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'My Uncle Vincent and His wife Aunt Maura came to visit me in Waterford too, and that was the last time I saw him alive.'
We went on a week's holidays to Ardmore to the Cappoquin holiday house and it was a great break for us by the sea. We had a lot of freedom there and the weather was mostly fine and so we had lovely walks to the round tower and other local beauty…
'During the funeral my brother and I played 'hide and seek' at the cemetery, much to my mothers' embarrassment, not that my mum was easily embarrassed!'
Up to my thirteenth year we lived in the city (Hamburg) in an apartment block. A seven room apartment,including one for the maid,bathroom and a separate toilet,kitchen,and walk in larder. There were two balconies,one at the front,the other at the…
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