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Acknowledgements

samitdesign — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 05:20:55 +0000

There are a number of people and institutions that have helped in the task of putting Billy Hoad’s diaries and recollections online. First to thank is my Mother, Mary Prebble (née Hoad), Billy’s only daughter, who has held on to her Father’s papers for nearly fifty years since his death. Thanks too to Angela and Nick Sexton of “Hoads”, Horsham. Nick and Angela kindly whisked us about Horsham during a whirlwind two day visit there in September 2008, allowing me to photograph many of the places mentioned by Billy in his diaries.

Part 3: 1898-1899

samitdesign — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 05:19:49 +0000

Sunday 6^th March 1898 (Back in Horsham)

Part 2: 1896-1897

samitdesign — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 05:18:26 +0000

Sunday 16^th February 1896 (back at Hampton Court)

Part 1: 1894-1895

samitdesign — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 05:15:52 +0000

Billy was raised in a nominally Anglican family but some time in his teens became a “free thinker” and a regular member of the congregation at the local Unitarian chapel. The Horsham Free Church subscribed to the minimalist creed of the wider Unitarian movement: the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man. This was an undemanding code that Billy felt most comfortable with. He held few strong religious beliefs, but throughout his life remained committed to the Unitarian Church’s agenda of philosophical inquiry, social justice, and community support.