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Written by Maura Maguire
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Monday, 02 May 2005 |
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When the ordeal of The Qualifying exam had to be
faced, it was not for us the familiar surroundings of our own classroom with
our own teacher. That was 1949 and we
had to travel over to the new Christian
Brothers Primary
School, a good mile away. The irony was that we still had boys from our
side of town attending St Joseph’s. Later they would transfer to classes in the
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Written by Maura Maguire
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Monday, 02 May 2005 |
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If our
garment-mak
If our
garment-making at St Joseph’s
Primary School fell somewhat short of Dior standards, it is also true that our
cookery could scarcely be termed ‘cordon bleu’.
One day a week, armed
with ‘ingredients’ brought from home, we trooped over to the cookery room that
was presided over by Sister Immaculata. |
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Written by Maura Maguire
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Monday, 02 May 2005 |
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From Second Standard (now P2) we were expected to
learn how to sew and to make a hand-sewn garment. This entailed cutting out a newspaper pattern
of the article to be sewn from a pattern supplied by the teacher. My first garment was an apron with a huge pocket
across the front like a kangaroo’s pouch. |
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