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Jessie Morton

"I heard the bang and every place shook…It felt like the end of the world to me."

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Returning home from a brief honeymoon in Larne, Jessie and her new husband James arrived back in Belfast to be greeted by a shocking set of circumstances...

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Jessie Morton - Jessie was in the Merchant Navy and later held a post with P & O Ferries, Europe
Jessie with her children Denise and Vivienne and her mum, Agnes, on an outing organised by St Martin's Church, Newtownards
Marriage Certificate - Jessie was married to James Morton in Trinity Street Reformed Presbyterian Church, Belfast
On the beach - Jessie with her son-in-law Tommy and his two children alongside their cousin Mark and Jessie's husband, James
On Bangor sea-front with her husband James and their niece, Lynn
Jessie aged 17 outside her parent's home on Frazer street, Belfast.  This is the house Jessie ran to on the day of the blitz to see if her parent's were safe

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