canopies' by Hardmans of Birmingham. Later history During the Second World War, part of the crypt was remodelled with Blast walls to form an air raid shelter. There was some bomb damage to the slate roof from shrapnel, but no structural damage during the Bristol Blitz. A new Cathedral From the 1930s to 1950s the ProCathedral parishioners and clergy had raised £250,000 (1967) for the decoration and restoration of the ProCathedral. In 1964, civil engineers reported that they could not recommend the integrity of the ground on which the ProCathedral stood. This caused a serious problem for then Bishop of Clifton, Dr Joseph Rudderham and Monsignor Thomas Hughes, the parish priest: whether to restore the old building or rebuild elsewhere. In 1965 architects were commissioned to undertake the design of a new cathedral on a different site in Clifton. In 1967 the construction of a multi-storey car park on the former quarry below the site caused cracks to appear in the masonry of the ProCathedral. There were serious concerns that a foundation collapse might occur. However, expensive remedial works by the car park contractor temporarily stabilised the foundations. By late 1967 the decision had been made to purchase a site elsewhere and to build a church there, without much formal consultation with the parishioners. An anonymous group of business people contributed £450,000 (1967) on the strict condition that a new site was found and a new building was constructed. The donors had 'a vision of a place of worship and a monument to Almighty God' The new Cathedral was begun at a site on Clifton Park, in March 1970 and was consecrated on the Patronal feast of Saints Peter and Paul, 29 June 1973. The ProCathedral was closed. The ProCathedral parish priest, Rt Rev Mgr Thomas J Hughes (Protonotary apostolic and Vicar general), transferred to the new Cathedral parish, serving Clifton, Redland and Hotwells. The Bishop's chair or Cathedra ‘a late nineteenth century carved oak Bishops’ elbow chair with Grecian key patterns, upholstered in American cloth’ was auctioned off, along with many redundant ecclesiastical furnishings. The removal of the Victorian organ (made up of three other organs of varying vintage and in poor condition) would have required £25,000 (1973), so a new Rieger organ was commissioned. Very little was transferred from the ProCathedral to the new Cathedral, mostly for aesthetic reasons: Two bronze Bells, originally manufactured by John Taylor &