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Lois shares a memory from the 1950’s. Moving into the world of a working adult Lois felt a twinge of remorse, as she left her childhood behind…
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Lois wrote
Recently I was listening to Days Like This when I realised I knew the chap telling the story. His name is Owen Welshman. He was describing catching fish and cooking the catch and being sad about leaving his friends on the island. I have never forgotten Owen as I remember him from school.
My sisters and I attended the same school. Owen's father was headmaster and his family lived in a house near the school. We were known as the ‘Good’ sister, our surname. June is my older sister and Eileen is the youngest. We would to go up to Owens’s house to feed their lamb and chickens.
One day my sister June decided to dress me up as ‘Queen of the May’. This was traditional then on the first of May celebration. June and Eileen took me up to Owens’s house to collect some money. Owens’s mum was hanging out washing and he was beside her. June asked her for a contribution and Mrs Welshman gave her a three-penny bit valued about 2p now. Just then Owen said something like “Hey mum that money would have bought me a Beanoâ€â€¦
My sisters and I eventually ended up going to the Ardoyne Road. How things changed for us then. We would never forget St Marks as it was a huge part of our lives…
Lois H. G. McKee nee Good
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