78 10 1267 https://k8s-accounts-01.ulster.ac.uk/repo24/files/original/fae3513736c18330018a4fbc86c109ce.pdf 8006ceabae10dc02ef38f9933e5e04a5 PDF Text Text Interviewer: You told me when we were with the big group that you actually had quite a clear memory of seeing soldiers for the first time in Crocus Street. You reckoned you were 12 at the time... 2: Yeah I was 12. I think they came along on the streets on I think it was the 14th of August or something like that – ’69. XXINAUDIBLEXX I lived in Crocus Street, two streets away from it and I remember there were barricades up at the time, because I believe a few weeks before it when Bay* Street burn down and I remember people saying the soldiers were coming onto the streets. I and my brother and a few other wee lads with whom we played football went up to the top of the street and we saw these soldiers walking up. You hear the... I think you called it whippets at the time and there were maybe a hundred or so just marching up the street and the Major or whoever it was calling out all the orders. That was scary. Interviewer: You found it a frightening experience? 2: Yes I thought it was frightening, yeah; because the Major or whoever it was, was calling out the orders and the soldiers were turning around and actually facing you. I’d never even seen things like this in television; and this was real life just standing facing me. Interviewer: Did you know why they were there? 2: No, not really, just when you see something in the news, and when you’re at that age you’re not interested in anything like that. Interviewer: Can you remember the reactions of the grown-ups? 2: The grown-ups more-or-less welcomed them. I remember people used to bring them cups of tea and that. Interviewer: But did that worry first time you seen them? ** 2: The very first time I seen them, the grown-ups welcomed them, because the grown-ups thought that it was just a matter of time before other streets were burnt out and the Catholic people at the time thought that the soldiers were here to protect them. Interviewer: Did you play with the soldiers? 2: No. I just kept away from them. Some kids – people younger, maybe 6 or 7 year-olds would have went up to the soldiers, but I didn’t go near any of them. I was more-or-less scared of them. And when they did come in, I’m not too sure, you seen their berets and all – and their guns. I think it was the Paratroopers or something like that. Because my father, as he fought in the war, he was more-or-less welcoming of them too; he was able to tell you what regiment and all they were from. That type of thing. But definitely on the Falls Road they were welcomed for the first time. Interviewer: and your father he was in the British Army too... during the Second World War. 2: Yeah, he was signed up – enlisted. He went all through the war – 6 years. �Interviewer: There was another thing you told us about, moving on a few years, as you get a bit older, one of the first bands you seen was Thin Lizzy. I’m just interested in what kind of entertainment was like in Belfast for you as a teenager? 2: In 1970, 14, 15... up to ’73. Because of the troubles which were going on, and because it was at the centre of the town, there was all security gates and that type of thing... and you were young; you weren’t allowed out. You were only allowed to go to a disco or round the corner or something. When I lived in Crocus Street we had a ground* behind St Paul’s chapel... we had a hall; a band hall. A band used to play there one a Tuesday or Wednesday night or something like that. But another night of the week we used to hold a disco for the younger ones. So we used to go to the disco every week. As you get a wee bit older, you get insistent* in your music… ’72, ’73, and at one time, I think I just started working at Europa. I started in Europa in August ’73. I think it was at the later part of ’73, a couple of friends of mine said that Thin Lizzy were playing in the Romano’s*; Romano’s used to be used for leisure* or whatever it was, upstairs in Upper Queen Street. So four of us, having bought tickets we went down to it. XXINAUDIBLEXX It was all mineral water and that type a thing. That was the first concert I ever went to, and it was in the centre of town and I was only allowed to go because it was the top end of town; just off Castle Street. At that time I had an older sister and she used to go down to the likes of the Starlight, which was down in Ann Street I think. That was for the more-or-less older ones; people who were 19-20. But that’s the first concert I was ever at, the Thin Lizzy concert – in ’73. Interviewer: So, what age would you have been then? 2: I was 16. Interviewer: So, you were still quite young. 