General Chat

I think it did begin with the religious divide, David.

Of course the fact that some men in Northern Ireland had two votes at one time did not help.

I, personally, couldn't care less about it. In my family we have many Protestant-Catholic marriages - it's probably part of the territory we lived in - known as the capital of Ireland when I was younger: Liverpool.

One of my rellies threw out the RC Priest when he came around asking why they had no more children.

Strangely, though, I was gobsmacked when I discovered, as a girl, that some of the Irish-descended people in north-east England carried on with that particular brand of hatred. David, you may well know them as Londonderry men who came across to work the mines.

It's an odd world we live in when people learn to marry only 'their own kind' and it' is not confined to Catholics and Protestants. we can see it in Jewish, Islam and many other religions.

I hate it vehemently because it is so divisive and often soul-destroying for the children of such blinkered parents.

My Father 1918-1990 was born and raised north Belfast. He left Belfast 1940
following the deaths of his parents. Joined Wimpey, worked for them in England
for the rest of his life.

There is still a lot of hatered over there and I can’t get my head around a lot of it, for one my mum was very close to her niece in Derry but when my niece had a little boy over here Mum my cousin asked what he was called and Mum said samuel she was told we would never call a boy that it a English name I just can’t believe that

My Father and my Grand Father's name was Samuel.

It's not English, it's in the Old Testament.

Samuel was the last of the Prophets. Samuel anointed Saul and David

and in I Sa 28.7 a dead Samuel was resurrected by the witch of Endor.

Waiting for Godot ?

Recent worrying incidents up yonder being reported in the media.

I'm sure they are nothing to do with a certain fellow not paying a visit.