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July 06, 2020
Margaret shares with the group her discoveries, while researching her son’s extended family tree.
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June 24, 2020
Pre-weather forecasting, a trusty barometer was the best way to know what lay ahead. A barometer measures the atmospheric air pressure, which indicates how the weather is likely to be changing over the next 12/24 hours. A rise in pressure usually means improving weather while a falling pressure can reflect poorer weather conditions to come. …
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June 24, 2020
Casey and her sidekick John talk us through the various pre-decimalisation coinage.
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June 24, 2020
Young Ruairi shows the group his Granddad’s donkey bit come, gate latch and an old penny, once collected by his grandmother.
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June 24, 2020
Daisy talks proudly about her great-nana Mildred who was recognised for her services to nursing.
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June 24, 2020
In this video FODC Participants give some feedback on their PLACE-EE experience, their thoughts on new technologies and the older generation, as well as offering some advice to their peers on giving technology a go.
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June 24, 2020
Florence shared with the group her sister Mary’s Domestic Science ‘Exam Specimen Book’. In fact Mary’s book was of such a high standard, it was taken by the Inspectors and used as an exemplar to other students right across Northern Ireland.
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June 24, 2020
Mary brought in the most wonderful object to share with us, a copy of Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management, dated 1915. First published as a book in 1861, the book best known as Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management, also published as Mrs Beeton’s Cookery Book, was an extensive guide to running a household …
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