Friends together

David Boulton describes how seemingly disparate groups aren’t really so

by David Boulton 25th March 2011

Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre in Birmingham can be an inspirational place at any time, but when all sixty-two rooms are occupied by a big buzz of Quakers it is positively awesome. When the Friends in all those rooms are supplemented by a score more, accommodated overnight in neighbouring Fircroft College, I am lost in wonder, love and praise at the patience of staff and the skill of the cooks in feeding us all.