According to information sent by Herbert McDermott in September 1999:
Frances Mary Sims was 'parishioner of St Peter's, Stalybridge, St Paul's, Hyde "where she was a choirmistress" and latterly of St Mary's Ashton.....'
She wrote of St Peter's choir in the 1920s:
"Eleven o'clock was always a sung Latin Mass - our repertoire included Mozart, Haydn, Turner and Winter Masses: Offertory pieces: Ave Verum, Panis Angelicus, O Sacrum Convivium, Murphy's Benediction and many others. On feast days as the congregation left the church we sang 'The Heavens are Telling, Hallelujah Chorus and so on. As well as our church work, we were a successful competition choir, travelling far afield to contests. One famours choral society was always our most feared opponent. They only beat us by about three points and I think we beat them twice"
"It was all due to Mr Peter Walsh, our conductor. He was a great teacher, stern and exacting. His standard was perfection. Under his guidance a test piece with eight parts was taken in our stride. We won a first with such a one. We were not all great voices, taken sparately, but, as Peter Walsh would tell us, '... put all the colours of those voices together and you get that unique sound that only you lot can produce'."
"On 14 November 1943 Peter Walsh received the rare Papal honour "Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice", having been choirmaster for almost 50 years......"
A group photograph of the choir taken in the 1930s shows Frances Noonan (Sims) and Jos. Noonan (total 46 people) and another taken in 1989 shows Joan Noonan (Arbour) as choir members (total 24 people)
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Frances Mary Sims was 'parishioner of St Peter's, Stalybridge, St Paul's, Hyde "where she was a choirmistress" and latterly of St Mary's Ashton.....'
She wrote of St Peter's choir in the 1920s:
"Eleven o'clock was always a sung Latin Mass - our repertoire included Mozart, Haydn, Turner and Winter Masses: Offertory pieces: Ave Verum, Panis Angelicus, O Sacrum Convivium, Murphy's Benediction and many others. On feast days as the congregation left the church we sang 'The Heavens are Telling, Hallelujah Chorus and so on. As well as our church work, we were a successful competition choir, travelling far afield to contests. One famours choral society was always our most feared opponent. They only beat us by about three points and I think we beat them twice"
"It was all due to Mr Peter Walsh, our conductor. He was a great teacher, stern and exacting. His standard was perfection. Under his guidance a test piece with eight parts was taken in our stride. We won a first with such a one. We were not all great voices, taken sparately, but, as Peter Walsh would tell us, '... put all the colours of those voices together and you get that unique sound that only you lot can produce'."
"On 14 November 1943 Peter Walsh received the rare Papal honour "Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice", having been choirmaster for almost 50 years......"
A group photograph of the choir taken in the 1930s shows Frances Noonan (Sims) and Jos. Noonan (total 46 people) and another taken in 1989 shows Joan Noonan (Arbour) as choir members (total 24 people)
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- 14 JUL 1909 - Birth -
- AUG 1999 - Death - ; Oldham Royal Hospital, interred in Dukinfield Cemetery
PARENT (M) Patrick Noonan | |||
Birth | 1871 | ||
Death | 1951 | ||
Marriage | 8 MAY 1905 | to Gertrude Morrisey | |
Father | William Noonan | ||
Mother | Julia Mahn | ||
PARENT (F) Gertrude Morrisey | |||
Birth | 1879 | ||
Death | 1951 | ||
Marriage | 8 MAY 1905 | to Patrick Noonan | |
Father | Timothy Morrisey | ||
Mother | Mary Frances Shepley Jones | ||
CHILDREN | |||
F | Frances Mary Noonan | ||
Birth | 14 JUL 1909 | ||
Death | AUG 1999 | Oldham Royal Hospital, interred in Dukinfield Cemetery | |
Marriage | to William Sims | ||
Private | |||
Birth | |||
Death | |||
Marriage | 3 DEC 1946 | to Preston A Arbour at St Agnes RC Church, Baton Rouge, Louisiana USA |
PARENT (M) William Sims | |||
Birth | |||
Death | |||
Marriage | to Frances Mary Noonan | ||
Father | ? | ||
Mother | ? | ||
PARENT (F) Frances Mary Noonan | |||
Birth | 14 JUL 1909 | ||
Death | AUG 1999 | Oldham Royal Hospital, interred in Dukinfield Cemetery | |
Marriage | to William Sims | ||
Father | Patrick Noonan | ||
Mother | Gertrude Morrisey | ||
CHILDREN |
[S33574] | Sandra Mitcheson, researching Noonan and related families in Lancashire, 2004 |
1 Frances Mary Noonan b: 14 JUL 1909 d: AUG 1999