I would like to submit this short article in response to Tom Wharton’s query about Newry’s Columban Hall…
Month: June 2011
Saying Mass …
As I was saying, the parents knew nothing of the niceties of procedure, etiquette or decorum.
More gypsy tales
They had little going for them in the academic field and almost invariably ended up as bottom of the class.
Travellers or NOT !
Some kindly women of The Meadow would store unwanted clothes in great bags for the Travelling Woman on her calls. Was she grateful? Well, selectively.
Gypsy Woman Calls
We had regular begging calls at home in The Meadow from the Tinkers – or gypsies or Travelling People – back in the 1950s.
FSA results, Co Down 2010-11
The Food Standards Agency send Inspectors regularly to assess the hygiene standards in public establishments where food is stored, processed and served to the public.
Mick Daley’s Goat
This incident of the Lost Goat actually happened …
sadly all the people concerned have passed on ….
An Inspector Calls …
After three years at University and a year of teacher training, which included three extended stints of ‘teaching practice’ in a variety of schools, I finally faced a class of teenage boys alone, and literally shook with trepidation.
1916: penultimate
There were proper English soldiers from an adjoining camp who were occasionally sent as guards to watch over us. They became friendly with our men and often took letters to pass on for them.