Comments on: At the Strangers’ Rest Mission https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/07/01/at-the-strangers-rest-mission/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Sat, 07 Nov 2020 09:27:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: M Star https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/07/01/at-the-strangers-rest-mission/#comment-1356561 Sat, 07 Nov 2020 09:27:29 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=37083#comment-1356561 Most people left Strangers Rest after Gerald, sadly.

]]> By: Nick Steele https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/07/01/at-the-strangers-rest-mission/#comment-1333454 Thu, 26 Mar 2020 16:34:33 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=37083#comment-1333454 I have been trying to contact Gerald since my mother Avril Steele, nee Daley, died last year. Gerald is related to my grandfather Cyril Daley. If you could pass my details on to him it would be greatly appreciated. He sent my mum a Christmas card last year, so I need to pass on the sad news.

Thank you for your lovely article and the photos of Gerald.

]]> By: Trudi https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/07/01/at-the-strangers-rest-mission/#comment-1111009 Sun, 09 Oct 2016 23:09:02 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=37083#comment-1111009 Thank you so much for this fascinating piece. I lived in Wellclose Square as a child in 1954 till 1963, and I remember Mr Hutchinson and a lovely lady called Mrs Kirkwood at the Strangers Rest Mission where I went to Sunday School. They used to take my parents and me out in a car to different places, and although we later moved away from London, my parents never forgot the great kindness they met at the Mission. God bless Pastor and Mrs Daley, and everyone who is continuing the great work.

]]> By: Terry Basson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/07/01/at-the-strangers-rest-mission/#comment-80085 Sun, 30 Dec 2012 13:50:30 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=37083#comment-80085 ‘The Strangers Rest Mission’ – what a magical sign to come across. A light in the world for strangers to meet and be welcomed.

I have another place which prompted a thought as I read aloud ‘The Strangers Rest’?
It was; ‘The Sailors Reading Room’ In Southwold Suffolk – the North sea blows the shingle rolling it up the beach, keeping this haven of peace clean and welcoming to those who brave this wild, cold, windy shore.

With a wet jacket about me and a pint of Broadside within my reach. – Would this place be my choice of a final resting place, a wave fair well to all the unkindness in this world?
Yes, comes my soft whispering thought, as I listen to the distant wind along the shore. Departing with a smile upon my face; my last thought being . Wealth is Life!

]]> By: Marina https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/07/01/at-the-strangers-rest-mission/#comment-21514 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 10:53:38 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=37083#comment-21514 wonderful portrait

]]> By: jane osullivan https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/07/01/at-the-strangers-rest-mission/#comment-21479 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 21:52:25 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=37083#comment-21479 all folks and stories, the fantastical and the ordinary treated the same by you gentle author , gentle by name and by deed.
Its the space you leave around the people that you meet that gives such a luminosity and generosity of spirit to your work , you reveal ……thank you SO .

]]> By: good-tree https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/07/01/at-the-strangers-rest-mission/#comment-21436 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 07:21:36 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=37083#comment-21436 Thank you, I really enjoyed this story.

]]> By: jeannette https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/07/01/at-the-strangers-rest-mission/#comment-21427 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 03:49:53 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=37083#comment-21427 you always have the best faces. these, so open and bright. thank you.

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