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Posted: 06 Jun 2009

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Ireland, 1964

Ireland, 1964
My brother and I, June 1964. Brought forward for the Vintage Photos Theme Park theme of "Farms".
Uncle Leo and Aunt Mollie's farm, Ballycoog, Wicklow, Ireland.
My mother's stepmother - my Nana - was from Ireland originally, and my mom spent some summer holidays there when she was growing up, with Nanas friends and family.
This was a goodbye visit to those people, as we were about to emigrate to the States.

On a funny note - I just got a call from a woman in Dublin, Ireland who wanted to use this photo in a brochure. I said yes. She's sending me the brochure when it's done - hope I don't regret it.

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 Deborah Lundbech
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succinct plant (deleted) 8y
Now Deborah, this is getting really weird. I spent many of my childhood holidays with family in Co. Wicklow. We stayed in seaside cottages near the beach near Bray. We climbed the Wicklow mountains ( there's one called the sugarloaf) and my godmother lived very near to the lovely waterfall in Powerscourt, Wicklow. Is there no end to these coincidences.
Also, you are wearing my old sandles and your brother has an identical t-shirt to my brother Nigel's. They were probably shoes from Clarks and clothes made by Ladybird.

Deborah Lundbech 8y
YEs, this is starting to get a little Twilight Zone!
This was a two week holiday in 1964 - really to say goodbye before leaving for the States.
My mother lost her mother at 2 years of age and her stepmother (my Nana) was from Ireland. My mother spent many summer holidays in Wicklow visiting her stepmother's family.
I went back in 1974 and then again in 1976/77 where i worked as a nanny in Aughrim, Wicklow.
It was an interesting experience...
So, were you ever a nanny?
In Aughrim?
: )

succinct plant (deleted) 8y
No thank goodness! I've done plenty of babysitting in my time but was never a nanny. I found all my relatives in Ireland friendly but a bit odd. I went on plenty of trips to Ireland, many in the 1970's but mostly to Dublin.
In the early 80s I went with my husband (at that time he was my boyfriend) on a motorbike tour of South West Ireland. I rode on the back. What love will make you do! Ireland always seemed about 50 years out of date to me. It was a strange but very pretty place.
Now I know a lot more about my family and it's history and realise why the seemed odd to me. Anglo-Irish, now they are like something out of the Twilight Zone.

Deborah Lundbech 8y
Haha. Yep, the family I "nannied" for were Anglo-Irish. The usual nanny cliche - and a cultural divide light years across was just part of my experience with them.
Loved the kids though, and felt sorry for almost everyone.
I am endlessly regretful that I didn't make it to the west coast. I always wanted to see it.
6 years ago.

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