Archive (340 life histories found)

An image tracing Peter's family tree.

Very early passport notably for the entire family

I mentioned that we twice cycled to Belfast for charity. Our family doctor furnished me with this note to get me off the hook but it did not work.

We spent one night in the Regent Palace Hotel on our honeymoon - this is the receipt for the princley sum of £3.19. Note the requirement for a £2.00 deposit

We spent one night in the Regent Palace Hotel on our honeymoon - this is the key card for the hotel

Our wedding reception was in the North Coast Hotel, Portmarnock. This is a brochure showing the menu option

The original building contractors with whom we signed a contract were GT Crouch and company, they sold the last six sites to a small builder named Heffernan who completed the contract. He immediately raised the price by £250.00 and Sheila wrote to…

Buying ones house did not include the ground on which it stood and the ground had to be rented from the owner for a period of years such as twenty one years or ninety years. At the end of the rental period the rent had to be renegotiated or the…

This is a copy of the booklet documenting Harry Browne's 'maracycle' for Co-operation North in which he raised money for charity by cycling from Dublin to Belfast and back again

This is a copy of the invitation Harry and his wife Sheila sent to guests for their 25th wedding anniversary celebrations