St Malachy's church - Liverpool - sep 2010 -

Good pics m8,well done for getting in and documenting it,shame its getting demolised.

Like the school, that must have been sad for you to see it like that and about to go. Some rather nice details in there. Beautiful pics, georgie.

Gorgeous, i remember passing this years ago and wondering if they were ever gonna do it up, i now know the answer to that..

Great if sad explore,they seem to be closing a lot of churches these days,I can think of four off the top of my head that look like they're awaiting their Judgement day.

Two explores for the price of one. Bargain.

Im really suprised that nobody has absconded with that organ. It looks intact and my sources tell me that old electric organs are worth mega coin.

St Malachy, Liverpool

Hi Everyone, About two years ago I began researching my rather dysfunctional family background specifically because I now have the time to do so and the expansion of available knowledge that can be gained from having "t'internet". Sadly I seem to be just getting there just too late for so many things it would appear.
To illucidate, I began for obvious reasons,with my late Mothers history,God rest her soul. She,like many others of her age,born 1910 onwards,,never spoke of the horrors and struggles that they went through.
The deprivation,the 'court' housing they were forced by circumstance to live in (and feel fortunate ?),the Great War and the horrors that followed when the Men (the lucky ones,that is) returned and found not very much was left for them.
Women, had by neccessity,taken over the jobs normally given to Men and the Employers didnt want their wage bills to be increased ? Then the great depression followed by World War 2 made sure that no-one got any ideas above their station and throughout it all was the constant threat and shame of the Work House.
On only a handful of occasions she mentioned her Brother who had joined up in 1914 and was "killed in Flanders","never found" and "Menin Gate" ? I now know the full story.
William was born in Exeter St in April 1894 and as a R/C I believe he would have been baptised at the nearest Church which was St Malachy,a search of t'internet brought me here because of 'Georgies' post of the School and Churches demolition in 2010.
It would appear from his post that he may be a local and he states "St Malachy 1910 - 2010" ??
The records of B,M & Ds for this church begin in 1904 but I also have an ordnance survey map of the area dated 1896 that shows quite clearly that the Church indeed existed then.
Is there anybody out there who can give a clue to its complete history ?
I would have liked to have added this to Georgys original thread with his absolutely marvellous but saddening,photos but..... as that thread is closed !
Sadder still is that when the Church closed and became a part of the School, its parish was then transferred to St Patricks nearby where it too suffered a similar fate.
I discovered also that another member ofthe family was born during 1910 in Howley St. Kirkdale and at the first opportunity a week or so later I went to where the Local A-Z indicated I would find it only to find the bulldozers had completed their task and were actually still in view.
When I discover how to implant the photos in posts I will do so. (Sorted I think?)


Ho Hum thats the illusion of progress in this day & age I suppose ?
Ever feel that history is sorta repeating itself with soup kitchens and food banks all over the place ?

Always sad to see a church end up like that and being demolished. Nicley captured & recorded