2: Yes, and I think it was just the time before ‘Whiskey in the Jar’ came out. That was out in ’73. So that was my first concert; the Romano’s you called it Interviewer: So you were saying when the security gates came along or as they came along; that kind of made the City centre out of bounds for entertainment stuff, you know. 2: Yeah… It was too dangerous for you to go into it. You know most of the town closed anyway at ten or eleven O’ Clock at night – there was nothing in the town for anybody. Interviewer: And did you go to any other concerts in the town? 2: No, only… in about 1979 or 1980 I went to a Human League concert in the City Hall… whenever they were popular. I went to that concert. Interviewer: The last thing I want to ask you is just about the whole experience of working in the Europa, as the Europa was infamous for being the most bombed hotel. What are your memories of working there? �2: When I worked there I was training to become a chef and I think while I look back at it, they were the best years of my life, despite the troubles and all those sorts of things. But you were meeting people of different religion… Interviewer: I think you said it was the first time you’d met a Protestant was in the Europa… 2: Yeah more-or-less I socialised with Protestants in the Europa. That’s the first time I really socialised with Protestants… because, you know, we were never brought up to be bigoted in any way; just treat them the way you meet them. That’s the way my family were brought up. Even through the generations. So that was the first time I had actually met Protestants and actually socialise with them – have a drink with them and that kind of thing – get to know them. Working there was like one big happy family. At the same time too, you were trying to learn your trade – and it was hard work. But, through the times it was bombed you did your best to get into work, and no matter what, through the companionship with those with whom you worked, you just got through it. I loved working there. Interviewer: Can you remember any particular time when bombs went off? 2: I remember one time we were told to get out. There was a bomb scare – one of the bombs didn’t go off. Somebody had driven with a bomb into the delivery bay one time and we were all told to get out, and the thing went off while we were standing outside it on the other side of the street just down at the back of Ramsen’s* there; down near the tech . But when I worked there I actually went through three or four of the bombings. It was just a part of… you know, you get used to it. It didn’t faze you in any way. You know you were never scared to go to work; the only time you were afraid to go to work was maybe walking to work or something because of a drive-by shooting or something like that – because I remember going to work one morning and I walked down the Grosvenor. Whenever I got into work, I was told that there were two postmen shot dead on Northumberland Street on the Falls Road and that was the same time I was coming to work. Interviewer: What are your memories of actually working in the Europa? Was it a particularly happy time? 2: Yes. It was hard work, you were training and you did split-shifts. You’d start in the morning at 10 O’ Clock and maybe get the preparation ready for lunchtime, and after lunch, we got the preparation ready for that night. We took our break at half two/three clock then back again for half six for services, then start again at seven o’ clock to half ten and you wouldn’t get home to 12 o’ clock at night. Interviewer: So it was a long day… 2: It was a long day. It was a split shift. Interviewer: And how did it work out? 2: In the afternoon we maybe used to go to the pictures or something like that. You know, if three or four of us were working on split shifts, maybe we would have went to the ABC and watched a film… �Interviewer: Yes, just down the street really. 2: I remember actually going to watch the sting in it; the sting was out in, I think, ’74. Interviewer: If you were out of work at 12 O’ Clock then, how would you have travelled home? 2: I would usually get a taxi home. Interviewer: Was that just for convenience or safety? 2: Safety – staff taxi. They usually provided us a taxi free. * Interviewer: Well, they understood… 2: They understood that it was later on… it would have been risky. Maybe two people were going to the Falls and two people were going to the Shankill. Interviewer: And one taxi took you all? 2: One taxi took the lot – took the four of us. I remember I had a good lot of friends there. Interviewer: and do you think the actual experience of the hotel being under attack and that sort of tough environment… I get that sort of sense from you that it pulled people together. 2: It put people together. I think it made the people there stronger… that no matter how many times they bombed it, we were going to work on. In no time at all the Hotel was back up and running again. Even through the Loyalist strike… Interviewer: You stayed open during that time? 2: It stayed open during that time. I remember one day we actually had to with candles and make salads and that type of thing. We used to meet some of the… Martin Bell – I remember meeting him a few times and I saw Ian Paisley and people like that. Sometimes the politicians were in – they dined in the B theatre as well. Harper Berne* was manager then. You saw some famous people there – I enjoyed it. Sometimes we used to go round to a disco where British Home Stores was. Louis Small was the DJ there. I can’t remember what you called the place. Some of the staff used to go round there. Interviewer: So despite the fact that there were the security gates and the town was very quiet… there were still these kinds of places… 2: …but you were still out at 11 or half 11 at night. Interviewer: It closed up at that time? 2: Yeah. There was a pensioner’s part upstairs as well.