166
Leicester
Zion Strict and Particular Baptists Gospel Standard Luton Ebenezer Strict and Particular Baptists Gospel Standard Reading Zoar Strict and Particular Baptists Gospel Standard Fenstanton Strict and Particular Baptists Gospel Standard Attleborough Strict and Particular Baptists Gospel Standard Beeches Road Independent Baptists Bradford Strict and Particular Baptists Nottingham Strict and Particular Baptists Gospel Standard Matfield Strict and Particular Baptists Gospel Standard Blackheath Strict and Particular Baptists Gospel Standard Hats Or Head Coverings For Ladies Trouble was on its way in the form of religious oppression. On Sunday morning, in 1983 I took to church Dick Holmes’ daughter. Dick was well known in Aylesbury and he had 4 daughters and two sons. I worked for him as a trainee aerial rigger. She had been through a divorce and was having a very difficult time. I suggested she came with me to church, as she needed help from God. She was dressed in tight black slacks and a short top, which showed all her figure. She had long peroxide blond hair and her face was made up. This mode of dress was a striking contrast to the elderly ladies who dressed very modestly with very little make up on and all ware hats to cover their heads in church. Unfortunately this was too much for Mrs.. Evered who came up to me after the service (I call it a meeting because the meetings of the New Testament churches were not called services) and she said to me the next time I bring a female to chapel I should tell her to wear a hat. Mrs.. Evered said that all Gospel Standard Churches insisted women cover their heads and so should we. I responded that by saying, “ what ever others do that was their concern they were wrong if they enforced the covering of the head upon a none
