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Yorkshire attitude towards Missionaries
By: Leslie Date: March 29, 2024, 4:15 pm
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In "The Last of the Summer Wine" a daily show on our tv they
clearly describe what they think of religion and missionaries.
THe three old retired characters in this English show set in the
West Riding of Yorkshire to a country town of Guisely,
It is a show full of laughs and even a little stupidity.
Some of the things that happen reveal their attitude toward
religion. One of the three was standing by his front door and
was approached by two missionaries of a Christian denomination.
You can rule ou JWs,they were not from that religion.
The young woman smiled sweetly and said to the man at his door.
"Have you read your Bible?" He replied . "I haven't read my
newspaper yet," The sweet lady and man gently pushed their way
into the house saying they were going to pray. Afterwards as
this house owner was telling the other two characters on the
show. I must be on a list of the the ten greatest sinners. He
said so with humour. He did believe in God and would be a former
Church of England member. The three of them discussed Baptism,(
Christening as it is called.) Again this a humourous show. They
decided in this episode to meet with the local vicar, for some
unknown reason. The vicar's wife let them in. And said The vicar
is very busy. (He wasn't as he was playing with a model rasilway
set. ) Anyway the wife told the Vicar there were three poor
people to see him including the village's retired head teacher."
Oh him I know him ,Mr. Know it all". said the Vicar.
THe Vicar's wife returned to the three in the Hall saying "We
don't usually receive poor people, We send gifts to them." One
of the three characters was willing to accept gifts. He was the
scruffy one.
Later on at the local cafe , Mr Scruffy hugged and kissed an old
lady he knew over the years, She pretended not to like it, and
said, "Isn't there a practising Anglican here? I moved up from
CHAPEL to CHURCH of ENGLAND . This show was and is a very
humoures show,
It does point out that as my aunt Florry said. WE are Church of
England, not Chapel. Chaoel icludes Methodist, Rehobeth and
other churches started by John Wesley. The big differences is
Chapel folk don't drink. don't visit the Pub and don't gamble.
Church of England folk have more fun ;D .
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Re: Yorkshire attitude towards Missionries
By: Gregory Date: March 29, 2024, 4:29 pm
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Some Yorkshiremen have an interesting attitude to maths. When
one heard the symbol 𝝅r^2 spoken ("pi r squared") he
responded "Nay, lad, pi are round not square".
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Re: Yorkshire attitude towards Missionries
By: Leslie Date: April 3, 2024, 4:26 am
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True we Yorkshire folk are made fun of in tv shows because of
our accent and the subsequent belief that we are simple naive
souls who have difficulty living outside Yorkshire. Many jokes
are made about them, which true Yorkshire folk take with humour.
In Canada, people from Newfoundland were the object of jokes for
similar reasons and all this stopped in the 1970's after a
change in social attitudes to Newfoundlanders who moved to
Toronto.
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Re: Yorkshire attitude towards Missionries
By: Lyn Date: April 3, 2024, 6:30 am
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I don't think I would be overly impressed by 'sweet' people
gently pushing their way into my home, whatever their reasons.
It is certainly true that most English do not like door knockers
who overtly proselytise.
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Re: Yorkshire attitude towards Missionries
By: Leslie Date: April 29, 2024, 5:44 am
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I learned yesterday that Pearce, a writer living in the states
as a professor at a university became Catholic after being
imprisoned in England, twice, once in Wormwood Scrubs. He was a
leader in the National Front, as I recall. he wrote derogatory
comments in the Bulldog and was prosecuted for it. In jail he
was kept in isolation for fears he would start a riot between
black and white prisoners.
Since we both had fathers who liked a drink, in excess at times.
I told Mary that my conversion to Catholicism was less
spectacular. I was Church of England, and Methodist before doing
11 months of my National service. Going Catholic was a process
of accretion over time, slowly, by the Grace of God. My father
returned to the Catholic faith while I was doing National
service.
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Re: Yorkshire attitude towards Missionries
By: Leslie Date: April 29, 2024, 6:43 am
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Back in December of 1953 I was baptized (conditionally) into the
Catholic Church and the papal bull of Pius V excommunicating
Queen Elizabeth the first was lifted from the Queen and her
followers. I read something written in Latin and English. Father
Woodhouse and the housekeeper were the only people present. When
I went back to my Aunts there was no greeting or celebration,
but no opposition to what I had done either. My parents were
separated and my brother would be in Hong Kong doing army
service in Kowloon separating the Communist Chinese in 'no man's
land' s from British forces. I don't know where my father was at
that time.
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Re: Yorkshire attitude towards Missionries
By: Stephen Horsfall Date: April 29, 2024, 8:54 am
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I must admit that I always found 'Last of the Summer Wine'
deeply unfunny. It may have raised the ghost of a smile in me
once or twice, but no more. Its attitude to women was
deplorable, as well.
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Re: Yorkshire attitude towards Missionries
By: Lyn Date: April 29, 2024, 9:30 am
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I only ever saw bits of it so cannot judge but what you say does
not surprise me, Steve.
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Re: Yorkshire attitude towards Missionries
By: Leslie Date: April 29, 2024, 11:22 am
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The "Last of the Summer Wine" varies in its humour. The episode
about a man who was having his, Golden Wedding anniversary was
genuinely funny. The three characters did get him drunk and
sitting on the back of a garbage pick up truck.
I didn't notice anything about men's attitude to women being
any more deplorable than women's attitude to men.
As for Joseph Pearce and the National Front. I never realized
the depth of hatred of white to people of colour back in 1973.
We never had that in Canada.
It looks like I will be visiting Eire (Southern Ireland ) for a
week in June.
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