Accounts of the Conflict - v3.1 | My whole life changed, by Kay Spence (story details)

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Story Title: My whole life changed

Collection: Shankill Women’s Centre
Organisation: Dúchas oral history archive (collection) [NC]

An oral history recorded by Shankill Women's Centre, in partnership with the Dúchas oral history archive, as part of the Pieces of the Past project.

Kay Spence gives an account of the impact on her family when her husband, then a loyalist paramilitary, pleaded guilty to killing a Catholic.

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Title	My whole life changed, by Kay Spence (story details)
Description	An oral history recorded by Shankill Women's Centre, in partnership with the Dúchas oral history archive, as part of the Pieces of the Past project.
Creator	Shankill Women's Centre, and Dúchas
Publisher	Dúchas oral history archive
Date	2014
Format	Text
Language	English

Story Title	My whole life changed
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	Spence
Interviewee Forename(s)	Kay
Interviewee Gender	Female
Age	65 (in 2014)
Religion	Protestant
Marital Status	Married
Birth Country	Northern Ireland
Status	Civilian
Published Format	Document
Story Abstract	Kay Spence gives an account of the impact on her family when her husband, then a loyalist paramilitary, pleaded guilty to killing a Catholic.
Themes/Topics Mentioned	Prison
Dates Mentioned	[1970s]
Places Mentioned	Crumlin Road Gaol; Maze / Long Kesh Prison

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Shankill Women's Centre, and Dúchas. (2014). My whole life changed. Dúchas oral history archive.
Accounts of the Conflict; Accessed: 5 April 2025 <http://k8s-accounts-01.ulster.ac.uk/repo24/items/show/2686/>

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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)

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