where did you end up funny story similar to you backfire i was in a car dealer ship in kingston ontario when an old boy hit the gas pedal instead of the brake and came through the showroom window i jumped over the sales persons desk thinking it was a bomb thank god i have acclimatised i think i'm too old to move that fast or perform the gymnastics
When we left Belfast in 1973, with 5 children, my mother-in-law said "Ill never see you again" we said we would go for the two tears to see what it was like. Well she died a year after we came here to Australia. My husband could'nt go back for her funeral (even if we could have afforded it) because he would have had to pay not on his fare back, but the whole of the family as well.
I hate the it here. i am happy in my marriage and with my family, I'm even happy with my job (most of the time) but i want to go home. I have been away 40 years. I don't get home as often as i would like. i have no family there so i have to stay in hotels and b&b an that makes it different.
like kraftcheese we left in 1967 with two small children and my said husband look on it as a two year holiday and if we dont like we will go back . we were homesick at first but soon settled in and after a holiday back in belfast in 1970 we realised we had made the right decision and then had another child an australian i still think of the belfast of our younger years with great fondness and although i am now widowed i still have the children and grandchildren and now a great grandson and also like kc i live in a country town in western australia where we know most everybody and we also can leave the doors and windows unlocked i have every door and window opened now trying to get a breeze to blow through as it has been 40 degrees today kc it is going to be 40 and over for the next 4 days hope you are looking forward to it
Hi Sandy, Well I'll be there tomorrow. The 40C doesn't bother me as I'm well used to it and the house and cars are air-conditioned. I love the size of the country and the freedom of knowing I can get in the car and drive on the open road endlessly. I have very fond memories too of my 19 years growing up in Belfast and will always treasure them, but I'm very happy where I am. Arder and Belle, it is hard when there's nobody left in Belfast any more. I still have a sister there and cousins that I can stay with. Arder, hope the Gold Coast grows on you in time. Canada Now, the only ice I have to worry about is the ice in my drinks and I like it that way. I really hate ice and am scared stiff of it as we had a near-miss in my dad's car in N. Iron when I was 12. Where I live in Victoria, I can reach the alpine mountains in 90 minutes if I feel the need to see some snow in our winter, but I rarely go. Hi Sandra we came to Canada in 1975 just for 5 years we had two little ones and her we are 2013 and still here. This is home now but i love to get back to Belfast to see my Family both sets of Parents are gone but i have a large family so lot of people to see. My accent has changed much i am asked all the time where i come from after all these years. CSF.
Morning CSF, I think it's great that your sister still lives in the family home you grew up in, and when you go home, it's really HOME. When I went home 18 months ago, I had to just loiter around my old house and try to look at it casually without making people think I was casing the joint.
