tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163514158748049548.post8319787261798750405..comments2024-02-28T16:57:47.055+00:00Comments on Diary of a Donkeybody: Grace SheppardMichael Wenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04756324780596609238noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163514158748049548.post-69958112639314938742010-12-15T17:28:29.719+00:002010-12-15T17:28:29.719+00:00Almost right, Rob. He was George Burton. And I gue...Almost right, Rob. He was George Burton. And I guess that was one of the Mayflower's strengths. It was a community of the vulnerable.Michael Wenhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18111619560360378627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163514158748049548.post-15128218802129102092010-12-10T10:05:43.613+00:002010-12-10T10:05:43.613+00:00This brings back memories from deep in my mind of ...This brings back memories from deep in my mind of proofreading a book, entitled if memory serves me correctly,"George Burdon - a study in contradictions". It was a biography in essence and charted the work of George as one of the workers at the Mayflower Centre in London.<br /><br />I was working at a printers in Worcester at the time (1969!) and was so inspired by the book that when staying in London I chose to travel from Harrow where I was staying to visit the centre amidst the then derralict London docklands.<br /><br />George Burdon from what I remember was a very enthusiastic and hard worker when with others but when alone he could easily, for want of a better description, just fall apart. Proving I suppose that we all need support at some time in our lives if we are to remain strong.Robsheffieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11644949287184520419noreply@blogger.com