My Father had a confectionary and ice cream shop. we lived next door to the 'Railway Tavern' and...
Jim Murphy, then pahvee and later independent Councillor on Newry & Mourne District Council, took a...
The staff were all called Miss Smith, Miss Hazeldene, Miss Pickett etc but between ourselves we all had...
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I got a job teaching at a school in Allenton, and this was OK at first, but then the children started being...
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Mrs Martin was born in Clarendon, Jamaica and is the youngest of a large family of 6. Prices went up on...
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We lived beside the yanks at Ross Downey, between Ross Downey and Clooney. There were 2 USN communication...
We went dancing at Wallsend memorial hall, the minor's hall and the oxford in Newcastle... Per week...
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The shop-keeper weighed out tea and sugar by the ounce, deftly parcelling it up into paper packets, blue...
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I think the WI got sugar for jam - I remember my sister Rosemary and I helping to make it in the...
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Mom registered with the local butcher and grocer who tore out the appropriate squares as the food was...
Mom registered with the local butcher and grocer who tore out the appropriate squares as the food was...
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