Archive (7 life histories found)

I was always busy as I made my own clothes and knitted for the children but that was very much the norm then. I joined different things I did a first aid course and did my Leaving Cert with Kilroy College by correspondence. I did typing courses in…

A certificate from the All Ireland Board of Ballroom Dancing awarding Margaret Modern Ballroom Bronze in 1965.

A certificate from the All Ireland Board of Ballroom Dancing awarding Margaret Modern Ballroom Silver in 1966.

A certificate from the All Ireland Board of Ballroom Dancing awarding Margaret Modern Ballroom Gold in 1966.

Christmas and Easter were my favourite times and were spent one day in our house, another in a family members house and so the holiday time was passed. Our holidays were spent in a mobile home in Mullingar. We spent years going there and the fun…

Becoming a teenager was thankfully very different in those days. I was still involved with the choir and that filled my teenage years fully. All of our time was spent there because now we had a hall where records and photography was practiced and…

Growing up I didn't have a favourite toy apart from some games like _�� snakes _��n' ladders or ludo'. Neither did I have a pet! My most significant relationships and memories of my childhood were being a member of a choir, a junior one…