Archive (2 life histories found)
'TB in that period was rampant and everyone was terrified of it'
There was a great sense of neighbourliness in the village. Patrick Oates who used to run a hackney service got a stroke and was sick for quite a while. Mammy used to take turns with other women to sit up all night with him. She would arrive in…
Tags: community life, neighbourliness, radios, sickness, TB
'She always thought I was too sickly for marriage and children'
From a sickly start when I as young I'm still here and alive. My mother would be proud if she were alive. She always thought I was too sickly for marriage and children. She didn't realise I was more into the arts and always had my head in the…
Tags: Achievements, children, marriage, sickness