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'When Mrs Hart died, Jackie closed down the shop, gave his black Scotty dog (Judy) to my father to mind for him and was never seen again'
Beside Strabane was the border into Lifford in Donegal. This was a boom town during the war and up to about 1950. My father had a particular relationship with Jackie Hart who ran a shop from the front of his house. My father was never short of…
'Uncle Jim buried 100 gallon tanks of petrol before the war to be prepared for shortage but never found them again'
My father had old car on blocks in yard, no petrol to drive. Uncle Jim buried 100 gallon tanks of petrol before the war to be prepared for shortage but never found them again. We had a tea chest full of tea (hoarded) disguised as a pouffe in the…