Archive (3 life histories found)
'The town was on fire'
My mother and father died in 1968 just 10 days apart. Mother on a Wednesday and father on the Saturday week. I had some leave to be with my mother before she died. The following year, I decided I could take a long holiday. July, 1969, I went on my…
Tags: Belfast, holidays, Moon Landings, Neil Armstrong, The Troubles, USA, Violence, White House
'It was a bad time to be there'
I had no children of my own. I was very fond of my sisters' children, Aileen, Margaret and William. I was with them from they were babies. I babysat with them and cared for them if their mum had to be away. When they became older, I would have taken…
Tags: Brighton, London, Mountbatten, The Troubles
'She was a security guard in a big shop in Belfast City Centre where Ann and I stopped for a wee garn when in town '
Mary was her name. I didn't know her surname. She lived in Cupar Street at the Falls Road end. She was a security guard in a big shop in Belfast City Centre where Ann and I stopped for a wee garn when in town. Always with a lovely smile on her…
Tags: Belfast, religion, The Troubles