From Norfolk- To Norfolk

Kirsten sent me the Postcard Project parcel this week, and in the notes refers to her use of Split Stitch - which reminded me of Quaker stitch. And that got me thinking about one of my Norfolk heroines - Elizabeth Fry. Two centuries ago, Elizabeth supplied the women being transported to Australia with a ‘care package’. These packs contained material scraps, sewing tools, knives and forks, string and a bible; all of which would be vital for their survival when they reached their destination.

I read on the BBC news site last week about migrants 'mistakenly' taken from the Centre at Manston and left stranded in London at Victoria Station. 

These cold, hungry young men had just a few possessions in blue plastic carriers. Some had no proper shoes, just flip-flops. 

Well done, Danial Abbas, of the Under One Sky charity, for helping these people; buying them clothes, shoes and food, and for persisting with his efforts to contact the Home Office. The men were finally picked up around 1am and taken to a hotel. In Norwich - the very city where Elizabeth Fry grew up!

God bless you Danial for what you did on Tuesday night - and for literally going the extra mile and travelling to Norfolk on Wednesday evening, to take them further supplies at the hotel. Elizabeth Fry would be pleased.

I'd already decided to donate a small gift to a charity, in gratitude for my OAP Winter Fuel Allowance. This year it has gone to Under One Sky.