Signs I have not seen in the US

A sign over the single portion ice cream at a wholesale grocer in Tamworth.

At the entry to a building in Wolverhampton.

Dispensing chemists in the UK are what we call pharmacists in the USA.

Ah, marketing ploys.  This is in Stratford-upon-Avon, in case you didn't guess!

It must work.  I saw no anti-social behaviour when we rode the train!

Leaving the car park  (parking lot) at a neighborhood store.

Ironmongery!  I have only seen this word in novels!

Pukka is pronounced puck-a, not puke-a, as I first imagined!

Downtown Birmingham Christmas Market

Friday night, 6 December, we took the train to Birmingham!  We walked through the German Market and then by this market on our way to Symphony Hall, where we heard the Messiah.  What a wonderful evening!

A thought for Thanksgiving:

President Rasmussen shared this anonymous poem in his weekly letter to missionaries.  He counseled us to "learn to be grateful for the blessings we didn't ask for. "

I asked God for strength, that I might achieve.
I was made weak, that I might learn humbly to obey.

I asked for health, that I might do greater things.
I was given infirmity, that I might do better things.

I asked for riches, that I might be happy.
I was given poverty, that I might be wise.

I asked for power, that I might have the praise of men.
I was given weakness, that I might feel the need of God.

I asked for all things, that I might enjoy life.
I was given life that I might enjoy all things.

I got nothing that I asked for—but everything I had hoped for.
Almost despite myself, my unspoken prayers were answered.
I am, among all men, most richly blessed.