RE: In profit after dca21 Jan 2023 15:24
Greengrass - "YOU HAD TO BE THERE THEN" - whatever about modern day restaurants and there cost, you had to have been there amongst all the young people in The Hibernian or The Galtymore when the bands were over. The atmosphere was truly uplifting, which is why I suspect the crowds were so large but still well behaved FOR THE MOST PART drink did make one or two a little too brave occasionally.
Nobody is denying that for many the conditions in which they lived were pretty dire or that the work was arduous and often dangerous particularly when new stretches of the underground were being constructed under London. Those men worked in the most arduous conditions often relying on a pick and shovel - friendships were forged then which have never been broken only being severed by death.
The only way that I am able to convey that relationship is to describe it as a brotherhood because, in those days amongst the Irish there was always a helping hand amongst that community.
The Irish pubs were real too - many times I was able to have lunch in the kitchen of The Britannia in Hammersmith Broadway with Anne from Kenmare and Eddie from Dublin the licencee's who kept the best Guinness for miles. We enjoyed some good lock-ins there till daylight in great company.
London is not the same now - there are not the same opportunities to mix amongst your own and meet the girl - as I did - in The Garyowen whilst dancing to the Kingdom Showband. We don't dance that much these days but we are still together.
I have a niece and three nephews in London - they are all doing well thank god but you have to be young these days to live their lifestyle.
Amen.....
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