Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/11/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I love these stories about your connection to Irish history, painful as it is at times. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman photo at frozenlight.eu http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.frozenlight.eu ????? ???????! ?????? ?????! > On 23 Nov 2022, at 02:24, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > My father Louis Barry made his first communion in 1916 and was decked out > in a sailor suit which was apt as he was never far from the sea being a > competitive swimmer and diver. As you can see this is part of an image > taken of a school group by someone with a large format camera, just look > at the hand on his shoulder. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Louis+1st+Communion+1916+sml.jpg.html > > Then again, as it's a little girl's hand, perhaps it was just his > companion at the altar, as with first communions, boys and girls of > different schools were paired up. I never found out the back story, but I > remember the girl who walked up the aisle with me on the occasion of my > own communion. Her name was Catherine and we were both in the same class > at the local convent. She was the daughter of TK Whitaker who propelled > Ireland into the modern age https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._K._Whitaker > Although her father lived to be 100, sadly Catherine died in her 40s. > > My father obviously liked sailor suits as, after he was expelled from his > second school, his father packed him off to Cardiff as a cadet in the > British merchant navy. He got a chance to wear this one from the age of 16 > and did seven laps of the globe at 11 knots with various ships the Reardon > Smith Line. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Louis+in+officer_s+uniform+sml.jpg.html > > > I'm glad I didn't choose a sailor suit for my first communion... > > Douglas > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information