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Written by Tom McKeown
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Thursday, 28 April 2005 |
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Eventually the war was over. Everyone was delighted, with the obvious
exception of those who had lost their sons and loved ones (see Newry’s War
Dead, reviewed here).
Of our immediate neighbours, Peter Harte was killed at
Arnhem; Austin
Finnery’s plane was shot down and he lsot his life; and Jimmy Carr went down
with the Privet, one of Fisher’s colliers (also here mentioned).
In dribs and drabs familiar faces returned to our
area. Those who had gone to work in England could
now return as restrictions were lifted. It became commonplace to see Army and Navy uniforms in the town, before
the recruits fully returned to Civvy
Street.
We got used to the older people predicting that things
would soon return to normal and we wondered what that might be! One morning I got a clue!!
A huge queue had formed outside Francie McClelland’s
greengrocers. I noticed that each person
emerged clutching a small bag of bananas or oranges. These were unheard of delicacies. We had heard a lot about such exotic foods. Now at last we got to taste them!! |
Reminiscence 
