [b '89-'01]; 4 daughters-in-law ['09ff]; 9 grandchildren ['14ff] author: several books, many blogs.