Dear diary... how a record of teen life in 80s changed NI woman's life
Bronagh McAtasney (53) received a pocket-sized page-per-day 1981 diary for Christmas in 1980. In 2013, she decided to start sharing entries as @NrnIrnGirl1981. Ms McAtasney said the attention given to the account gave her the impetus to quit her job and go to university, thanks to the support she received. "I was working as a secretary and through a women's network group I got a coach," she explained. "I'd been doing a lot of work through the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) on women's diaries. "I quit my job and went and did an MA in Public History at Queen's University and...
Source: belfasttelegraph.co.uk