{"id":28,"date":"2019-01-02T19:10:40","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T19:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2023-04-01T20:07:02","modified_gmt":"2023-04-01T19:07:02","slug":"history-of-cotteridge-meeting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/cotteridge-meeting\/history-of-cotteridge-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Cotteridge Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"28\" class=\"elementor elementor-28\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a327948 elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile_extra e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a327948\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b6e1ac e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4b6e1ac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59010ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"59010ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1900 - 1930<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77bc468 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"77bc468\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 1901 Quakers built the Cotteridge Friends Hall as a continuation school for people who had left school at 10 to 13 years old.<\/p><p>In 1906 local Quakers founded Cotteridge Quaker Meeting in the hall. In the century since, Quakers have met for worship here every Sunday morning.\u00a0Our concern for, and work in, the wider world has sprung from this worship.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97a4820 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"97a4820\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1930s<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bbc4bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5bbc4bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span>In the 1930s, Cotteridge Quakers brought Hildegard Waller, a young Jewish woman, from Berlin to Birmingham and sponsored her teacher training. Seventy years later Hildegard left funds in her will to the meeting to enable us to sponsor another young refugee\u2019s education.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c82fbd9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c82fbd9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ead086 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0ead086\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1901-Cotteridge-Friends-Hall.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjY0LCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvZm94Z2xvdmVzeXN0ZW1zLmNvbVwvUHJvdG90eXBlc1wvQ290dGVyaWRnZVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAxOVwvMDFcLzE5MDEtQ290dGVyaWRnZS1GcmllbmRzLUhhbGwuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"494\" src=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1901-Cotteridge-Friends-Hall-768x494.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-264\" alt=\"Cotteridge Friends Hall in 1901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1901-Cotteridge-Friends-Hall-768x494.jpg 768w, https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1901-Cotteridge-Friends-Hall-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1901-Cotteridge-Friends-Hall-1024x659.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1901-Cotteridge-Friends-Hall.jpg 1301w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Cotteridge Friends' Hall about 1960<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b10eba1 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-hidden-tablet_extra e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b10eba1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2cf185 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a2cf185\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28d45e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"28d45e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1900 - 1930<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c3a949 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8c3a949\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 1901 Quakers built the Cotteridge Friends Hall as a continuation school for people who had left school at 10 to 13 years old.<\/p><p>In 1906 local Quakers founded Cotteridge Quaker Meeting in the hall. In the century since, Quakers have met for worship here every Sunday morning.\u00a0Our concern for, and work in, the wider world has sprung from this worship.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-829e2f7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"829e2f7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4512771 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4512771\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1901-Cotteridge-Friends-Hall.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjY0LCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvZm94Z2xvdmVzeXN0ZW1zLmNvbVwvUHJvdG90eXBlc1wvQ290dGVyaWRnZVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAxOVwvMDFcLzE5MDEtQ290dGVyaWRnZS1GcmllbmRzLUhhbGwuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"494\" src=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1901-Cotteridge-Friends-Hall-768x494.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-264\" alt=\"Cotteridge Friends Hall in 1901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1901-Cotteridge-Friends-Hall-768x494.jpg 768w, https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1901-Cotteridge-Friends-Hall-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1901-Cotteridge-Friends-Hall-1024x659.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1901-Cotteridge-Friends-Hall.jpg 1301w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Cotteridge Friends' Hall about 1960<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13a44ee elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-hidden-tablet_extra e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"13a44ee\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67badb8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"67badb8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-396f28b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"396f28b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1930s<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e03be1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e03be1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span>In the 1930s, Cotteridge Quakers brought Hildegard Waller, a young Jewish woman, from Berlin to Birmingham and sponsored her teacher training. Seventy years later Hildegard left funds in her will to the meeting to enable us to sponsor another young refugee\u2019s education.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eddd570 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eddd570\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b9d16d2\" data-id=\"b9d16d2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4f49999 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4f49999\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1f6450d\" data-id=\"1f6450d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-483a2eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"483a2eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1940s<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98dfbaa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"98dfbaa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn both World Wars Quaker young men followed their consciences.\u00a0Many refused to kill and became <a href=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/On-the-land.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">conscientious objectors<\/a> and worked on farms. Some conscientious objectors joined the <a href=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/The-Friends-Ambulance-Unit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quaker Friends\u2019 Ambulance Unit<\/a>.\u00a0Some <a href=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/A-Decision-to-Fight.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">men who fought attended Quaker meetings<\/a> as they grew older. Many did <a href=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Fire-Watcher-to-Relief-Worker.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">relief work<\/a> following the wars.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4789543 elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile_extra elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4789543\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd4f5d5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cd4f5d5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31d94cb elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet_extra__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile_extra__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"31d94cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Childrens-drawing-of-Horace-Holder-greeting-a-young-National-Front-activist.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Children&#039;s drawing of Horace Holder greeting a young National Front activist\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjg3LCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvZm94Z2xvdmVzeXN0ZW1zLmNvbVwvUHJvdG90eXBlc1wvQ290dGVyaWRnZVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAxOVwvMDFcL0NoaWxkcmVucy1kcmF3aW5nLW9mLUhvcmFjZS1Ib2xkZXItZ3JlZXRpbmctYS15b3VuZy1OYXRpb25hbC1Gcm9udC1hY3RpdmlzdC5wbmcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Childrens-drawing-of-Horace-Holder-greeting-a-young-National-Front-activist.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-287\" alt=\"Children&apos;s drawing of Horace Holder greeting a young National Front activist\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Childrens-drawing-of-Horace-Holder-greeting-a-young-National-Front-activist.png 811w, https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Childrens-drawing-of-Horace-Holder-greeting-a-young-National-Front-activist-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Childrens-drawing-of-Horace-Holder-greeting-a-young-National-Front-activist-768x537.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Children's drawing of Horace Holder greeting a young National Front activist<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9adcda7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9adcda7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d49abc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4d49abc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1970s<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cacd046 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cacd046\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span>Much of our work focused on racism. Horace Holder, a Cotteridge Friend, gave a letter to 500 of our neighbours. It asked them to welcome new neighbours and to ensure their children did not support the National Front. Once he kept watch by a vandalised shop all night in order to talk with the vandals.