Before and After...

It has become a source of some satisfaction that over the years, with the demands that age and developing Liturgy make, the character of the church of Saint Mary's Great Eccleston, and the message of history which it speaks, have been thoughtfully preserved.


This is a photograph taken prior to the changes which took place in the mid to late 60's. Note the dingy ceiling, the dark colours of the reredos, the wall paintings of St.Peter & St.Paul (lost now forever). The benches were, I think, quite new when this photograph was taken, and are still in use to this very day, as can be seen in the next photo taken after the ceiling was replaced in the December of 2007. If you look closely at this photo you will see the ingrained building debris in the aisle carpet.

Over the next few weeks I hope to add some new photos of the church as it is now and some old photos of what it looked like over the last fifty years or more ago.

This last photograph, taken by me, of the flower display which I did for Christmas 2007, just after the ceiling had been replaced and the walls repainted and the church cleaned and now looks as shiney as a new pin!

You can read about the history of St. Mary's HERE