Page 1: written to Prior S A Parker. Returns the manuscript ("Saint Joseph's Brindle") with pencilled comments plus attached a page of typewritten comments. Lived in Brindle for 9 years but is not an authority. Abbot Turner's "Red Letter Men" was of interest to him but it was never published. However Mgr TA Turner did ask for something for his "Cathedral Record" and this was passed onward, approved by the censor (Canon Morgan) and published. Just before his death Abbot Turner did speak of a nephew who is an authority on Brindle.
Page 2: Comments on "St Joseph's Brindle"
Brindle, Lancashire
6 Archive Record results for Brindle, Lancashire
Writing to "Fr Joseph" that Mgr Turner had asked for a sketch for the "Cathedral Record" and had palmed it off to him. Rewritten with corrections provided by Brigadier Trappes-Lomax. Asks that the letter and enclosed be forwarded to Mr [CH] Thomson, "the local authority". Fr A Chamberlain has his address. Ask Mgr Turner to look at it and then forward it to Trappes-Lomax. He will return Abbot Bede's "Red Letter Men", Blundell;s volume and a sheaf of references for a future student. He cannot undertake a detailed history of Brindle.
Parker, S Anselm Rev OSB MAHas received letter, notes and comments. Will rework the manuscript and send it on to Mgr Turner. Trappes-Lomax wanted him to write a details history - but he has neither the information nor the ability. Abbot Turner's "Red Letter" remains unpresented.
Parker, S Anselm Rev OSB MAEncloses historical notes on Brindle Mission by Dom S A Parker OSB and asking to review manuscript and return it.
Smith, Joseph E Rev OSBFirst Paragraph:
"The old Church Calendars had important Holy-Days printed in red the rest being in black. As the principles of the Reformation spread the observance of these Holy-days fell into disuse, only there she refused to have anything to do with these principles paid any serious attention to them. These latter called themselves "Catholics" or "Roman Catholics", their opponents had for them nick-names whose courtesy values varied considerably. In the Ribble Valley the term "Red Letter Men" was a popular one, arising from the fact that those so denominated held steadfastly to the observance of the Red Letter Holy-days. "
1 bundle comprising:
Version1: Page 1 "The article on the attached sheets has been approved by the competent authority for the Archdiocese of Liverpool. It was intended as an appendix to an historical treatise dealing with the privations endured by the "Red Letter Men" of the Ribble valley in the 16th and 17th centuries. Unhappily, before this was completed the author died and it was never printed. The "appendix" however, was published in the Diocesan Journal the "Cathedral Record". Pages 2-5: typescript; single-sided.
Version2: 7 pages, blue feint lining; typescript with manuscript annotations in pencil. Final page has "Excellent. But (1), Solemn Mass is the house of worship & should be understood & appreciated & joined in by the people - very much depends on this. (2). And the truth [underlined], doctrinal & spiritual, of the prayers of the [?] needs emphasising. (3). We need to enter into the "universal" [underlined] note of the church & not be Lancashire or Sunney or French or English mainly."
Version3: As for version1 - 8 pages; line numbers at LHS 560 to 742; some ink manuscript annotations; final annotation: "Approx. 10,380 words on 22 sheets. Charles H Thomson, 33 Oxford Drive, Liverpool 22"
Version 4: As for version 1 (no first page; "Lancashire men" crossed out and replaced with "Englishmen"; similar amendments to widen the scope from "Ribble valley" focus. [Perhaps this is the version that was published in the "Cathedral Record"?].
Version 5: as for version 1 - few annotations.