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'The town was on fire'
My mother and father died in 1968 just 10 days apart. Mother on a Wednesday and father on the Saturday week. I had some leave to be with my mother before she died. The following year, I decided I could take a long holiday. July, 1969, I went on my…
Tags: Belfast, holidays, Moon Landings, Neil Armstrong, The Troubles, USA, Violence, White House
'The ambitious aim of the project was to upgrade the teaching and learning of primary maths in Tanzania'
It was June 1993 when a friend in HEDCO asked me if I would be interested in managing a project in Tanzania. HEDCO supported Higher Education projects in developing countries. Most of its funds came from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). When…