I'm not walking by you, by Ruby Hill (story details)

Story Title: I'm not walking by you

Collection: Charter NI
Organisation: Dúchas oral history archive (collection) [NC]

An oral history recorded by Charter NI, in partnership with the Dúchas oral history archive, as part of the Pieces of the Past project.

Ruby Hill gives an account of meeting a childhood Catholic friend later in life and also the impact of the internment of her husband in the 1970s.

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Title
I'm not walking by you, by Ruby Hill (story details)
Description
An oral history recorded by Charter NI, in partnership with the Dúchas oral history archive, as part of the Pieces of the Past project.
Creator
Charter NI, and Dúchas
Publisher
Dúchas oral history archive
Date
2014
Format
Text
Language
English
Story Title
I'm not walking by you
Story Available
Not on-line. Story available in published book and in the Dúchas oral history archive.
Story Format
Text
Story Source
Story contained in the book:
n.a. (2014). Living Through The Conflict: Belfast oral histories. Belfast: Dúchas oral history archive.
Interviewee Surname
Hill
Interviewee Forename(s)
Ruby
Interviewee Gender
Female
Age
76 (in 2014)
Religion
Protestant
Home Address
Ballybeen, Dundonald, County Down, Northern Ireland
Marital Status
Married
Birth Country
Northern Ireland
Published Format
Document
Story Abstract
Ruby Hill gives an account of meeting a childhood Catholic friend later in life and also the impact of the internment of her husband in the 1970s.
Themes/Topics Mentioned
Internment; segregation
Dates Mentioned
[1970s]
Events Mentioned
Internment
People Mentioned
William Whitelaw (then Secretary of State)
Organisations Mentioned
Ulster Defence Association (UDA)

Collection InformationShowHide

Title
Charter NI

Organisation InformationShowHide

Title
Dúchas oral history archive (collection) [NC]
Description
"The Dúchas project was developed by Falls Community Council in 1999 to record the experience of the conflict in nationalist West Belfast through oral history accounts." (Kelly, 2005; p.54)
Between 2012 and 2014 Dúchas worked in partnership with a number of groups to record oral history accounts related to the conflict, as part of the Pieces of the Past project.
Creator
Falls Community Council
Subject
A collection of recordings of personal accounts of life in west Belfast during the period of the conflict.
Date
1999
Coverage
1969 to present day.
Address
Falls Community Council
275-277 Falls Road
Belfast
Northern Ireland
BT12 6FD
Stories Collected
100 in Dúchas archive (another 150 stories in the process of being archived)

Citation

Charter NI, and Dúchas. (2014). I'm not walking by you. Dúchas oral history archive.
Accounts of the Conflict; Accessed: 20 April 2024 <http://accounts.ulster.ac.uk/repo24/items/show/2634>

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