A century of partition: 'My mother never forgave the new government'
Back home in Belfast, there were plenty of American soldiers, and plenty of opportunities to meet them. âThere were dancehalls and all the girls went, but my mother wouldnât have allowed us,â she says. Henry Liddy in the newsagentâs and confectionery shop he ran with his wife Mairead Liddy in Belfast âSome of my friends would have driven out to [the base] where the Americans were, at Nuttâs Corner, and the result then was shiploads of them then going out to America at the end of the war.â But Liddy was allowed to go to a Sunday night dance at St Maryâ...
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