ST FAITHS CHURCH GREAT CROSBY Views from the

ST FAITH’S CHURCH GREAT CROSBY Views from the Archives Part 2 Click on each slide to move to the next one

The fifth Vicar William Hassall 1948 - 1965 A 1960 view of Fr Hassall, in his trademark biretta, in procession to church

Fr Hassall with the St Faith`s Cub Pack (1952) Fr Hassall at the parish party in 1950 to celebrate St Faith’s Silver Jubilee

Fr Tom Stanage Curate at St Faith’s, 1958 -1961 He later became Bishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa

The sixth Vicar Charles Alfred Billington 1965 - 1972 The Nave Altar, on its custom-built platform, as introduced by Fr Charles, seen today at Eastertide

Fr Charles and the St Faith’s team in 1969 The 1969 crucifer is today Fr Dennis Smith. Verger Jim Burgess is still going strong. . .

The Goodriches with Church Wardens George Smith (L) and Chris Price The seventh Vicar Peter Goodrich 1972 – 1983 Margaret Goodrich (far right) and curate Fr Peter Cavanagh (second right) in a St Faith’s theatrical production

(L) Robert Runcie during the 75 th anniversary celebrations in 1975. Our most famous ordinand was a server here as a boy, was ordained in 1950, and subsequently rose to become Archbishop of Canterbury. He returned here several times before his death in 2000 (R) He presented us with this inscribed portrait at his enthronement Priests on Parade with the Vicar L to R Myles Davies, Dennis Smith, Tony Magness and Peter Roberts

Amateur dramatics flourished at St Faith’s during Fr Peter’s time

The eighth Vicar Richard Capper 1983 – 1997 Fr Richard and Fr Peter Cavanagh receive advice from long-serving sacristan George Goodwin

The ninth Vicar Neil George Kelley 1999 The events of the last two incumbencies are recent and current history rather than archives: highlights may be accessed using the site index and search box facilities

We hope you have enjoyed these glimpses of the past century at St Faith’s. The links below will access the most recent full history of our church; other links lead to pages which give more information about some of the people and events mentioned in the pages you have just seen. Finally, the ‘St Faith’s today’ link is to a slideshow of how our church looks today. Original presentation by Denis Griffiths; realised by Chris Price The first archive slideshow ‘St Faith’s today’ slideshow ‘The Church’s year at St Faith’s’ slideshow 1 ‘The Church’s year at St Faith’s’ slideshow 2 The 1975 history of St Faith’s (full text) The Robert Runcie pages The St Faith’s clergy pages The picture index The home page