MERRALL Family Bible

[Len of the Chilterns]

I do hope that you'll not going to be relying on the Royal Mail to deliver it safely...

When I called naturally I had it with me and handed it over when they said they really wanted it back. Had they not been bothered, I would have hung on to it.

I forgot to mention how it came into my possession. When my daughter was small, she loved books. Even as a toddler, before she could read, she would wander about the house with one of our books under her arm or would sit and pretend she was reading. As a schoolgirl, she took to visiting secondhand bookshops and spending her pocket money on old books - the older the better. Sometime, maybe 25 - 30 years ago, she bought the bible, probably for pence. Most likely it was from a shop in Oxford. When she flew the nest her bookcase and most of her books went with her and she said to dispose of the ones left behind but the bible got onto my bookshelves. It was only a couple of weeks ago that it occurred to me to try and trace the original owner and what motivated me was the inscription "To my darling daughter on her first birthday - Daddy", Also, in a very childish hand was "Pauline Merrall".

[Velma Dinkley]

That's a wonderful story Len

[yvonneinherts]

Well done Len

I have a bible given to me by my grandmother when I was 8 and I have a Book of Common Prayer which I found when helping to sort out her house after she had died. I would hate to lose them.

[Len of the Chilterns]

Well done Len

I have a bible given to me by my grandmother when I was 8 and I have a Book of Common Prayer which I found when helping to sort out her house after she had died. I would hate to lose them.

I have several bibles - different versions - and commentaries. They come in handy for various purposes. One very hefty one I use for pressing flowers.

[Vivienne]

I have several bibles - different versions - and commentaries. They come in handy for various purposes.

One very hefty one I use for pressing flowers.

Dare I say it Len-----------I can think of no better use for a bible!

[Kit]

Len that is a great story.

I can imagine the woman's face when you knocked on her door.

Well done.