Altar Boys at St Patrick's Church, around 1957

St Patrick's Church

Altar Boys

Thank you to Tony Ivanov, Bo'ness, West Lothian Scotland, for sending me this photograph.

Tony wrote:

"I came across this photo while searching through my archives It may be of interest to Peter Jenkins and anyone else for that matter who finds himself in it. Apart from the priests the others are all the alter boys of various ages who served there at the time.

- BACK ROW, CENTRE: Canon Turner

- BACK ROW, EXTREME RIGHT: Father Gallagher

- CENTRE ROW, LEFT: Father McQueen (or McQuewen?) *

- CENTRE ROW, RIGHT: Father McQue * "

Tony Ivanov, Bo'ness, West Lothian, Scotland: August 11, 2009

* Tony added:

"Will someone please contact me if I've got these names wrong?"

Tony wrote again to tell me more names

- BACK ROW, No 2: Frank ? Pirrie

- FRONT ROW, No 3: Me

Tony Ivanov, Bo'ness, West Lothian, Scotland: August 11, 2009

Scienne

Answer

Thank you to Eric Gold who wrote:

I agree with the names of Canon Turner and Father Gallagher on the back row of this photo.

I believe that the other two priests in the photo are:

- CENTRE ROW, LEFT:

Father McNeil or McNeill. He used to visit our house in East Arthur Place.

- CENTRE ROW, RIGHT:

We pronounced the priest's name, Father McHugh or McKew. The spelling may have been Father McHugh.

Eric Gold, East London, England: August 18, 2009

Answer

Thank you to Monica Pudel (nee Mahon) who replied:

"To the right of Canon Turner is John Joe Walsh
then Fr Gallacher, then Fr McNeil."

Also in the picture are James Patterson and Ralph Perilli.

I was at St Anne's and St Pat's between 1947 and 1949."

Monica added

"James Patterson is next to Fr McMeal.
At the other side, Ralf Perille is next to Fr McHugh."

Monica Pudel (nee Mahon), Ahrensburg, Hamburg, Germany: January 15, 2009

St Patrick's Church
Having read all the comments above, I'm still a uncertain about who's who n this photo. This is the best interpretation that I can make of it., so far. © Left to right:
	1st Row (back row)	2nd Row (middle row)	Near the front
1.	?	Fr John McMeel	Altar Server ?
2.	Frank Perilli	James Patterson	Altar Server ?
3.	?	Altar Server ?	Altar Server Tony Ivanov
4.	Canon Turner	Altar Server Ronald Rowley	Altar Server ?
5.	John Joe Walsh	Ralph Perilli	Altar Server ?
6.	Fr William Gallagher	Fr John McHugh	Altar Server ?
7.	?		Altar Server ?
Thank you to the following for providing the names in the table above: - Tony Ivanov, Bo'ness West Lothian, Scotland - Eric Gold, East London, England - Monica Pudel (nee Mahon), Ahrensburg, Hamburg, Germany - Jim di Mambro, South Africa - Michael Henesy C Ss R, St Patrick's Church, Edinburgh
The '?'s Thank you, also, to Michael Henesy C Ss R, St Patrick's Church, for providing names of the ten people marked '?' in the table above. These names are provided in the caption that accompanies this photo in Michael Henesy's book, 'St Patrick's Edinburgh - 150 Years'. These are the missing names, but I don't know which positions they are in, in the photo. - Norman Green - James Hand - William Hawkins - Martin Levelle - Christopher Lister - David MacIlwaine - Patrick Murphy - John Sandilands - Andrew Sibbald - Peter Thompson

Answer

Thank you to Jim di Mambro for providing another name, Ronald Rowley. I've now added it to the table above.

Jim wrote:

Ronald Rowley

"Ronald's old man had a pub 'The World's End' on the corner of St Mary's Street and the High Street. There were three brothers, all now living here in South Africa - John, Gerald and Ronnie.

Jim added:

Anniversary Book

"This photy is in a book titled 'St Patricks, Edinburgh,150 Years'. I'm sure the book is still available from the church. For anybody who hasn't seen it, there's good reading in it and lot's of great photies."

Jim Di Mambro, South Africa: January 16, 2010