Lady Chapel Window

Fairly busy day in Liverpool Cathedral yesterday, but still managed to grab time to take a few blips. This window on the stairs leading down to the amazing Lady Chapel, doesn't get the attention it deserves. I always stop off here, when we have groups on the full tour. This window focuses on a group of very special ladies (not that all ladies aren't special!!).
A snap shot of this group focuses on the top 2 on the right.
From the top: Kitty Wilkinson, quite close to my childhood as she was responsible for creation of the first public washhouse in Liverpool. Kitty was an Irish migrant know as the "Saint of the slums". During a cholera epidemic around the early 1830's, she had the only boiler in the neighbourhood and invited those with infected clothing or linen to use it. Ten years later with some local funding her efforts resulted in the first combined washhouse and public baths in the UK. I'm not ashamed to say I saw the inside of the one at Donaldson street, close to Liverpool's ground on more than one occasion as a child.
Below Kitty is Agnes Jones another lady from Ireland, she became the first trained Nursing Superintendent of Liverpool Workhouse Infirmary. Sadly she died at the young age of 35 from typhus fever. A famous quote from Florence Nightingale about Agnes "She overworked as others underwork, I look upon her as one of the most valuable lives in England"
and so it goes on, there are a number of book written about these ladies "The noble ladies of the staircase in the lady chapel" is but one.
If you ever visit, don't miss these windows. It looks a delightful autumn day today, Just dropped Grandson B off at Woodvale RAF base ready for a weekend with the Air Cadets (First Aid National Comp). Next its collecting Grandaughter R's friends from school and taking them to town for the pictures and grub. Have a great weekend.