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9557206 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9557206\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1980s<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9687eed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9687eed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Many members campaigned for nuclear disarmament using a donated peace caravan.\u00a0Several of us demonstrated at Greenham Common. We supported and hosted \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/qfp.quaker.org.uk\/passage\/24-59\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mothers for Peace<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d09ed0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d09ed0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/PEACE.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjg4LCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvZm94Z2xvdmVzeXN0ZW1zLmNvbVwvUHJvdG90eXBlc1wvQ290dGVyaWRnZVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAxOVwvMDFcL1BFQUNFLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"489\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/PEACE.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-288\" alt=\"PEACE\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/PEACE.jpg 489w, https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/PEACE-269x300.jpg 269w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9103844 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet_extra e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9103844\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e03c9c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5e03c9c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8161f0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e8161f0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad559c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ad559c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1970s<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46d1ae2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46d1ae2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span>Much of our work focused on racism. Horace Holder, a Cotteridge Friend, gave a letter to 500 of our neighbours. It asked them to welcome new neighbours and to ensure their children did not support the National Front. Once he kept watch by a vandalised shop all night in order to talk with the vandals.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f7f429 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0f7f429\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6683c96 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet_extra__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile_extra__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6683c96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Childrens-drawing-of-Horace-Holder-greeting-a-young-National-Front-activist.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Children&#039;s drawing of Horace Holder greeting a young National Front activist\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjg3LCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvZm94Z2xvdmVzeXN0ZW1zLmNvbVwvUHJvdG90eXBlc1wvQ290dGVyaWRnZVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAxOVwvMDFcL0NoaWxkcmVucy1kcmF3aW5nLW9mLUhvcmFjZS1Ib2xkZXItZ3JlZXRpbmctYS15b3VuZy1OYXRpb25hbC1Gcm9udC1hY3RpdmlzdC5wbmcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Childrens-drawing-of-Horace-Holder-greeting-a-young-National-Front-activist.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-287\" alt=\"Children&apos;s drawing of Horace Holder greeting a young National Front activist\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Childrens-drawing-of-Horace-Holder-greeting-a-young-National-Front-activist.png 811w, https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Childrens-drawing-of-Horace-Holder-greeting-a-young-National-Front-activist-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Childrens-drawing-of-Horace-Holder-greeting-a-young-National-Front-activist-768x537.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Children's drawing of Horace Holder greeting a young National Front activist<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e60ef3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2e60ef3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e0218c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9e0218c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8e0d2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c8e0d2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1980s<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a8c0d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a8c0d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Many members campaigned for nuclear disarmament using a donated peace caravan.\u00a0Several of us demonstrated at Greenham Common. We supported and hosted \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/qfp.quaker.org.uk\/passage\/24-59\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mothers for Peace<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7133abe e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7133abe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cc1732 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1cc1732\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/PEACE.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjg4LCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvZm94Z2xvdmVzeXN0ZW1zLmNvbVwvUHJvdG90eXBlc1wvQ290dGVyaWRnZVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAxOVwvMDFcL1BFQUNFLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"489\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/PEACE.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-288\" alt=\"PEACE\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/PEACE.jpg 489w, https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/PEACE-269x300.jpg 269w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74797ad e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"74797ad\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f57cf43 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f57cf43\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-917e48b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"917e48b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1990s<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32fb40c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"32fb40c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span>Many of our concerns were international. We supported international students on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.idealist.org\/en\/nonprofit\/f41fcd01d4ce4236a84095a6763ffd5b-responding-to-conflict-birmingham?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>\u201cResponding to Conflict\u201d<\/span><\/a><span> courses. We marched for third world debt relief at the 1998 Birmingham G8 summit.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-026a624 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"026a624\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Post 2000<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69c7a8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69c7a8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJust before the Iraq war started a member of our meeting used <a href=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Non-violent-direct-action.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">non-violent direct action<\/a> to delay the bombing.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43378d7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"43378d7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce135d6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ce135d6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09613a7 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"09613a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/classroom-preparation-1152x1536-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-303\" alt=\"classroom preparation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/classroom-preparation-1152x1536-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/classroom-preparation-1152x1536-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/classroom-preparation-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42a28f5 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet_extra__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42a28f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Friends are now increasingly aware of environmental issues<a href=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/graph-of-energy-savings.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">. We cut our own meeting\u2019s energy footprint by 95%<\/a> (about 80% energy saving and 15% energy generation).<\/p><p>We have been involved with supporting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northfieldecocentre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Northfield Ecocentre<\/a> from its beginnings.<\/p><p>We welcome vegetarian and <a href=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Harvest-Home-Vegan-Recipes.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vegan food<\/a> at our shared meals.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c3cdc8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3c3cdc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"296\" height=\"162\" src=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Northfield-Ecocentre.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-299\" alt=\"Northfield Ecocentre\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Northfield Ecocentre<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1900 &#8211; 1930 In 1901 Quakers built the Cotteridge Friends Hall as a continuation school for people who had left school at 10 to 13 years old. In 1906 local Quakers founded Cotteridge Quaker Meeting in the hall. In the century since, Quakers have met for worship here every Sunday morning.\u00a0Our concern for, and work [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":22,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_theme","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":52,"href":"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1299,"href":"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions\/1299"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/Cotteridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}