Archive (7 life histories found)

Tribute to Anne Duncan, Hugh's wife, by Dr. Rowney

When I was at the important juncture in my life where things were sort of falling down around me, I was fortunate to meet at the Cambridge University Counselling Service, a wonderful lady called Dr. Ruth Young who helped me greatly. Fr. Cecil…

While growing up neighbours played a huge part of our life.We had moved the area the normal miscellany of eccentrics or oddballs. Mr. F next door kept his wife confined life a prisoner. He never gave us a hint of a smile. We always had a huge…

'There was a man who took a wife To walk beside him through his life They walked through sunshine and through rain They walked through pleasure and through pain She wore a dress of yellow gold She was a wonder to behold And underneath a purple…

Photograph of Hugh Duncan's wife, aged 19

In February 1973 my adoptive mother died suddenly,one and a half years after my late husband. A neighbour alerted the police that she had not been seen that morning. The police broke into the house and found my mother unconscious. Pamela and I…

A postcard from Avril Patterson's honeymoon with a message from her husband, Tom. They spent their honeymoon in Kilarney in Co. Kerry.