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It was like a carnival. Everyone could breathe again,the peace had finally come
In 1944 my father was lucky enough to be stationed in Ballyhalbert with the R.A.F. We all went as a family and lived in a coastguard cottage right on the beach. It was idyllic. I went to the little country school in the village. We only had two…
Tags: carnival, end, grnadmother, parties, war
'We could actually hear it from our house'
I recall one bright summer evening when I was about thirteen, my mother, sister Eilish and myself watching my brother Aidan who was about seventeen at the time heading off to a Carnival about three miles up the road to hear Roy Orbison. I wouldn't…
Tags: brother, carnival, mother, Roy Orbison, sister
'It was like a carnival. Everyone could breathe again, the peace had finally come.'
In 1944 my father was lucky enough to be stationed in Ballyhalbert with the R.A.F. We all went as a family and lived in a coastguard cottage right on the beach. It was idyllic. I went to the little country school in the village. We only had two…
Tags: carnival, end, grnadmother, parties, war