Blackfen Leaving Present For Fr. Finigan.

Blackfen Parishioners were determined to give a meaningful Leaving Present to their Parish Priest of long-standing, Fr. Finigan, upon his impending departure to pastures new on the North Kent Coast (Margate-on-Sea).

After much Soul-Searching (!), the ideal present was obtained.

A Parish Meeting was held (? Conclave ?) in the Social Club and, 

after much speech-making, merry-making, and toasting,

the Leaving Present was unwrapped by Fr. Finigan.

He was delighted (see photo, above) to have been given an

Easy Guide To Building Your Own Minor Basilica.

Illustration: GRIM TREE GAMES

MINOR BASILICA, HERE . . .

MINOR BASILICA, THERE . . .
BLACKFEN . . .
MARGATE . . .

I WISH THEY'D MAKE THEIR MINDS UP !!!

Photo: 3 January 2009.

Source: Own work.

Author: Fletcher6.

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