Mrs J A Alderson
Little by little I was asked to do more, and when
the north wing was opened as an old Priests'
Home I was soon asked to look after them. Fr.
Bede Frost said to Fr. Patten one day, he might
be able to see the garden if he could see out of
the window, and after that I had to do his room.
By the time Fr. Patten died I was looking after
him, and my father was the last person Fr Patten
buried.
the Pilgrim Hall
I was baptised in 1921 and must have been one of the first babies whom Fr. Patten
christened. We lived in one of the cottages which is now the Administrator's House and later
moved to one which was where the cloisters of the north wing of the College now stand.
When the Sisters first came I joined a girls' club which they started in the Hall in Army Yard, which
is now the Pilgrims' Hall. I came to work at the College to do Fr. Derrick's cottage. In those days
the Refectory and Fr. Patten were looked after by George Long, and other parts by the Brothers.
