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I think this was 1943, It looks like Jim has his war helmet on...
DOnt know when it was either, but it was taken in Bolbrook Grove thats for sure.
yea i was thinking it was up in tallaght alright ,think u might be rite colin.
1977. I'm quite sure. Ter was home for his 30th birthday, I remember the wall paper in the background. I wasn't there but I remember a picture of my ter, Jim and maybe Kathy with the same wall paper in the background.
That's a nice photo Jem.
Terry was there on this trip. I was working in Paris at the time and Cathy came home with me. It was the last time we saw Granny Walsh and the few photos taken of her, Cathy, Terry and me were taken on this trip. We had a great time and I have very fond memories of this trip. We stayed in Phyllis' place and I think they gave up their bed for us. We didn't know it at the time I don't think but they went to an awful lot of trouble to make us feel comfortable and of course Cathy just loved the family atmosphere. She kept saying 'oui, oui' and all the children would giggle. We all had a great time.
Cathy wanted a Peterson pipe for herself so she bought one. When she got home and showed it to Dad he proceeded to show her how to fill it and smoke it. Cathy didn’t speak English and Dad had a few jars on him so there was a lot of gesticulating and sign language between them. I was sitting behind them while all this was going on and it was hilarious.
Looking back I wish I would have savored this time a little more and not taken so much for granted. They were precious times and leave behind great memories for us all.
Who knows how life will turn out?
Deffo in Balbrook, we had that table n chairs for years even when we moved to Walkinstown.. Remember the wallpaper too... Ohh how the styles has changed, thankfully!!
That wallpaper was the bis then i'll have you know, yes Jim we had a great time and loads of laughs yes we did give you our room but we didn't mind
we loved Cathy and having her in my home was a pleasure, Mick just loved her, i put 10 pounds weight on while you and Cathy were here it was all that marmalade and full Irish Breakfast we had every morning do you remember the Greek lamb dish i did? You did no cooking at all now that i recall.Didn't you Mam Dad Cathy and Terry go for a meal in town where you knew the chef Mam decided to have Veal, it was the first time she had ever tasted it and someone ordered Escargots, did dad try them?
Where did our Terry stay when he was there? Hotel?there is some photos of him in my house at that time, it was defo weight watchers for me after you all left.
Ah now some nice stories there...I remember that time well and it ties in with 77 alright as there are pics with cathy and I'm wearing my confirmation clothes. i remember Jim gave me 100 francs in the village and I thought I was rich and Terry said come on u guys and someonee said..we are not guys...ha ha I guess it was the girls
Everyone at home loved Cathy and she didn’t even speak English. She was an only child and really liked the big family atmosphere. She really wanted to learn English and she could manage a few sentences when we got back to Paris. We were so used to speaking french that it was difficult for us to switch to English so she didn’t learn very much with me. She did manage to write that nice little card to Mam in English though. I think she would have eventually learned very well.
Terry stayed in a hotel in town for the trip. The airline had lost his bags. To us all He was definitely the American calling us all ‘guys ‘. He was also very debonair and looked great around that time. I think he got married to Ter a while after his visit and that was the last I saw of him until I got to the U.S.
We all went to a restaurant one night. Dad thought we were just going out for a bite to eat and that we would all go over to the pub afterwards. Little did he realize that he would have his first 3 hour dinner and not a mushy pea in sight. We ordered escargots and I believe Dad tried some. They made a great fuss over us in the restaurant. Dad was a little self conscious at first but he soon settled in. Mam of course was quite the sophisticated lady and did us all proud; she looked as if she had been born in a five star restaurant. I think she too ordered escargots that night but I can’t remember. I have some recollection of us taking the shells home with us. Terry was with us for dinner. What a pity he was not married to Terry girl at the time, she would have such wonderful memories. It was a memorable evening.
Cathy and I had scouted Dublin for a nice restaurant and we found this one in Capel st. It was good and I stayed in contact with the restaurant owner and had the fishmonger send him frog legs from Paris. I always think of him and that time when I have frogs’ legs.
This was a great trip because the entire fambly was all together for the first time in a long time. All the children were so young, Carolyn, Graham et al. everyone was there and that is when we should have taken a nice photo.
I also remember Paul picking Cathy and me up in Shannon airport and driving us all to Dublin. That may have been a different trip. I have a few photos of that trip and I will post them.
We did quite a lot on that visit: we went to a pub in the Wicklow Mountains and had Irish coffees on a rainy afternoon with Paul. She had her first Guinness there. There was a big fire burning in the pub. We had a wonderful time. Seems like both yesterday and also a long time ago.
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