Members of the clergy don't often get celebrated or go down in history for their work...especially theses days.

But this great man, who has almost entirely been forgotten, deserves to be remembered.....

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From his specially equipped River Thames boat, Rev F Laight made life bearable for many homesick sailors stuck aboard cargo vessels in the Thames. He cooked for them, preached to them, showed them films in his onboard cinema and lent them books from the onboard library.  For many a poor sailor he was in short, an absolute legend...