So how did it all begin?
Father Geoffrey Crawfurd, writing in 1957 gives us a fascinating insight into the
development and growth of the Holy Family Parish in Langley : click here
 A 1955 newsletter, written before the church was built. click here
How the Slough Observer reported the church opening in 1957 : click here
Father Crawfurd’s very poor health caused him to resign from the Holy Family.
Prior to moving to a convalescent home he wrote his final letter to his parishioners.
Within a week he had died.  : click here
Who WAS Fr. Crawfurd? Parishioner and journalist, Michael Taub has
an in-depth look at the life of this remarkable man. : click here
Fr. Gerald Langley was Holy Family's next Parish Priest, from 1969 - 1973.
Read two of his newsletters. December 1969 and March 1970
Fr. Norman Smith became Parish Priest in 1978.
How's this for a Grand Prize Draw in 1980 click here
Fr. Kevin O’Driscoll took over from
Fr. Bosco Clarke in 2002.
A few years later it was becoming obvious
that the church was getting a little dilapidated
and was in serious need of a good facelift.
  The decision to refresh the church, the rebuilding programme and the re-opening of the new, refreshed
church are explained here in photos and text along with Bishop Peter and Fr Kevin’s own comments.  click here
View a Photo Display of the church before
the refreshment work in 2006 : click here
 

Here is a Photo Display of the refreshed church:
 click here
PARISH PRIESTS

 
                                                             Can You Help Us?
If you have any old photographs that relate to the Holy Family over the years we would love to add them to our history files. Please write or tell Kieran or Fr. Kevin about the photos and what they show. Alternatively e-mail us with details of what you have.
We will then get in touch with you and borrow the photos so that we can scan them. They will be returned to you in a few days. It would be nice to build up a bigger, detailed history of our parish. Please e-mail office@holyfamily.co.uk
Please mention the Holy Family in the e-mail title bar so that it is not wiped as spam.
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