Where Everybody's Crazy

Sometimes I post some cynical stuff here, and sometimes it's warranted. Sometimes it's not, though. Like when I suggested that the fabulous story of Mister Genor might not actually be, as it were, true.

Today I got a lovely email from someone who'd seen my blog post and gone to find out the truth. And it turns out part of the problem was that the person's name has gotten corrupted in the retelling of the story:

Since I heard of Frank Jenner in 1993 from a friend of the Baptist pastor in England, Dr. Francis Dixon, many people have fed me with further facts. The spelling of his name was misinterpreted by the friend of Dr. Dixon’s – it is actually Jenner. This friend of Francis Dixon misspelt his name and it came across as Genor. His name was Frank Jenner from a Brethren Chapel in Sydney. The original Baptist Church was in Bournemouth, England.

Armed with that information, we find this web page, another with more information and a reference to the book "Jenner of George Street," by Raymond Wilson. The story does appear to be true, and as uplifting as it is remarkable.

Thanks to Heather Playfoot and David Smethurst.