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St John Bosco, Blackley, Roman Catholic
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Photograph supplied by & Copyright of Mike Berrell
Photograph supplied by & Copyright of Mike Berrell
Photograph supplied by & Copyright of Mike Berrell
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It was founded in 1940. It opened on 6 February 1940. The current church opened on 26 January 1960. The original wooden/tin church hall stood to the immediate right of the picture of the present building. It was presumably the original church. It was certainly pre WW2 and was used for film shows, etc prior to being demolished circa 1968.
The new parish, opened here in 1940, was first styled "White Moss," Blackley - perhaps a reference to the cotton grass that used to cover the moors between Manchester and Oldham. The parish was developed by Fr. Luke Farrelly, assisted by a fine body of Catholics.Taken from "Salford Diocese and its Catholic past", a survey by Charles A. Bolton, a Priest of the above Diocese. Published 1950 on the First Centenary for the Diocese of Salford.
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Copies of Original Registers
Baptisms
- 1947-1962 held by Lancashire Record Office RCSF 2
- 1947-1962 held by Lancashire Record Office RCSF 2
Marriages
- 1947-1953 held by Lancashire Record Office RCSF 2
- 1947-1953 held by Lancashire Record Office RCSF 2
- 1961-1962 held by Lancashire Record Office RCSF 2
- 1961-1962 held by Lancashire Record Office RCSF 2
Baptisms
1947-1962
Copy of Original Register of baptisms 1947-1962 held by Lancashire Archives - RCSF 2
Marriages
1947-1953
Copy of Original Register of marriages 1947-1953 held by Lancashire Archives - RCSF 2
1961-1962
Copy of Original Register of marriages 1961-1962 held by Lancashire Archives - RCSF 2
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