Archive (237 life histories found)

By the end of year 2 the PMUP project was making great progress. We had materials prepared and tested for the lower primary grades. Team spirit was at an all-time high. Then DFA got an external consultant to have a look at what we were doing. The…

During the year 2010 and 2011, I attended a few reminiscence sessions in Belfast and decided that I would like to record my own life story book. I thought it might be of interest in later years, to those in my extended family who are very young at…

As I begin my retirement I wonder what else life has in store for me. I thank God for bringing me through the past, almost sixty five years, safely and for all I have learnt during that time. I thank Him, too, for my wonderful family and friends who…

I took up my final job in St Eugene Court in Queens Park, London on 1st March 2005. I left it on 30th April 2011.This was a residential post and I had a flat as part of the deal. My work this time was to provide support for tenants with low support…

My next job was care work I applied to a few care agencies for live-in care work and spent almost a year doing that. I worked for the Care Agency in Lutterworth and a couple of other agencies whose names I cannot presently recall. I looked after some…

I left when I got supply work towards the middle of October as there is seldom anyone looking for supply teachers in September. I got some good positions and some schools kept booking me. I registered with several agencies who found work for me and I…