Father Laurence Kelly Assistant Priest

Father Laurence Kelly
Assistant Priest

The growth of the parish has been such that Ampleforth
allocated an assistant priest to the Parish. This happy
situation lasted until Father Forbes dies. Father Kelly was
with us from 1968-1969.

Father George Forbes,
Assistant Priest

Father Forbes came to assist his younger brother from 1969 to 1971. He came with a string of qualifications and
decorations.

When he died on 4th July 1991 he merited obituaries in the
National Press. The emphasis was on his being a soldier
and a priest. He was a Catholic Chaplain to the 1st Guards
Brigade during the Italian campaign of 1944-45. To us he
was Father George, who was never happier than when he
was walking across the play ground with small boys and
girls vying to hold hands with him.