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'We had one little blanket on the bed so we always ended up with everything we had on the bed to keep warm'
At seventeen I got the Civil Service exam and came to Dublin. I started work in the GPO on the 8th August 1949. I stayed with my Aunt in Blackrock for a few months. I remember having to memorise different areas on the route in and out of the city.…