Archive (5 life histories found)

When I was about 10 years old, my cousin, Paddy Reilly who was just twenty two was drowned in a swimming accident. He and two good friends who worked in a sawmill in Armagh were coming back into the city after delivering a load of timber when they…

Another memory of my childhood days was my time as a foundation member of the 78th Scout Troup, initially as a cub. Judge Johnston was the scout master assisted by Brian Rankin (a solicitor), whilst cub master was David Harrison (who had a cafթ in…

Swimming in the canal was a favourite pastime for the boys round about. No girls swam, presumably because it would be seen as immodest. We were forbidden to swim in the canal, in the first place because we were unable to swim and secondly because the…