the celt
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Well lads n ladies heres the wee story....
This Photo of a young lady and her two daughters..
Is a photograph of my Grandmother, my aunt in arms and my mother standing,
It was taking in Quetta (now in Pakistan) in 1944.
My Gran was born in India in a place called Trichinopoly,
as a young woman she became a nurse during the second world war, she met and fell in love with and married an Irish solider. My Gran's mother and step father who where British land owners did not approve of the wedding. The young married couple had two daughters in India my mother and aunt, as WW2 drew to a close my Grandmother left India for Ireland this was the first time she had ever left her home shores of India. My Gran and grandfather set up home in Belfast and had another child a son, but unfortunately the marriage did not last and my grandmother was left to bring up three small children in a country she did not know.
I know that my Gran had a sister and a step brother but again ties where cut after her marriage, so this is my quest to find out as much as possible about my Gran's life in India, where my mum and aunt where born and also what happened to her mother,father, sister and step brother, I have old photos and birth certs and the like. this is why i am keeping a video diary of my journey so that i can give my family a record of where mum, Gran and my aunt came from.
God willing I will be the first member of my family to return to India.
My Gran is now aged 86, but unfortunately she had a stoke last year and is unable to talk or communicate but she can still hear, her 87th birthday is on the 13th Dec and it is a great wish of mine to phone her on this date to wish her a happy birthday from the country she was born in, and believe me with the love of God I will do it.
So lads n ladies thats is why India, because of my love of motorcycling, me love of travel and most importantly me love of my family.
on the road
sure ya ave to
joe
This Photo of a young lady and her two daughters..
Is a photograph of my Grandmother, my aunt in arms and my mother standing,
It was taking in Quetta (now in Pakistan) in 1944.
My Gran was born in India in a place called Trichinopoly,
as a young woman she became a nurse during the second world war, she met and fell in love with and married an Irish solider. My Gran's mother and step father who where British land owners did not approve of the wedding. The young married couple had two daughters in India my mother and aunt, as WW2 drew to a close my Grandmother left India for Ireland this was the first time she had ever left her home shores of India. My Gran and grandfather set up home in Belfast and had another child a son, but unfortunately the marriage did not last and my grandmother was left to bring up three small children in a country she did not know.
I know that my Gran had a sister and a step brother but again ties where cut after her marriage, so this is my quest to find out as much as possible about my Gran's life in India, where my mum and aunt where born and also what happened to her mother,father, sister and step brother, I have old photos and birth certs and the like. this is why i am keeping a video diary of my journey so that i can give my family a record of where mum, Gran and my aunt came from.
God willing I will be the first member of my family to return to India.
My Gran is now aged 86, but unfortunately she had a stoke last year and is unable to talk or communicate but she can still hear, her 87th birthday is on the 13th Dec and it is a great wish of mine to phone her on this date to wish her a happy birthday from the country she was born in, and believe me with the love of God I will do it.
So lads n ladies thats is why India, because of my love of motorcycling, me love of travel and most importantly me love of my family.
on the road
sure ya ave to
joe