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| Picture No | 11937140 |
| Date | 1961 |
| Description | Bishop, architect and future cathedral |
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Frederick Gibberd, architect of the catholic Metropolitan Cathedral in Liverpool, fondly nicknamed Paddy's Wigwam by local residents, pictured looking at the model for the building with the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Liverpool, the Most Rev. John Carmel Heenan. The design replaced the original by Edwin Lutyens as it was deemed to costly to continue after the First World War. The building was opened in 1967 and is one of Liverpool's most famous and treasured landmarks.
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| Source | Unattributed photograph in The Illustrated London News, 19 August 1961 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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