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The blessing and baptism of the Shrine bells by Bishop O'Rorke on Saturday 10 October 1931 (see close-up picture of the bells). A full description of them was printed in Our Lady's Mirror, Autumn Number 1936. This is one of Fr Patten's own photographs of the building of the shrine throughout 1931 (1931AHPalbum8).