Posts by Rev. Derek Grimshaw

The passion of Christ

Way back in the early 1980’s we organised a trip from our Church to Blackpool for the young people and we learned in the process of preparation that when you take young people to Blackpool an important feature of the day had to include a visit to the pleasure beach.  All these years on, I…

Special places

When I was young we had several very happy holidays in the North East.  We stayed with some friends of my parents in Felling near Gateshead and ventured around the beautiful Durham and Northumberland countryside. I can remember seeing Dunstanburgh Castle in the distance as we travelled along the coast road, all I could see…

Signs of hope

I always find this time of year particularly challenging because of the shorter hours of daylight, poorer weather conditions and the colder temperatures. Being paid to travel around the beautiful lanes of Norfolk is an absoute delight during the warmer months, but at this time of year road are prone to flooding and potholes lurk…

Tailgating

Sometimes I wonder where the time has gone, I took my first driving test in March 1976 which means that it is almost fifty years since that momentous day, I had longed to learn to drive from being young and had my first lesson in my dad’s three wheeler van on my seventeenth birthday.  I…

Interlude

The Grimshaw family took delivery of our first ever television in 1972, it was a rental set from the DER shop in Pudsey and even though the signal left a lot to be desired we were connected to the delights of BBC1 & 2 and ITV and our lifes changed forever with this wonderful new…

Windsurfing

If you have ever considered the idea of taking up either surfing, or windsurfing, I thought that you might appreciate a bit of advice before investing in a board, wet suit and all the gear you will need. Not that I have even touched a surfboard in my entire life, nor am ever likely to.…

Toys or Collectables?

One of my prized possessions when I was a child was my 1960s Corgi Austin A60 De Luxe Motor School Car. I think that I might have received it as a Christmas present when I was about seven or eight years old. My brother had an identical car, so I am guessing that they were…

Every Cloud…

It was quite a bitter pill to swallow having to come home from holiday on Saturday, 23rd August 2025, because my wife was in such pain with her legs. I know that makes me sound like a dreadful husband, but we had looked forward so much to spending a fortnight in our beloved Yorkshire, catching…