Archive (14 life histories found)

A photo of Ita McClelland with her husband going on honeymoon.

The wedding took place on Wednesday, September 14th, 1966 at 11.30 a.m. in Adam and Eve's Church, followed by a reception in the Clare Manor Hotel, which was totally destroyed by fire years later and is now no more. Back then, weddings were…

Practically all details of our wedding is overleaf, but as it only tells what the bride wore, I can reveal that I wore a dark dress suit, light grey tie, a carnation in my buttonhole and my shoes well polished.It was a good form for the weather was…

Women are usually better at answering these questions than men, but I do remember a lot of the wedding day.At my mother's insistence, all the men were in morning suits, top hats, tails, gloves - the whole works. Although Joan and I resisted, we…

We had holidayed all over the world - on the way back and forward to Australia we visited Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, Thailand, Sri Lanka and we had one stop over of a few hours each in Bombay and Muscat - that was enough. We…

On the 14th September 1966 Sheila and I married in Mullaghea Church outside Kells Co Meath. The church is a very small one outside Kells by about two and a half miles and the entrance is on a country lane much frequented by farmers herding their…

Harry Browne on his honeymoon - reading a book

We had no sexual relationship before marriage and on our wedding day one of her married brothers took me aside and told me not to rush sex, to leave it for a day or two until we were both ready.We were married in Donnybrook Church on 15th January…

I was married in 1959 in Lisburn Road Methodist Church. I was also baptised in this church. I met my husband at Finaghy Dramatic Society. He was the producer.On my first date I went to the grand opera house,Belfast. I got engaged on 29 May 1957. We…

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