Re: st peters place..broad st
Did you know Father Montgomery was the brother of the desert rat Monty
Mossy
I asked him about this, and he said he was a "distant cousin".
Father Montgomery was the most wonderful influence on my childhood.
Naive, forgetful, gentle, and as intellectually sharp, as a razor.
Over his confessional box was a sign that said he could hear confessions in 12 languages.
He paid one visit to our house in the 2 or 3 years as our parish priest and spent the whole time holding the 4 or 5 kittens our cat had just delivered.
He must have been 60, but he had the wonderment of a child.
He moved from St Peters to a church on or about the Coventry Road and then to be a Monsignor at a college at Oxford.
He asked permission of our teacher to take 2 pupils on the following week to do some drawing.
Roy H and myself were selected.
Father Montgomery took us to Litchfield Cathedral.
I finished my very ordinary drawing early and went to the back of the cathedral to seek out Father Montgomery.
I was surprised to see he was also drawing.
A wonderful drawing of the interior of Litchfield Cathedral.
He quietly showed me what was what was possible in drawing.
I'm sure he is dead now, I would like to know where he is buried.
I owe Father Montgomery more than I can ever repay.
ladywood