Fountain's Thoughts

I have always tried to keep politics out of the pulpit but, I couldn’t help reflecting that this summer has been a sad one for the Labour Party.  The infighting between members of Momentum and Progress has led to a bruising leadership contest between Jeremy Corbyn and Owen Smith. Whatever your political views, in this […]

Long ago in a town far far away….. (Okay, it was Immingham and I was 5 years old) I was selected by the headmaster of the school to go with him and a child from the junior’s to deliver harvest produce to the elderly.  I like to think he chose me because I looked cute […]

Consider yourself at home. Consider yourself one of the family. We’ve taken to you so strong. It’s clear we’re going to get along. Consider yourself well in Consider yourself part of the furniture. There isn’t a lot to spare. Who cares?..What ever we’ve got we share! (Lionel Bart) So sings the Artful Dodger in the […]

I am a huge fan of the show “Dad’s Army”.  I cannot begin to count how many times I have seen it, in fact, some episodes I can say the lines before the characters on the screen!  For those of you who are unfamiliar with the programme (is that possible?), one of the “nasty” characters […]

We don’t need no education We don’t need no thought control No dark sarcasm in the classroom Teachers leave them kids alone Hey teacher leave them kids alone All in all it’s just another brick in the wall All in all you’re just another brick in the wall (Roger Waters – Pink Floyd) I remember […]

Perhaps you can remember the good old days, when you visited the seaside and heard the brass band playing; Oh! I do like to be beside the seaside I do like to be beside the sea! I do like to stroll upon the Prom, Prom, Prom! Where the brass bands play:“Tiddely-om-pom-pom!” Well, if you strolled […]

Oh wondrous news, great rejoicing Radio 4 Extra is repeating a wonderful series that I first listened to years ago, and it still makes me laugh all these years later “The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy”.  For those of you who are scratching your head and thinking, “what on earth is he on about?” let […]

As somebody once quipped “nostalgia aint what it used to be”.  Well, last week I took a nostalgic trip and visited Swineshead and Boston in Lincolnshire.  I was born in Boston, I have a number of relatives who still live there.  It was lovely to walk down the streets and see how things have changed and, […]

For the past couple of weeks I have been preaching on one of my favourite books of the Old Testament; Jonah. Perhaps it’s the fisherman in me that loves the idea of a big fish, or the rebel in me that enjoys the idea of running in the opposite direction to the one being asked […]

Mud, mud glorious mud Nothing quite like it for cooling the blood so follow me follow down to the hollow and there let us wallow in glorious mud (Flanders and Swan)     What a weekend I have just experienced!!!  I did not believe you could get so much mud in one place and no, […]