Thursday, 14 November 2013
"OUR LITTLE PRINCESS"..........1965
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"She's a little Princess ",gushed one of the neighbours as they all peered into the
Moses Basket.
The 4 Boys were standing in the corner of the room taking it all in.
The Ma had just arrived back from Hospital with her fifth child,A Baby Girl.
"What is her name?",says Rita."We are calling her Jacqueline",says the Ma.
"Ah that's lovely",says one of the neighbours,"Are you naming her after Jacqueline Kennedy?".
"Yes,we are",says the Ma.
Rita says," Jacqueline Kennedy might be the First Lady in America ,but Jacqueline is our little Lady here ".
They all have a laugh.
Bem had Butterflies in his tummy,he was so excited to have a little sister .
All that Weekend the front door was like a revolving door with all the visitors
that came and went. Dolls and teddy Bears were all around the Moses Basket.
Little Ger takes one of the Dolls and starts to play with it.
"You're a Sissy",says Rick laughing .
Ger was not happy,"Am not",he says .
"You are so",says Rick.
With that Ger runs in to the Kitchen. .
"Ma ,Rick said I'm a Sissy",he says.
"Do'nt mind him pet",says Ma as she strokes his big head of hair.
Ger was happy for the bit of attention.
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P.S.Later that year (Nov. 22),John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas,Texas.
Everyone was in shock ,grown men and women wept openly in the streets of Dublin and all over the World. His family came from Wexford ,so everyone in Ireland felt like they had lost one of their own.
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Part 4......1964.
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Saturday morning and little Ger wakes up first and goes downstairs
and wakes up the boys with a roar, "Where's my Ma".
Rick and Bem jump out of bed and with Rob trailing behind they leg it down the stairs
taking 2 steps at a time.They go in the Kitchen and there is the Aunt Lily trying
to comfort Little Ger as he hugs her leg,"It's okay ,your Mammy will be back in awhile",says Lily.
The Ma comes in later and tells us that the Da had a crash on his Motorbike and was
in hospital.The boys are all upset,but the Ma cheers them up by telling them they can visit
him the next day in the Hospital.
"What's a Hospital?",says Ger.
"It's a place people go to get better",says the Ma.
On the Sunday they all go to Jervis St Hospital to see the Da,Big Ger.
His leg was in plaster from his hip right down onto his foot,It was a bad
Break and he had to get permanent plates and pins in his leg.
"Bang goes my football career",says the Da laughing.
He allows the boys to sign their names on his plastered leg.
He would be out of work for 9 months that year recovering.
Later that year Bem was doing a Dress Rehearsal for the Christmas Show in Junior School on the School
Stage .Himself and His schoolmates were decked out with Black Berets and Sun glasses
and marching and singing the song,"A Nation once again".
In pops the Da on his crutches and calls Bem and the Boys over and gives out drinks and chocolate to all of them..
The Boys were all delighted as back in them days it was a big treat to get Chocolate as money was very scarce,and generally you could only afford
toffee bars which cost one penny.
You rarely got a chance to eat one all for yourself as there was always a kid
lurking around looking for a share of it.
Every Friday was goody night in our house at 177 so the Da used to send the 2 eldest(Rick and Bem) up for a block of ice cream and a bottle of minerals and a bag of Cleeves broken toffee bars which were very tasty.
The Ma used to line up the cups(glasses were only to be used for special Occasions) and first put the ice cream in and then pour the minerals in on top.
It was every kid for themselves and every cup was emptied pronto.
There was no waste back then ,everything was consumed ,plates were licked clean
after every dinner and the Ma used to say,laughing ,"There's not much cleaning on them dishes,yous have practically
licked them clean".
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