The beginning.....

I was born in Belfast may10 1949..to Wily and Lily Shaw (William and Elizabeth really)...everyone in Ireland had shortened versions of their names i.e. Margaret..referred to as Maggie, Peggy, Marge and quite a few other variations ..
We lived in Mersey Street East Belfast.....one of the many streets full of terrace houses ..which backed on to The Harland and Wolffe Ship building yard...most of the neighbours and my father worked there...a lot of the older men (including my fathers father who lived in Dee St just around the corner) had worked as young men on the Titanic......

Hello:))

Hello there....welcome to my blog:))
Now I really dont know how to blog so I will start very simply by introducing myself
My name is Margaret...I was born in Northern Ireland...quite a wee while ago..well quite a while ago really.lol...I have lived in England for the past 6 years with my husband and little dog...