Jims Scratchings
Growing up in Dublin in the 50s and 60s
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Blog Moved - 115 days ago
Anyone dropping in here please go to the updated blog by clicking HERE . At the moment I'm trying to track down whoever is causing the pop ups in this blog. I'm doing that by removing all of the widgets and add ins and as soon as I discover the...
Popups - 204 days ago
Just a note to say that if anyone is experiencing unwanted popups (never heard of a wanted one) there's a replica of this blog. If you'd like to go there clicking HERE will bring you to it. I'll keep both blogs going until such time as I find.
Hello again - 218 days ago
Hello again! Where have you been eh? It's been awhile, but at last I feel more up to continuing my blog. Before continuing with my stories I thought I'd introduce a video clip made at Summerhill, the place where I was born and where much of my...
Memory of Ma by Marie - 431 days ago
To the right is a photo of our Ma, taken in O'Connell Street Dublin about 1950. I wanted to include this photo with the nice memory and tribute to Ma that my sister Marie wrote below. The words that follow are Marie's...... "My ma was a...
Our Dad - 584 days ago
Remembering our Dad today. Our dear Dad who went to sleep peacefully on this day, 5th May 1983, aged 61 years. I wrote little notes of memories, poems and little other bits and pieces in tribute to you Dad. But my thoughts kept returning to one that I...