*But it was experience I was getting through cooking – it was good experience. Interviewer: Did you serve food in the penthouse?* �2: Yeah, you served food to the pensioners; after you got the pensioner’s pocketful. There was a programme on television a year or two ago about the pensioners pockets; some of them were actually in their early sixties, and they were talking about it. Gummy bears we would call them. Interviewer: Did you like working up there? 2: Yes. Just… for the experience. Interviewer: So like a nightclub was it then? 2: It was like a nightclub. Well that closed about 12 o’ clock at night. It wasn’t every night, maybe once every couple of months or something. � 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 5 Decades Project (collection) Description An account of the resource "Forthspring has worked since 1997 to build relationships between neighbouring Protestant and Catholic communities in West Belfast. The 5 Decades Project grew out of a desire to examine these communities' very different experience of living through the 'Troubles', with the goal of developing a shared, but not agreed, account of the conflict and its impact. Experiences and memories were gathered through storytelling in small groups from the same community background, roughly structured around the 5 decades beginning with the 1960s. There were also opportunities to share and hear stories from other communities. Over 150 people have taken part." Forthspring 5 Decades Project. (2014). 'Talking About The Troubles'. (Rear cover) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Forthspring Inter Community Group Stories Collected Non DC - Number of stories recorded as part of the project. 20+ interviews (leading to 80 stories in the published book) Stories Deposited Non DC - Number of stories deposited with Accounts of the Conflict. 6 Collection Permission Form Non DC - Collection permission form signed and returned. Yes (signed 12 November 2014) Delayed Access Non DC - Yes/No on request for delayed access. No Availability Online Non DC - Availabilty Status (deposited, delayed, external, cain) deposited Publication A book, article, monograph etc. Author Author of the publication Danny Date Type Publication, Submission, Completion date etc. 2014 Publication Title Full title of publication, as it appears on item. Transcript of audio interview. 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Title A name given to the resource 5 Decades Project (collection) Description An account of the resource "Forthspring has worked since 1997 to build relationships between neighbouring Protestant and Catholic communities in West Belfast. The 5 Decades Project grew out of a desire to examine these communities' very different experience of living through the 'Troubles', with the goal of developing a shared, but not agreed, account of the conflict and its impact. Experiences and memories were gathered through storytelling in small groups from the same community background, roughly structured around the 5 decades beginning with the 1960s. There were also opportunities to share and hear stories from other communities. Over 150 people have taken part." Forthspring 5 Decades Project. (2014). 'Talking About The Troubles'. (Rear cover) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Forthspring Inter Community Group Stories Collected Non DC - Number of stories recorded as part of the project. 20+ interviews (leading to 80 stories in the published book) Stories Deposited Non DC - Number of stories deposited with Accounts of the Conflict. 6 Collection Permission Form Non DC - Collection permission form signed and returned. Yes (signed 12 November 2014) Delayed Access Non DC - Yes/No on request for delayed access. No Availability Online Non DC - Availabilty Status (deposited, delayed, external, cain) deposited Sound A resource primarily intended to be heard. Examples include a music playback file format, an audio compact disc, and recorded speech or sounds. Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Transcription also available Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Windows Media Audio File (.WMA) Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 17 minutes 0 seconds Bit Rate/Frequency Rate at which bits are transferred (i.e. 96 kbit/s would be FM quality audio) 192 kbps 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 Untitled Story, by Danny (story audio) Description An account of the resource Audio recording of interview with Danny which was recorded as part of the 5 Decades Project. The project was conducted by Forthspring Inter Community Group. