A History of Stourbridge National Spiritualist Church

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Furthermore, their dead brother described the circumstances of the aircraft’s crash and revealed that some of the crew had survived – information that had not yet been shared with the family by the Air Ministry. As Modern Spiritualism moves into the 21st Century, we continue to be excited by and dedicated to the excellent work of the spirit carried out within our Church and its neighbouring communities. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused. A special social evening, exploring and experimenting with the ways in which the Victorians contacted the Spirit World.

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Born just five days before Eric, in 1926, but many miles away on the Isle of Wight, just off England’s south coast, Heather was the daughter of Spiritualists who had founded Ventnor Spiritualist Church in 1938, the first on the island.Over the course of the past Century, our beautiful Church - based in the heart of the West Midlands, UK - has grown to become one of the most respected and prolific centres of Spiritualism, Mediumship and the Psychic Sciences in the World. Eric was a true gentleman, a man of great peace, wisdom and compassion and what he didn’t know about Spiritualism wasn’t probably worth knowing,” said Mark Stone. And that is how Eric and Heather came to meet – not in Stourbridge Spiritualist Church, as one might imagine, but at a rehearsal of the North Worcestershire Operatic Society.

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Their long and happy courtship culminated in marriage at the Stourbridge church on 27 Dec 1955, after which they produced two children, Lisa and Jonathan, and began giving energetic support not only to that church but also to other Spiritualist bodies. His commercial skills – he was a successful businessman – were also in demand within the Spiritualist movement. His association with that church continued for the next 70 years and it was there, on 20 November, that his funeral service was held.It brought enormous comfort to the Hattons and Eric later described the message as “the cream on the cake” because “from that point on I became absolutely convinced of the continuity of life”. Eric also became president of the Spiritualists’ National Union (SNU) when he took over from his friend of many years Gordon Higginson, on his sudden death in 1993 at the age of 73. He had his own Facebook page, as one might expect from someone with such a close relationship with his children and grandchildren – though he relied on others to keep it up to date, of course – and the fact that he was strong enough to attend his granddaughter’s wedding in the summer, after a major operation for cancer, was a source of great joy to him and his family. Much of Eric Hatton’s life story would have been lost to us had it not been for the encouragement of Susan Farrow, when she was Editor of Psychic News, to commit it to paper and share it with a wider audience.