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Permalink Reply by David Parkin on May 17, 2012 at 22:30

This Dr Horton was probably not a Bowes Park minister, but the internationally famous preacher Robert Forman Horton, chairman of the Congregationalist church in London.  There's a small biography here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Forman_Horton and he has a picture in the National Portrait Gallery http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp102325/robert-for...

A quick Google search suggests that James Chalmers was either a notable missionary in Australia or the man who invented the postage stamp, though both were actually Scottish, not English.

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Permalink Reply by Lindsey Berthoud on May 18, 2012 at 9:16

So, Alfday, Sidday, Nelsday, Herbsday, Livingsday, Chalmday? I like it. 

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Permalink Reply by Richard McKeever on May 18, 2012 at 10:04

Maybe there is something in this idea? Returning to work after the weekend on "Alfday" sounds much friendlier
... I don't like Alfdays.

Thanks for the research David - he looks quite a formidable character in that portrait. Good to see that his inclusivity and diversity policy was flexible enough to consider Scottish men!

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Permalink Reply by David Parkin on May 18, 2012 at 10:56

Alfday sounds good, especially if it's an 'alfday 'oliday.

David Livingstone was a Scot as well, of course ...

And I think that the Congregational church was in the church building on the corner of High Road and Arcadian Gardens.

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