Archive (3 life histories found)
'They always kept a small shop in the house which my mother carried on during her time there'
My grandfather built the house at Ballyards, Armagh where I lived as a child. He and my grandmother along with their two children, my father Patrick (Paddy) and my Aunt Mary had returned from Scotland where they had lived since after their marriage…
Tags: Cigarettes, grandparents, parents, shop, Sweets
'When I was small I loved going to my aunts'
When I was small I loved going to my aunts. She had a lovely house. She always gave me lemonade and sweet biscuits. I watched her go for a brown teapot where she had lovely sweets. When I was older I loved Newcastle.
'A long stone bridge divided the town of Belcoo from the town of Black Lion'
As a teenager during the war we cycled to Belcoo and Black Lion for butter and sugar. Black Lion was in the Republic of Ireland. As children we nick-named Black Lion as 'The Black'. Butter and sugar were rationed during the war. When aunts came to…