Archive (3 life histories found)
'I am where I am now and grateful that I'm here'
When I think of my years at secondary school (no free education then) they were only the beginning of my adult education. But I would have liked to continue because I was open to learning and would have been challenged to try and reach my…
Tags: further education, garden, grandson, social life, work
'Living in the country, there wasn't a lot of entertainment'
Living in the country there wasn't a lot of entertainment. I remember riding the bicycle to Castlewellan (10 miles) to see the wedding of Princess Elizabeth, as she then was, in the cinema. We went on a few holidays - Bangor and Portrush. Sometimes,…
Tags: Books, Church Hall, Entertainment, holidays, social life
'I now had money enough to go to the pictures on a regular basis and I also took to dancing in the various dance halls '
Arriving in Cathal Brugha Street for the first time we came into close contact with girls who were not related to us or from our immediate neighbourhood. The effect was astonishing. There was one of the cooks who hailed from the Aran Islands and as…
Tags: cinema, Dance, Showband, social life