Belfast 1946 to ’50 in order, The Effect of an English Accent.

When I worked in Belfast for the council and English travellers came to the little room where we interviewed them, whoever went to the window, returned and said to me, ‘you talk to them, you speak their language’. Just a joke with an edge – in other words, one might be with the Irish, but,… Continue reading Belfast 1946 to ’50 in order, The Effect of an English Accent.

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Belfast 1946 to ’50 in order, Ignorance is not bliss in Belfast.

In spite of having worked in Belfast for fifteen months I was ignorant of this country’s traditions. During the war local differences were dwarfed. Today English School children know ten times more than I did, as I had never seen an Orange Procession until 1946 I looked upon the Orangemen like I did the Scouts… Continue reading Belfast 1946 to ’50 in order, Ignorance is not bliss in Belfast.

Belfast 1946 to 50 in order. Change should not be inspirational

It Is A Prescription For Disaster I worked with a man, Fred, who, upon demob, took a temporary job to feed himself and his family. He became a civilian clerk to the Royal Army Service Corp. The barracks where he worked was a ‘Holding Company’, somewhere to take soldiers in between periods of active service.… Continue reading Belfast 1946 to 50 in order. Change should not be inspirational

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