CLASS OF 1951

It is time for another post and this picture definitely deserves to be that post!  The photo was sent to us by Marina Carew Aita and it is from 1951.  It was obviously a special event because the girls are all wearing tams, etc, which was usual for parades and special occasions.  Although Marina  remembers being on parade, she can't quite remember what the occasion was (a visit by the Queen or Pope perhaps?)  Definitely not the Pope because the only Pope to visit was John Paul II and that was sometime in the 1980s.  So come on, everybody, search your brain and see if you can help us out with this please.

Marina has also been able to supply all the names for the girls in the photo.  That is really helpful and, if you aren't one of them, then perhaps your Mother or Aunt or even your Grandmother, is one of those girls.  Have a look, enjoy the amazing picture, and let us know if you can come up with the event.

Marina and Classmates, 1951

FRONT:  

Shirley Gardner, Joan Fitzgerald, Maureen Molloy, Betty Croke, Mollie Power, Mary Mansfield,

CENTRE:

Maureen Doyle, Eileen Penney, Patricia O'Brien, Patricia Dunne, Marina Carew, Claudine Horan, Helen Antle, Mercedes Hearn, Shirley Fitzpatrick, Nellie Power,

BACK:

Edith Byrne, Patricia Whittle, Eleanor Whelan, Betty Fitzgerald, Betty Kean, Helen Molloy, Maureen Squires, Mary Malone, Shirley Ring

Thank you Marina.  This will take many of us on a great little walk down Memory Lane.  I just love the picture and, hopefully, you will come across some more like this one.

WEST END IN DAYS GONE BY

I have received the most wonderful photo from Marina Carew Aita!  It is an old picture of our neck of the woods, the West End, in all its glory. Marina is a school mate of the late Shirley Hipditch Ellizey.  Marina and several other school friends of Shirley’s recently attended a get together hosted in Shirley’s memory by her family.

Marina said, “This photo was sent to me by Loretta Dawson O’Toole from the West End who obtained it from a friend of hers. Shirley’s family was delighted to receive it.  Thanks again, Loretta.”

Marina went on to say that the photo shows the vicinity where Shirley grew up, Galgay’s Range, which is behind the white building opposite the trestle where Shirley regularly walked as a young girl.

 

DEAR OLD WEST END

Marina, this photo will bring tears to the eyes of so many St Patrick’s girls of a certain age. Galgay’s Range, that trestle, and the old Railway buildings, are embedded in fond memories of years gone by!  Thank you so very much, Marina, for sharing this gem with us.