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Forthspring Inter Community Group Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2014 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Audio; MP3 Format Sound (.mp3) 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 2227 5 Decades Forthspring https://k8s-accounts-01.ulster.ac.uk/repo24/files/original/287192f50b7336f5f093f4ce874f6798.pdf b405d00280ea8943357d31782bcce5cc PDF Text Text UP Standing storybook_Layout 1 04/12/2013 11:09 Page 31 The Poster Billy Robinson There were a lot of attacks taking place on people in work, going to work and coming home from work. A lot of intimidation took place… it was really at its height from the late 70s to the early 80s. There was a heightening of tension in the workplace. There was shooting of Catholic and Protestant taxi drivers. It was taking place on a nightly basis. It was in the home, it was in the workplace, in the streets. There really was a lot of fear and lots of tensions. I hated the divisions in this country to the extent that I had wanted to leave it from my early teenage days. I hated that other people would tell me who I could socialise with or who I could be friends with. That really got to me big style and I never liked this place for that reason and I never ever wanted to be seen as a Catholic… you know this traditional Catholic. I wanted to be taken as I am and to have whatever friends I wanted. At this time I was involved in the (Trade) Union and then I became a rep’ in it and then I was asked if I would stand for office. Even though I was getting fed up with the job itself, I stood for office and was elected. 31 �UP Standing storybook_Layout 1 04/12/2013 11:09 Page 32 One of the crisis points happened one morning. I received a phone call from one of our members in an establishment in East Belfast -he informed us that there was a poster up in the premises; a recruitment poster for one of the paramilitary groups. It was there on the wall and management was aware of it, but for obvious reasons there was a fear of actually removing it. His concern was that it would cause conflict within the site. We thanked him for calling and my colleague and I had a discussion about it. We were very frightened because we knew we had to remove it or somebody had to remove it. So we arrived at the site and went into the room where all the staff would congregate to get their jobs in the morning - probably about 200 people. We spotted the poster. The noise level was pretty high - people were on their phones or having conversation with mates or whatever, so the only way to draw attention was to knock a locker over… a steel locker. There was silence. We stood on a chair and we made a statement - “this was a place of work, no place for politics.” We removed the poster. When we got down we were half expecting some reaction, but there was no reaction … just the noise level went back up again, people went back to their work. So we were leaving and truthfully we were trying to get out as quick as we could but individuals came to us, particularly of a Protestant background because it was a majority Protestant site and they thanked us and said that they were glad we took it down because their fear was that it would cause fear, conflict and really destroy relationships in the site. I had felt very frightened and nervous. I felt you know I am a fool for putting myself out? But on the other hand it felt good in the end - it was good to do it. Fear- it’s a four letter word but it sits across everything in this society and stops us having conversations. 32 � 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 Billy Robinson Date Type Publication, Submission, Completion date etc. 2013; Publication Publication Title Full title of publication, as it appears on item. 'The Poster', 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 Poster, by Billy Robinson (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 2145 Corrymeela Community Up Standing https://k8s-accounts-01.ulster.ac.uk/repo24/files/original/4d4b18738106eff7ad67fa9bbda7105d.pdf ea09f7c1e872d100013f8dee3dc897c3 PDF Text Text UP Standing storybook_Layout 1 04/12/2013 11:08 Page 23 Supporting Mixed Marriages Anne Odling-Smee We came to Northern Ireland in 1970 as my husband obtained a post here as a surgeon. We are in a Mixed Marriage and have raised our children within our two traditions, baptising them alternately as Roman Catholic and Anglican (Church of Ireland). In 1974 I was introduced to people who were starting a support group for couples planning or in a mixed marriage. We had experienced a certain amount of critical and indeed unchristian comment because we had married outside of our tradition and so had the people with whom we decided to become involved. In the early days of the Northern Ireland Mixed Marriage Association (NIMMA), as we called the support group, we spent a lot of time helping and supporting each other and the couples who made enquiries by letter or telephone. It was not safe to use our own numbers as many people felt it wise to be ex-directory but Corrymeela House sheltered us as a postal address and telephone enquiry point. We were helping couples to understand the guidelines which the churches were supposed to follow about the conduct of a mixed marriage ceremony or baptism, but also to provide support when they faced other obstacles. For example, we had a couple where the bride was a Catholic and her family were very hostile to her marrying a Protestant and so would have no part in the wedding. The ceremony was arranged but where to celebrate it? NIMMA decided to provide the food and the reception took place in the nearby home of hospitable members. 