The Liverpool Tapestry:
People, Places and Passions
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A love of sewing attracted me to the Liverpool 08 Tapestry
Project – especially with such a worthwhile end result. I have sewn
for as long as I can remember, but this medium was new to me – I
was a complete novice.
St Philip Neri Church is a Roman Catholic Church in Catherine
Street. It was built in the Byzantine style between 1914 – 1920
and designed by P.S. Gilby. My parents were married here in
1938.
Having been orphaned as a child, my Mum went to live
with relations in nearby Chatham Street. When Mum married,
as the church was only about two blocks away, the driver of the
wedding car said that he would drive her around twice “to make it
worthwhile!”
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This is situated at the side of the church and is a Spanish garden
built in the 1950’s by Dr. John Garvin, who created ‘El Jardin Della
Nuestra Senora’ – ‘The Garden of Our Lady’ – on a bombsite.”
St. Philip Neri Church
Designed and stitched by Patricia Green
St Philip Neri Garden
Designed and stitched by Patricia Green