William Rigby (The Builder Of Lowe House Church Memorial Chapel)
Margaret Mcintrye contacted me with the following information:
Last night I went through some old papers and found a little book my
father gave me,Catholic Souvenir, its certainly old and on page23 under
Memorial Chapel it says, "The work is in the hands of Mr William Rigby,
who it will be remembered, himself laid every stone in St.Thomas of
Canterbury's Church, Windleshaw". Also I have headed note paper from
around 1930 it says
"WM.Rigby & Sons, Monumental Masons Etc. Eccleston Hill Quarry, Prescot Road, residence 46 Knowsley Road, St.Helens."
Later
his son Henry worked across the road at H.Rigby monumental Masons, then
my father and my uncle joined Henry. The yard is still there in
Knowsley Road.
William
Rigby was my greatgrand father, he died in 1943 aged 87.
The
picture shows him (William Rigby) standing outside Lowe House Church and I have a
booklet which says ( The Memorial Chapel ) the statue of St.George on
the gable ( gift of Mr W. Rigby, the builder of the chapel ).
Also I saw pictures of the farm in Kiln Lane and when I was
small we lived opposite this farm with the smithy at the end of the
road.
Many thanks to Margaret - Little pieces of information help to bring the past alive.
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