Toc H - click to see website

I was deeply involved in the work of Toc H for nearly 25 years, man and boy, as a volunteer and as a staff member, and I had a huge emotional as well as practical commitment to it. I am sorry to hear that it is now struggling to survive. I gather this is due to an allegedly unwise commitment to put £1 million into a city academy in Bradford. Oh dear...we will see...

At least Talbot House, Poperinge, in Belgium, seems to be going from strength to strength. This is where Toc H started in the first world war and we were last there as a family in October this year. Such nostalgia. It felt like coming home.

Have you heard the phrase 'dim as a Toc H lamp'?