Memoirs & Biographies

I was working as a television journalist when I met this strange man. Vijaya Kumar. Most probably he was in his late 50-s. He was the ex-owner of a tile factory in the suburbs of Calicut, a coastal town in North Kerala. He was also drawing a monthly salary same as a worker of the factory.

A letter to my Great Grandfather thanking him for preserving our family farm.

Meeting Bobby Sherman was a life changing experience for me. Read for a description of the actual event and how it changed my life!

See photos and learn what Wisconsin country life was like for my family in the 1950's.

I wrote this a few years ago, it's something I really needed to let out back then, it was for school but in reality, it really was just for myself.

Memories of my grandparents during the Irish War of Independence in Dublin and Balbriggan. First hand account of the atrocities committed by the Black and Tan raids in Ireland in 1921. When was the War of Independence in Ireland?

A poem about a woman's passionate love for baking with an unsavory ending.

In this article, I reflect on meaningful memories of past Christmas. Relive my memories of Christmas as a boy, young man, father, and an older man. Read how I have played Santa Claus three times in my life.

Local residents memories of rationing in Stoneybatter Dublin 7 Ireland during World War Two. Memories of The Emergency during WW2. The Glimmerman, bomb shelters, bombs in the Strand and Phoenix Park in Dublin by German planes.

Learn about Alcazar the horse; what my grandfather's WW1 war pilot buddy was doing in Frisco, TX; handwritten letters and what people do with cigar boxes today.

Christmas in Australia in 1967 as Irish immigrants. Migration Memories of living in Australia as a 10 year old child. Why did the irish immigrate to australia? We immigrated to Australia with the £10 assisted passage scheme.

Photograph investigation has always interested me. Upon inheriting 850 unidentified photographs from my great aunt, I have had a lot of fun researching faces, places and artifacts that appear in them. This is the story of three of those photos.

That son referred to in this happy exchange later became my husband. Some family history during WWII included plus photos.

Emigrating to Australia in 1967: My mother tells us her memories of living and working in Australia in the 1960's. She immigrated with her husband and five young children as £10 Poms. Migration Memories on board the Ship Castel Felice.