Any of you who grew up in Limerick in the 40’s and 50’s will remember, like me, some of the “characters” that were to be found on our streets. These were people that maybe had fallen on hard times or as they say today ” were socially deprived” or had experienced physical or mental abuse […]
The Streets of Limerick in the 40’s and 50’s
Do you remember? I know I will never forget. How is your memory on the shops and offices that lined our streets in the 1940’s and 1950’s or maybe the owners and staff that ran these businesses? Let me take you up one street that I remember and see if it jogs your memory. I’m […]
WHEN CHRISTMAS CAME BUT ‘ONCE A YEAR’
When we were children the year seemed so long from one Christmas to another -maybe it was because Christmas only came but ‘once a year’ back then. We really looked forward to this holiday season, it was the only time of the year when there was an abundance of food around the house, special foods […]