Diary of William Thomas Bason Bason feels unfairly dismissed by the Church Committee after an Engineer, a visitor, working on the Lake Scheme was invited to give the sermon. As Bason has lived and worshipped in Bala for thirty-eight years, he feels unkindly cut about this (7-8 Feb 1954). Devotion for his wife: as Bason is about to say his prayers he looks at his wife's face while she sleeps and feels as though he "could kneel down and worship her" (23 Dec 1954). 2 December 1953- 20 January 1955