Archive (54 life histories found)

Around this time a new street game gained popularity. Somebody discovered that if you mixed Sodium Chloride (at that time a common weed killer) and sugar and placed it in a lead pipe with both ends hammered shut, then built a small fire around it you…

My best friend in those days lived across the road from us, his name was Aloysius Kennedy, nicknamed Alo. We spent all our free time together playing games and roaming the neighbourhood. At a late stage in our friendship, just before we left primary…

Two friends from Eldoret, Tom and Ray, asked me to join them for a holiday in Mombasa in December 1964. We agreed that I would provide the transport and they would help with my hotel bills. The road was good as far as Nairobi. From there to Mombasa…

We came to Limavady at 1970 and eventually I settled down when we bought our own house at 1973. Limavady people were very friendly and helped me in so may ways to setting up a home. At this stage the children were growing up and started the local…

A photo of Mary Dynan with her secondary school friends. Mary is first on the left of the second row.

A picture of Mary Dynan with her St Louis school netball team. Mary is in the second row, first on the left.

A photo of Maisie McNailly with friends posing in front of a bridge on holiday.

A photo of Maisie McNailly with two friends on holiday.

A photo of Maisie McNailly with her church group.

Photograph of Trevor, Roy and David