Memories of the 1970s are shared by frbryanshortall in his new book Sending Positive Vibes, which we have an extract from today
Fr Bryan Shortall IN HIS LATEST book, Sending Positive Vibes, Fr Bryan Shortall writes about finding hope in some of the most challenging and often seemingly hopeless scenarios he has encountered as a priest and Capuchin friar. In this extract he shares his memories of growing up in the 1970s.
Petrol. The Honda 50 motorbike could be heard before it was seen, and the smell of its exhaust lingered long after it disappeared around the corner and out of sight. The black and white Atlantean CIE Buses belching out diesel. Getting on the bus, the conductor Doing the dishes in the sink. Look up. The noise of the Aer Lingus BAC 1-11 overhead as its tail almost rips through the sky. Outside on a frosty evening the smog would hang like a blanket over the houses in the city and over the ‘chimbley’ pots and television aerials.
The Ferguson television goes on – or was it Bush? RTÉ News. This was the second news bulletin I would have seen. Around in Auntie Chrissy’s she would have been watching Crossroads. Then the News at 5.45 with Alastair Burnett. Back to nana’s and the Angelus Running down to the gap at the end of our road. The JCB and the dumper were moving up by the pylon. The smell of brown topsoil and the yellow of the rapeseed flower giving way to house foundations as Kilnamanagh estate expands and takes shape. Sliding down
Ham sandwiches, salad sandwiches. Cadet cola. Tomato sandwiches with pepper in Granny Greta’s. Starving after our swim in Vincent’s pool. The Riordans would have been on; Benjy and Minnie. The light of the Geyser flickering at the far end of the kitchen.
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