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'We thought we were very sophisticated and 'pretty cool ' but our waitress saw through us right away and said 'you 're on your honeymoon ' '
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…
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'There was also a glamorous side to the music business as we established links with all the leading promoters and entertainers '
I spent 40 Christmases in Carlin Records and I didn't regard a single day of it as 'work' or a 'job'. I just loved it and it was a major part of my life. I am sure that the fact it was our family business was the reason that I put my whole heart and…
'I saw a notice in The Irish Press looking for volunteers to teach in Irish missionary schools in Africa'
By the end of July 1963 I was beginning to get restless. Maynooth was now history and there was no future for me in Clondaliever. It was a great time to be young and free. Sean Lemass was leading Ireland away from a dull and conservative past into a…
Tags: Africa, Kenya, Mission School, Showbands