When we Were Kings and Queens of the Road A “Travel to School” project, from Robert Burns and the Museum of Childhood Ireland Músaem Óige na hÉireann Please click ‘When We Were Kings And Queens of the Road’ below to find all the stories to date or scroll down and find the stories beneath the… Continue reading When We Were Kings And Queens of the Road
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When We Were Kings and Queens of the Road: Desmond Morris
WALKING TO SCHOOL When Britain declared war on Germany on 3rd September 1939, I was an eleven-year-old schoolboy. I was a day boy at the Swindon High School, and walked there and back each day on my own. It was a distance of about a quarter of a mile. I kept mostly to main streets,… Continue reading When We Were Kings and Queens of the Road: Desmond Morris
Snapshots of our Childhood
Áine Furey, 1970s Áine Furey and Gillian Power, dressing up in mum’s clothes and make up 1970s Do you remember getting milk in school? Back in the 1970s Gillian Power and myself were absolutely the best of friends, from when we first met at the age of three, for the next almost fifty years. Gillian… Continue reading Snapshots of our Childhood
When We Were Kings and Queens of the Road: Daniel Airey
The Secondary School Years 2010-2016. The secondary school years. 6:45am, my dad knocks on the door and comes into my room as another day begins. He utters a friendly yet firm good morning greeting as I slowly regain awareness of my existence. Dad walks over to my bedside radio and turns on Today FM as… Continue reading When We Were Kings and Queens of the Road: Daniel Airey