23 �UP Standing storybook_Layout 1 04/12/2013 11:08 Page 24 Another issue we worked on was housing. It was at a very troubled time in Northern Ireland and a couple came to us who were living in a Catholic housing estate, but the husband as a Protestant felt unsafe and they needed to move. So we contacted our friends in the Association of Inter Church Families in England. They found a clergyman who with the help of his congregation found a house into which our couple could move. Housing has been a big issue, particularly if as a couple you did not have enough money to choose where you lived. When people were intimidated we could put them in touch with Housing Aid and other organisations and we began to campaign for Housing without Labels, but a big change needed to happen. After the Good Friday Agreement the Housing Executive announced that they were working out a strategy for Shared Social Housing as so many of their estates were segregated and not safe for people in mixed marriages, nor often for ethnic minority people. NIMMA was given a place on the Advisory Board and so we were able to explain what our couples needed and urgently. The housing application forms had three categories ‘Catholic,’ ‘Protestant’ and ‘Other’ - but we are not other. We are inter church, cross community and mixed. We bring two traditions to the table. After a good discussion it was agreed that a category ‘Mixed’ would be added so that couples could apply for a house in a Shared Neighbourhood, or in a Shared Development – housing without labels. In NIMMA we know that as a group you can make structures change so that those people who want to be together, not separate, can be so. We think this is what being a Christian means. A great many people in Churches and wider society have done their best to help. It just needs to become infectious - NO LABELS. 24 � 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 Anne Odling-Smee Date Type Publication, Submission, Completion date etc. 2013; Publication Publication Title Full title of publication, as it appears on item. 'Supporting Mixed Marriages', 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 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/. 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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 2141 Corrymeela Community Up Standing https://k8s-accounts-01.ulster.ac.uk/repo24/files/original/e594367857b844663b3d5a7b0c5cdcb2.pdf 572bd975ead1a3cb89be7d4f80876523 PDF Text Text UP Standing storybook_Layout 1 04/12/2013 11:09 Page 35 Working with threat Jeff Maxwell In the late 1980s I was a youth worker in North Belfast. I was working with young people who were being knee-capped or were under the threat of being punished and I suppose that’s where the interest came around how to support young people when this was happening to them. People were aware that punishment beatings were happening, but not at that scale and it was something that the majority of people didn’t really want to know about. There’s always been that misconception that punishment beatings were about young people who were joyriders - that was comfortable for communities because if they were joy riders and young people doing drugs there was a reason for punishments - almost a reaction of “well it’s terrible, but here, they didn’t get it for nothing” If they had accepted that it was an injustice, . then there would have been an onus on them to do something about it. In 1990 I started working with a number of peace groups dealing with victims of paramilitary violence and in 1994 I commenced working for Base 2 which is a crisis intervention service for individuals and families who are at risk of paramilitary or community threat. It started as a response to the very high levels of predominantly young males who were being punished or put out of the country. I’ve since dealt with about 5,000 cases where people have been under threat or at risk. The job involves meeting with community/paramilitary contacts to verify if the threat is genuine and what level of threat exists. We see if we can get the threat lifted or if there is a possibility of a mediation to address the issue. If it isn’t possible to get the threat lifted we’ll assist that person to relocate, usually within Northern Ireland, but during the height of the conflict, often out of the country. The very first time I was involved in moving people out of the country was two young lads who had been put under threat. We’d arranged for them to 35 �UP Standing storybook_Layout 1 04/12/2013 11:09 Page 36 go to