The second of those occurred early in 2008 when Eric Hatton walked into my office at Psychic News. Our meeting was intended to be brief, but I recall that we talked for about two hours, non-stop. I listened spellbound to his accounts of the great mediums and speakers he had known, plying him with questions, recognising that he possessed a depth of knowledge, experience and wisdom unmatched by anyone in the Movement. Facebook has also given many admirers among his family and friends the opportunity of expressing their love and admiration for him, and the following few comments remind us of his many qualities. Join us at Stourbridge for an evening's demonstration of mediumship with the superlative Chris Drew! AT THE age of 89 and after major surgery for cancer from which he had made a remarkable recovery, Minister Eric Hatton – referred to by many as “Mr Spiritualism”– made his transition to the spirit world on 6 November. He passed peacefully at home, surrounded by his loved ones. It was evidence of this calibre that first persuaded Eric, in the 1940s, that not only do we all survive death but communication between this world and the next is a reality.

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Some time later, Eric and Laura went to Stourbridge Spiritualist Church to hear a medium who had just come out of the Army. His name was Gordon Higginson and the remarkable evidence he provided impressed everyone, though Eric and Laura were not among the recipients. A few weeks later, however, a letter from the secretary of Longton Spiritualist Church, near Stoke-on-Trent, arrived at their home. Units G,H & I, Daniel Platts Business Park, Charles Clowes Drive, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 4JU Heather often used her psychic gifts to help others and Eric said that he never recalled her taking money for those sittings. Eric, who by then was involved with local orthodox churches, was highly sceptical but Laura was open-minded, having met a young man who told her of his regular visits to a Spiritualist church on the outskirts of Birmingham. She met her brother’s scepticism with this retort: “Well, you challenge it, and find out whether it’s really true that people who die continue to live in another dimension.”

And with that conviction came a determination to comfort whenever he could others who were grieving and to encourage them to explore the spiritual implications that came with that knowledge.

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Since being ordained an SNU Minister on 2 April 1976 – an office that requires sponsorship and special qualities as well as placing various responsibilities on those on whom it is bestowed – Eric had also been in demand to conduct weddings, naming ceremonies, funerals and other events not only at Stourbridge but in other churches, too. Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, 3 Priestley Wharf, Holt Street, Birmingham Science Park, B7 4BNThe NHS is expecting a reduced supply next month, with priority going to those awaiting their second doses and fewer slots for people to receive their first jab. Eric and his fellow JV Trustees, Hugh and Margaret Davis, also rescued and helped relaunch Psychic News as a magazine, after its demise as a newspaper in 2010. In doing so, he was able to keep a promise he made to the publication’s founder, Maurice Barbanell, that he would do whatever he could to keep Psychic News in print if it ever encountered difficulties. A bonus for Eric in his final years was that Sue’s dog, Suko, came with her and “became more Eric’s than mine”. She adds: “They had such a devoted bond, and throughout his last illness she refused to leave his side even for a moment, to the extent that she would not even go to the kitchen to eat. Cavendish Medical Practice, Summerfield Primary Care Centre, 134 Heath St, Winson Green, Birmingham, B18 7AL From that day on, our friendship grew, developing into a bond of deep trust and affection. I often spoke to him about the need to set down his unique experiences in a book. But Eric, ever humble and self-effacing, was reluctant, believing it would be too egocentric a thing to do.

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As a hub for Modern Spiritualism in all of its many facets and forms, we welcome anyone and everyone to come along to one of our Demonstrations, Services, Workshops, Healing sessions and all other manner of activity and events, to share in the love and light of our affirming, inclusive religion.Furthermore, their dead brother described the circumstances of the aircraft’s crash and revealed that some of the crew had survived – information that had not yet been shared with the family by the Air Ministry. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience – the local community. It brought enormous comfort to the Hattons and Eric later described the message as “the cream on the cake” because “from that point on I became absolutely convinced of the continuity of life”.