Tag Archives: Milltown

Grave Matters

There are three graves in Milltown. My fathers family. My grandfather died in April 1959. He had just bought my First Communion suit and did not live to see me wear it. He is buried in an unmarked grave, the … Continue reading

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The Falls Road…Is It Now Middle Class?

Yesterday I went into Belfast. Christmas Shoplifting. Ooops that was a slip of the tongue. Christmas SHOPPING. November and December are strange times for us. My wife says after every Christmas that next year she will not “do all this … Continue reading

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Three Decades of Half-Centenaries

When I became an active blogger over ten years ago, the”big theme” was the Decade of Centenaries. As regular readers will know, I prefer private remembering to public remembrance. We are entitled to remember our history as we wish. I … Continue reading

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