England on the boat. We picked the two lads up, but they had to get their belongings from their house - they couldn’t go back into the area because they were under threat, so we went to one of the lad’s house to meet his mother. She got a sports bag with a pair of jeans, a few jumpers and a poster from the bedroom wall. She opened her purse and gave me a tenner for him – it was the last note that she had in her purse. So you get the young people out and then the reality sinks in of how on earth are they going to survive on the other side? If you were to look at a group within our society who are least capable of being lifted and taken elsewhere, it’s that group. Here was a 17 year old fella going to a city to start a new life with a sports bag, a poster and ten pounds. Six to Eight months down the line he made approaches to come home and one of the other paramilitary organisations claimed that young lad: “if you come home and you join us - you’ll be all right they won’t be able to touch you” . So he came home, joined that organisation and ended up with a serious conviction as a result of his involvement. So it cost him in the end. That was the price of being able to return home because he couldn’t survive. That was his only way back – to go and join another organisation and ultimately that cost him 10 years of his life, but that’s how organisations manipulated and used people. It’s not a 9-5 job and it does impact on you outside of work. On occasions when out in town, I have been approached by individuals asking for support to return to their areas or for mediation. Obviously people are sitting at nearby tables and I’m thinking people will assume I’m part of the paramilitary organisation that’s keeping him out! Things have progressed now – there isn’t the same level of physical assaults and better mechanisms for mediation. Communities are more open to restorative processes. Back in the 1990s there would have been higher levels of violence and risk of personal attack. And you did live with that for a while and that certainly did put massive strains on relationships and everything else. But most of society lived with risk at that time. 36 � 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 Jeff Maxwell Date Type Publication, Submission, Completion date etc. 2013; Publication Publication Title Full title of publication, as it appears on item. 'Working With Threat', 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 Working With Threat, by Jeff Maxwell (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 2147 Corrymeela Community Up Standing https://k8s-accounts-01.ulster.ac.uk/repo24/files/original/9bc40b20480900d71bde75e4dae99fe6.pdf 3440ccea7f952eb184c563655efa46f2 PDF Text Text UP Standing storybook_Layout 1 04/12/2013 11:08 Page 21 Out on the Streets Mary Kelly Well basically what happened was that I saw kids throwing stones and bottles and I thought -look at all the size of them ; do they realise what’s going on ; do they realise the consequences if bigger people got involved ; somebody could end up shot; some child going for a bottle of milk could lose their life because of this. So that’s when I went out into the street and thank God I had a couple of people who also came out with me. At the beginning I was more or less just out, as people would say, “slabbering.” This was the start of the “interfaces” when a wee crowd would come up from the Protestant end and a wee crowd from the Catholic end and it was 6 of 1 and half a dozen of the other. I could stand back and see that there were kids caught up in it. I wondered how I could get across there to the “other side” to get to know some of the woman down there so I would be able to say to them to keep their kids away and we on our side would do the same. And then as it flourished and people got to know you, they knew you were doing it for a purpose. 21 �UP Standing storybook_Layout 1 04/12/2013 11:08 Page 22 I believed that every man in his house had a responsibility to know where his kids were and what they were doing. We approached lots of parents and asked them if they knew where their kids were and what they were doing? We didn’t care what religion they were and warned them that it was time they did know where they were and that they needed to go and get them. My name got around – “she’s out there she is,” and the kids used to shout –“here come Mary Kelly.“ You would have thought I was carrying a machine gun. Nobody really threatened me. You would have got the odd one shouting out their neck –“who do you think you are?” I would say –“I don’t think I’m anybody but I’m telling you we’re not having it; we’re not letting this area go down the tube; I’ve seen too many areas going down the tube and this one certainly isn’t. I’ve worked too hard buying my house and I’m still paying for it and I’m not putting up with you or anybody taking this away from me and that’s the way it’s gonna be.” On reflection I would say I still wouldn’t let anybody do anything if I thought somebody was in danger. It’s my nature; I can’t help myself; I would have to get involved no matter who it would be if I thought that somebody was deliberately abusing someone. If I was about I would have to say-“here what’s going on?” I can’t help my nature. It’s not being nosey. The way I look at it is if everybody took that stand- ‘well I wouldn’t like that done to my child’ –then maybe we would have a better place. 