Archive (15 life histories found)

At age fifteen/sixteen I went with my sister and our friends to guest teas and small local dances ran by football clubs. The guest teas consisted of tea and sandwiches and other savoury items plus cakes, buns etc and after the food was eaten the…

So I went back to the Isle of Man,the same lodgings with a newer bike,and more money. After a while,they decided to branch out,to include manufacture of yarn. I was sent to Galashiels on a short course on carding and spinning,and after return to…

Dating was a complicated business in those days. In the first place the meeting place said a lot about the people involved. Country people or Culchies as they were known met at Nelson's Pillar or under the clock at Clery's department store. This was…

Dating was a much more innocent affair in those days. No 'Good' girl would allow even the most chaste kiss on a first date and sex, a word which was not allowed in decent company, was reserved for after marriage. All the expenses in relation to the…

Arriving in Cathal Brugha Street for the first time we came into close contact with girls who were not related to us or from our immediate neighbourhood. The effect was astonishing. There was one of the cooks who hailed from the Aran Islands and as…

A picture of Harry Browne and his wife Sheila - when courting they would attend lots of dances together

In 1944,I became a teenager. In those days it just happened. Nothing very exciting. Girls in general were not taught the facts of life. The country-side was a safe place to live,there was never any danger as were always in a crowd.On Saturday nights…

I was baptised in Lisburn Road Methodist Church,Belfast. I went to this Sunday School and I still have my 1st,2nd and 3rd birthday cards from The Cradle Roll.I was taught Ballet at Lena King dance Studios,Dublin Road Belfast also elocution with…

A newspaper article reviewing a dance recital performed by the pupls of Miss Lena King's Dance Studio.

This is a copy of the programme from a dance recital at the Empire Theatre performed by the pupils of Lena King's Dance Studio.