https://k8s-accounts-01.ulster.ac.uk/repo24/files/original/b2bf440c6ce80a70edc549f4511171ef.pdf e76f0f6466120ec2c8fdfa91994f6b92 PDF Text Text UP Standing storybook_Layout 1 04/12/2013 11:08 Page 27 The good neighbour ‘Donna’ It was a typical estate where there was nothing going on apart from drug dealing, paramilitary beatings, and paramilitary shootings -they used to be regular occurrences. In the late 90s it was the early days of the peace process and the Good Friday Agreement so tensions in the estate were still very high. The police and the army land rovers would patrol the estate and young thugs had nothing better to do other than to stone them. That was just on an ordinary day before the big rioting started. Come the evening the balaclavas came on, the milk bottles were filled, walls were knocked down to provide ammunition to throw at the police. It was just “open season” and crazy. I just wanted to get home before dark, get everything set, the house locked up and stay in. I can’t for the life of me remember how exactly I found out about it. It involved our neighbours- the husband was Protestant and his wife was Catholic. Obviously Drumcree had happened and road blocks were being put up. He had got a telephone call to his place of work to say – “we know you are married to a Catholic; we don’t want Catholics in this estate ; you’ve got until tonight to get out or we’re going to come and burn you out.” He took that security risk very seriously and he literally pulled up (at his house). He had two kids and he got the kids out and his wife. He took the basic stuff and he came and knocked on my door and told me what was happening. That was it -he’d packed his stuff and was gone. I got to thinking- well if they are coming to petrol bomb their house that’s maybe their incident, but what happens if the house next door catches fire? The girl next door is partially deaf and has two young kids. You know their life is at risk and then my house is the next one and I 27 �UP Standing storybook_Layout 1 04/12/2013 11:09 Page 28 just thought -I’m not having my life, my neighbours’ lives or their house being put at risk. It was as simple as that. I went round to my mum and dad’s house and I explained the situation. My dad gave me a fire extinguisher and I went back home. I was not going to move and I thought if anybody came anywhere near me or my neighbour’s house I will be putting the fire out and that’s all there is to it. I stood in the lane behind the house and yes there were people running up and down that alley way with petrol bombs and they petrol bombed the police and army as they drove past. I stood there determined that not one person would be touching that house. Every wee noise I was kind of like right this-this is it; this is me ready to go. I stayed there for hours just going out the front, checking out the front making sure everything was fine and then going round to the back again. Then I’d check my son who was in bed to make sure he was alright. I stayed to about 4 o’clock in the morning- it was starting to get light so it was and the estate had quietened down and I kind of knew that tensions had calmed a bit. It didn’t cross my mind that I was in any danger. I was just looking out for my neighbours despite their religion, despite anything else. They were friends; they had two young kids; my child was living in my house and well if I wasn’t going to do it, nobody else was willing to do it. Somebody had to do something and I was that person. 28 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Up Standing - Stories of courage from Northern Ireland (collection) Description An account of the resource A collection of 16 personal stories, published in book format and DVD, related to the Northern Ireland conflict. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Corrymeela Community in partnership with Facing History and Ourselves. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Corrymeela Community Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1 May 2013 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Document Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Northern Ireland | 1968-2013 Relation A related resource Pettis, Sean. (ed.) (2013). Up Standing: Stories of Courage from Northern Ireland. 36. Belfast: The Corrymeela Press. URL Non DC - URL of Organisation / Project http://www.storiesofcourage.net/ Subject The topic of the resource "‘UP Standing - Stories of courage from Northern Ireland’ features diverse accounts from people who stood up to violence, discrimination or prejudice in Northern Ireland. It provides a window into often untold stories of courage that individuals have shown in the context of a divided and often violent society." (Up Standing; 2013; back cover) Availability Online Non DC - Availabilty Status (deposited, delayed, external, cain) deposited Organisation ID Non DC - ID for the Organisation that relates to this entry 25 Stories Collected Non DC - Number of stories recorded as part of the project. 16 Stories Deposited Non DC - Number of stories deposited with Accounts of the Conflict. 9 Collection Permission Form Non DC - Collection permission form signed and returned. Yes (signed 13 November 2014) Delayed Access Non DC - Yes/No on request for delayed access. No Publication A book, article, monograph etc. Author Author of the publication 'Donna' Date Type Publication, Submission, Completion date etc. 2013; Publication Publication Title Full title of publication, as it appears on item. 'The Good Neighbour', chapter, in, Pettis, Sean. (ed.) (2013). Up Standing: Stories of Courage from Northern Ireland. Belfast: The Corrymeela Press. Also available at: <a href="http://www.storiesofcourage.net/" target="_blank">http://www.storiesofcourage.net/</a> Publisher Location Place of publication: city / town Belfast Publisher The Corrymeela Press Publication Type Report, Book, Manual etc. Chapter in book Publication Status Published, in Press, Unpublished, etc. Published Number of Pages 2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Good Neighbour, by 'Donna' (story text) Description An account of the resource One of 16 personal accounts that were published in the book: 'Up Standing: Stories of courage from Northern Ireland'. (2013) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Corrymeela Community in partnership with Facing History and Ourselves. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Corrymeela Press Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2013 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF version of book chapter Language A language of the resource English Availability Online Non DC - Availabilty Status (deposited, delayed, external, cain) deposited Catalogue ID Non DC - ID for the Catalogue entry that relates to this entry 2143 Corrymeela Community Up Standing