...hey, good for you!! Welcome to the hellish nightmare that is ex-mormonism!! We like newbies..........makes us feel like we're not the only messed-up throwaway/discards of Mormon society!!
BIC in 1959 in a mining village not a million miles away from where they hang monkeys! Became inactive after leaving home at 18 and moving to London for work. Although I no longer believe in the church I still have happy memories of my childhood in a small branch (Peterlee) in Sunderland stake.
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I'm getting really curious now! I was in Peterlee branch during the 60's and 70's and my Dad was Branch Pres for some years. Is it possible we know each other?
My memory is a bit hazy of those times. I have a vague recollection of the Branch President of the early sixties. I was interested in a couple of girls from Peterlee, but I cannot remember their names. (perhaps Connie?) I was 21 when I left on my mission in 1966. I spent the summer of 65 as a building missionary on the Sunderland stake center. Almost certainly we were in the same stake conferences and maybe roadshow events.
EssexExMo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi Cityworker, I'm a worker in the City myself > EC2 > used to be in Romford Stake
I am occasionally in EC2 on business nr natWest tower
Gordon Hinckley was The Prophet like unto Moses and the campaign was to distance the church members from the term 'Mormon' and use 'Latter Day Saint' instead.
Since then the PR dept of the SCC have done the 'I'm a Mormon campaign'. lol
I even went to see Dallin Oaks speak at the Huddersfield Stakehouse.
I knew then it was over for me that evening. His talk was just some after dinner speech, a bit of humour and what have you. Basically empty. One or two members told me how much they felt the spirit and how appropriate his wisdom and guidance for them etc. I couldn't take it all anymore. lol
I just couldn't help unfortunately thinking what a bunch of suckers, what is the matter with you, how on earth can you not see through it all.
I liked the ward members, they were sincere, good people (except one or two fanatics) and they had 'values' like I aspire to etc but would be much better without the cultish extras and SCC draining them.
It got to a point that I dare not mention some things for fear of testimony meltdown. I didn't realise how naïve to church history most of them were.
Scottish exmo living in U.S. Got out 7 yeard ago and couldn't be happier. Still check out this site to see how the Morg is suffering. Love to see how many people have found out it's all a load of crap.
Am London born and bred. Joined the church in 1976 in the London North Ward, Hyde Park Stake. Served mission in Leeds in 1985/86, then returned to the Hyde Park Stake and attended tbe Britannia Singles Ward. Taught institute for a few years in Hyde Park. Then, when married, attended wards in South Shields, Lincoln and Crewe.
Left the church in 2004.
We have a fabulous group of exmos in the UK, not sure what I'd have done without them over the last ten years. As well as the therapy we've had some bloody good laughs too!
hi boggles84, another brit here - i did a bit of work designing a till system (IT side) for a retailer here in the uk, even got involved in the rollout - lots of time spent in stores after dark plugging in ram sticks and upgrading software.
Not British nor living in Britain or even Great Britain. But I do live in the UK. I'm in Bangor, North County Down. US-born but hold Irish citizenship.
Great Britain is the big island upon which is England, Wales and Scotland.
The UK is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which is the big island plus the northern tip (one sixth of the land mass) of the smaller adjacent island. It used to be all the smaller island and called the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, but the remaining five sixths in the southern part (known now simply as Ireland) seceded in 1922.
We nearly had another secession in 2014 when some Scottish politicians decided to try and separate Scotland from Great Britain and end the union. They failed.
And, apparently, Britain is the combined nations of England and Wales.
I looked it up.
So I still don't know whether the OP intended for those of us in the UK but not in Great Britain to be included in the shot out. What about those of us uncouth savages on this tiny island off a small island, clinging the the rocks of the cold shores on the Irish Sea?
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born in the Midlands - always excited to return to England. I love it! When I'm here in the US, I live on all things British (Doc Martin, Bird's custard, royal news, whatever I can find...).