Wednesday, September 5, 2018

      
                                     
 Well, we haven't quite set sail from Keyworth, but thought that we would give you a preview of the Metropolitan Cathedral in Liverpool which in scouse language was named 'Paddy's Wigwam'.  The original plans for a Catholic cathedral were drawn up before WWII and the foundation and the crypt were built prior to the outbreak of war. Further development was halted until John Carmel Heenan was appointed Archbishop of Liverpool in May 1957. He insisted on a 'Cathedral for the people', thus abandoning the grandiose plans that would have matched the design of the Anglican cathedral. Costs were drastically reduced!                                                  


       

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