Dublin

Meet Bridie.  She came to London in 1952 to join her husband, whom she'd met on holiday here a year earlier.  From her beginnings on Golden Lane in Dublin she flew into Northolt on her wedding day and the newly-weds quickly settled themselves in Brixton.   With her husband being one of so many men who came to London to build post-war Britain,  they experienced occasions when existence here could be hand to mouth.  Listen to her talk about growing up in 1930's Ireland and how poverty levelled everybody she knew.  You can also hear about the tragedy she experienced when her husband died, leaving her to raise their 7 year old son alone.  But at 96, Bridie is now preparing to be a Great Grandmother and is eager to meet the new arrival.