Wednesday 19 March 2014

Happy St Joseph`s Day!

Some pictures of St Joseph`s, Gateshead from the centenary booklet of 1959.


The pulpit: on the Epistle side. A gift of Alderman Costello. Destroyed in the re-ordering although some of the statues remain.

The Baptistry: now the entrance.

6 comments:

  1. The doors to sacristy & confessional prove that the pulpit is on the Epistle side. Previously we had thought that the photograph had been printed in reverse

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  2. In its heyday how many clergy were attached to the parish?

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  3. Quite a sizeable clergy house too it appears.

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  4. Terry Middleton22 March 2014 at 20:31

    Canon Landreth, PP in the 60s - 70s had at one time 3 curates and 2 housekeepers.

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  5. The ground floor is now a Day Centre for St Cuthbert`s Care.

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  6. Terry Middleton26 March 2014 at 23:11

    Using my reading specs, and a magnifying glass, I detect the name over the oonfessional - Rev Fr L.Landreth.

    A much loved, and greatly respected parish priest of St Joseph's Highfield, after his Gateshead exertions were over.

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