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My name is Norma Stewart McCullough. I was born on 26th September 1937. For the first ten years of my life I moved around quite a bit. The house I was born in was in Joanmount Crescent on the Ballysillan Road,where I stayed until my father joined…

I returned home to Belfast towards the end of May 1997. The first morning after my arrival I bought my present home XXX Oldpark Road Belfast. My sisters, Cecilia and Jacqueline, had found this place for me after a lot of searching. I was limited to…

My memories of childhood centre very much around my home and of the very good mum and dad I had, and along with my two sisters -Violet older than me and Phyllis younger, made a very happy family.Mother and father slept in the front double bedroom…

My name is Norma Stewart McCullough. I was born on 26th September 1937. For the first ten years of my life I moved around quite a bit. The house I was born in was in Joanmount Crescent on the Ballysillan Road,where I stayed until my father joined…

In 1956 we came to Northern Ireland where I took a job at the Spamount woollen mills,Spamount,Castlederg. This was a large mill,manufacturing all sorts of cloth,woollen,worsteds,and also a limited amount of travelling rugs. All the foremen's houses…

Our house and the area was known by 'Little Britain', as the men my father included (were) all fought in the first world war. They were situated in Killester nr. Dublin. An inspector came around now and then to make sure they were kept in good…

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.