The Windows in the South Aisle
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The Eastern window in the south aisle, by Morris & Co. was installed in 1909, the gift of John Downes and his Bible Class.
The two western windows in the south aisle are the most recent additions of stained glass to the church. Made by Frank Albert Smallpiece, they were installed in the south chapel of St Patrick's Church in Frank Street, in December 1900 as a memorial to Thomas Pollock. They were saved when St Patrick's was demolished and were installed in St Alban's in 1983 as a memorial to Canon Lawrence Harding, vicar from 1953 until his death in 1981. The modern surrounds of the historic central sections were executed by Tony Naylor, glazier, in collaboration with John Buchnall of the John Osborne Partnership. Other windows by Frank Albert Smallpiece (1868-1904) are to be seen at St Peter's Wrockwardine, while there is a triptych altarpiece by him in St Leonard's Bridgenorth.
The Windows of St Thomas of Canterbury and St James of Nisbis in St Patrick's Church, Frank Street
The modern surrounds of these windows include a pair of plaques that should be read together: "This glass was dedicated to the memory of James and Thomas Pollock, Priests, in St. Patrick's Church, now demolished" and "Restored and re-sited here to commemorate Lawrence Goodrich Harding, Priest, Vicar of this Parish A.D. 1953-1981.".
The date and manufacture of these two windows at St Patrick's is clear from entries in the parish magazine, S. Patrick's Magazine, during 1900 and they are the only stained-glass windows appearing in photographs of St Patrick's.
However, describing the opening of St Patrick's Church The Church Times for 18 November 1896 wrote: “Two of the windows have already been filled with stained glass by Mr. Kemp. They are given by the Vicar in memory of his brother the Rev. James Pollock, and their friend, Dean Butler, of Lincoln.” Dean Butler was William John Butler 1818-1894. When Fr D'Arcy came as first priest in charge in late 1897 there were no stained-glass windows, but he heard a rumour that there had been a stained-glass window which had been taken away to be altered, but apparently he never got to the bottom of the tale. The description of the opening of the church in the local press focussed on who was present and what was said and did not describe the building.