Whenever I come to Lambeth Academy and stay at the Windmill Pub it always makes me think back to my time here in Clapham. Running on Clapham Common tonight was just so 'normal' - I used to walk here so much as a student when I lived in Edgeley Road off the high road. Little did I think that 32 years later I would come back from time to time! Two years I lived here - two of the most mixed up of my whole life! Struggling with coming to terms with a bad relationship break up , losing my faith, being very ill and being bored with the course I was doing. All fun stuff!! Even dare I say it - in this pub when a whole group of us students from Furzedown came here and that night I started 'going out with' a lad who was Jewish! It was also at the same time that Grandpa came to see me to talk to me about my soul and how concerned he was for me - the beginning of my journey back to God. Well - looking back I can see God's hand on my life - an interesting journey - a loving and patient husband, three wonderful children and a career I have enjoyed even though there have been tough times. Tough times are what make us who we are more often than not and we never know how the carpet of life is going to unroll for us!
Might try and find a picture of Clapham Common!
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