Originally Posted by Xochi:
Originally Posted by Ells:
Originally Posted by Cold Sweat:
The iconic protest slogan that dated from the late 1960's.
That is the row of houses my Daddy lived in as a child
Ells! You must find an history site to write about him then!
If not, I'd love to hear more about his childhood and later life in Derry/Londonderry.
I'm not sure I'd get much info from my Dad. He's an 'aw it was grand' kind of man who doesn't really moan about how they grew up or tell many stories. My Mum has repeated the same kind of stories on a loop for as long as I can remember but when I ask my Da what kind of childhood he had (which growing up in a republican area with an English protestant father and an Irish Catholic mother must have been 'different') he just says aye a good one. He was the eldest and spoilt rotten so I suppose he never had it tough compared to some.
Not much to write about but I'm sure my grandparents would have had some interesting stories of their lives back then.