22 � 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 Mary Kelly Date Type Publication, Submission, Completion date etc. 2013; Publication Publication Title Full title of publication, as it appears on item. 'Out On The Streets', 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 Out On The Streets, by Mary Kelly (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 2140 Corrymeela Community Up Standing https://k8s-accounts-01.ulster.ac.uk/repo24/files/original/91c80c55b833534d9f70d9447a98c968.pdf ea9c99dd4ac792900134dff806d3a107 PDF Text Text UP Standing storybook_Layout 1 04/12/2013 11:07 Page 10 A Lonely March Mary Healy We were the Armagh Peace People and we had set up the group to bring people together, to give them hope through nonviolence. We had a great response to that. I didn’t think at that time of the whole political thing you know. I was aware that Catholics and Protestants worked together within the groups I was involved in and I was also aware that some people may not have liked my involvement. As a result of my name being in the press I got a lot of phone calls and they were phone calls I couldn’t cope with. The language was horriblesaying what they’d do with me if I went ahead with these meetings. It came to a stage when my husband couldn’t cope with those phone calls and I said I would be the only one to answer the phone. So I would just lift the phone, listen to it and set it down again. I never thought very much about who they were other than that they opposed the sense of us trying to do something in a non-violent way. I presumed that they were from my own denomination. Then one day I got a letter and it was a life threatening letter. It was from a paramilitary group- they didn’t specify who nor did they give names or anything but their last sentence was something like, “you or a member of your family will be shot if you go ahead with the proposed march.” (The Armagh Peace Group was planning a march to raise awareness). 10 �UP Standing storybook_Layout 1 04/12/2013 11:07 Page 11 I remember after getting the life-threatening letter, going up the stairs and feeling that I’m alone in this now and praying about it and saying“my god, I give you my family, my home, my house, myself,” and I suppose there was a release; a relief in that. So after that I didn’t lose any sleep- there was a peace in that and that’s where I got my strength from. There was one clergyman whom I had contact with and he said- “you know you don’t talk about this letter; you don’t spread fear; you have to hold on to this and go forward, without anybody around you knowing what may or may not happen.” The proposed march started in the centre of Armagh on Market St and moved down round the town with people joining us at different parts. There were huge numbers in the end. No opposition showed up on that day that I can remember. We made speeches and sang songs which I suppose gave people a short time of happiness if nothing else. They weren’t afraid to be on their streets and that was important at that time. I always think of the woman who said to me that we were all going to be killed and I felt no we’re not and that we must give people hope. 11 � 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 Mary Healy Date Type Publication, Submission, Completion date etc. 2013; Publication Publication Title Full title of publication, as it appears on item. 'A Lonely March', 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 A Lonely March, by Mary Healy (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 2133 Corrymeela Community Up Standing 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 https://k8s-accounts-01.ulster.ac.uk/repo24/files/original/bdb5006f666b94047257ef3254278707.pdf a513eff764900aa72956024c6b68f605 PDF Text Text UP Standing storybook_Layout 1 04/12/2013 11:09 Page 29 The Hardest Word of All ‘Jane’ It was a largely Protestant village- in fact 100% Protestant. The town also had a reputation for attacking people - I remember so well that there was a homophobic attack, a racist attack and a sectarian attack all in the one week. So it was a town that was interested in driving people out and it seemed to me that the community all around us were doing nothing. Their way of dealing with it was to go inside, close the door, pull the curtains, and have nothing to do with it - perhaps tut a little bit about it and say, “isn’t that awful?” So three of us decided that we would go to the community association and see what was happening there. It became very clear to us that these people had a grip on the community and everything was going to be run in their way so any change was going to be difficult. There were three of us ladies, three little grey haired ladies and we would go there on a Tuesday night. We didn’t