Just after Christmas this year I wrote the draft of a play because I was asked to but now is not required. It is a semi-fictitious account of what was going on at St Bede’s College in the period I was there 1957-1963. It was written as a one woman […]
St. Bede’s College
St. Bede’s College, Manchester – Down The Creek – Up The Tub.
Since June 2011 I have been saying that because of the uncomfortably undue haste with which the previous headmaster at St Bede’s College in Manchester was relieved of his responsibilities at the school and with the arrival of the inadequate Mr Daniel Kearney, appearing over the hill like the US […]
Dave’s Funeral Mass
Before I start this posting I would just like to thank all of you for posting your comments and sending me e-mails about Dave McGarry, your recollections and your thoughts. They came from Australia, America, all over Europe, including England and Ireland and it just shows how well the man […]
Fr Dave McGarry RIP
Fr Dave McGarry is dead. How I hate writing those words but it was coming up and I was steeling myself for the final news. I was on the platform of Connolly Station in Dublin, having caught the Saturday morning early train, when my wife, Helen, rang to tell me […]
What Was It That Made Me A Catholic?
Well it was nothing really, just the fact of being born of my mother and encouraged by my father. My mother was Catholicism personified, of North Manchester Irish stock, she came from Corpus Christi parish, off Oldham Road. Prior to the 1914-18 war every other house in that district was […]
The Tip Of The Iceberg
As I write, the St Ambrose College in Altrincham’s abuse allegations are multipling as fast as Jimmy Savile’s did a few weeks ago. The allegations began a couple of weeks ago against a former teacher at the school, a 63 year old Christian Brother, by an ex-pupil. Greater Manchester police […]
News For Parents Of Pupils At St Bede’s College In Manchester.
This particular posting is more a news item than anything, at least news to me and vindication of my blog Les Disparus of 10th October 2011 when I said Mr Mike Barber’s star was still twinkling. For all new parents, those who have only known the despot Kearney, Mike Barber […]
Father Ted, Can It Get Any Worse.
Well he is back and do not tell me you don’t know who I am talking about. I will give you a clue. He is a pinchbeck headmaster, one in name only without the qualities of people with that title. He is an ultra right wing Catholic, steeped in the […]
At Last St William’s School Judgement.
There was a very interesting judgement yesterday in the Supreme Court that coaxed the law on Vicarious Liability along its merry way. This law one of the learned judges said “was on the move” and has been tested on a few occasions recently and on one most important occasion during […]
Duggan’s Denouement.
What a happy day this is, our lawyers who have been beavering away under this legal cloak of omerta have decided to come clean and chuck their cap in the ring. Hurrah for Anderson Olivarius, our champions. The very names should strike fear in the hearts of our enemy, who […]