speak at all and each night we came out from the meeting and we vowed never to go back again. Nevertheless, we kept going back in spite of the fact that we hated it and felt uneasy. We felt that we were simply just a presence if nothing else-a presence that they had to deal with. It was not easy to say anything in those meetings. For example, I remember one incident when I spoke up about the situation with regard to flags in the village. Although there were in fact not many flags in the village, there was one Union Flag flying very obviously outside the Chapel. I mentioned this and asked, if there was any chance that it could be brought down? That was not received well at all and some people said it should be put further up the pole and 29 �UP Standing storybook_Layout 1 04/12/2013 11:09 Page 30 others said that it was the flag of the country and they could fly it where ever they wanted. Often I suppose, I felt unsure of what people were thinking - there’s a wee line in a hymn somewhere that talks about “can you stand the hostile stare?” I felt there were hostile stares. Nevertheless, I had to get involved in some way. I felt unsure that what I was doing was the right way but I had to do something. It all comes from my belief in God and in Christ. As far as I’m concerned God is an all-embracing person, and his whole life was all about love, peace and reconciliation, particularly reconciliation which is the hardest word of all and the hardest thing of all to do. 30 � 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 'Jane' Date Type Publication, Submission, Completion date etc. 2013; Publication Publication Title Full title of publication, as it appears on item. 'The Hardest Word of All', 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. Book Chapter 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 Hardest Word of All, by 'Jane' (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 2144 Corrymeela Community Up Standing https://k8s-accounts-01.ulster.ac.uk/repo24/files/original/f4c341bdb608515472883a7beb1a4864.pdf a827e8ab77a1346e010e91d8354be862 PDF Text Text UP Standing storybook_Layout 1 04/12/2013 11:07 Page 12 A Safe Journey Home ‘James’ I was teaching in a State high school that was considered a Protestant school for Protestant boys. The school was set in a part of Belfast which was split into two main areas, controlled by different loyalist paramilitary groups (the UDA and the UVF). During the early 1980s, shortly after the hunger strikes when tensions were high, difficulties had arisen between the two paramilitary groups. This often meant that young people from one area were not welcome in the other. I had just finished my teaching duties for the day, and was clearing up some homework books, when a fifteen year old boy came to the door. I knew the boy well and he came over to the desk. “They’ve come to get me, Sir,” were his first words. “Who has come?” I asked. “The UVF, they’re waiting at the gates.” I didn’t ask why as he’d only have had to think up some story, so I told him to sit and maybe they would tire and go home. The boy lived in the UDA controlled area and to get home he would normally have taken the bus from in front of the school. 12 �UP Standing storybook_Layout 1 04/12/2013 11:07 Page 13 After a while he went off to see if his tormentors had given up, but they were patiently hanging about the bus stop. I asked if he wanted a lift home - not something the pupils would have been keen to do. Their “street credibility” would have taken a severe blow to be seen near teachers! He hesitated, so I added that I could hide him in the back seat, out of sight under a heavy waterproof coat. He must have been desperate because he agreed and we proceeded to the staff car park. By this time most of the others cars had left and he was able to jump into the back seat, unseen by anyone, teacher or pupil. With the coat over him, he was invisible, and the journey into his home territory was uneventful. The task remaining was to get him out again without his mates seeing him. In fact it proved easier than I expected. The side road near his home was empty and he escaped with his credibility intact. He didn’t come to school for a couple of days, and things seemed normal when he did return. We never talked about it again and I suppose there was no need. I didn’t feel there was any great risk to me. The guidelines at the time certainly didn’t promote taking pupils home in your own car under normal circumstances. These circumstances however were far from normal and for me it was enough to do the thing that needed to be done, and live with the outcome. 13 � 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 'James' Date Type Publication, Submission, Completion date etc. 2013; Publication Publication Title Full title of publication, as it appears on item. 'A Safe Journey Home', 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. Book Chapter 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 A Safe Journey Home, by 'James' (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 2134 Corrymeela Community Up Standing