I'm currently writing a fictionalised version of my grandmother's story - she left East Cork around 1923-1924 aged 15/16 to work in England, joining her sister and brother in or near Oldham, Manchester.
I gather the City of Cork Steam Packet (poss B+I Line) went to Liverpool, which seems the most likely way she would travel rather than via Dublin. Of all the stories she told, I don't remember the details of this journey, apart from the devastation she felt at leaving..
I would appreciate any and all guidance about this please: I would like to have some authentic and accurate details about the possible journey and how she would have travelled, so will be grateful for directions to websites, books etc.
I didn't realise the B+I Line went back so far: it played a significant role in our ealry childhood, never lost the joy of the journey "home" on the Innisfallen or one of the others every summer, always felt like such an adventure. 😃
Thanks in advance! Marina
I gather the City of Cork Steam Packet (poss B+I Line) went to Liverpool, which seems the most likely way she would travel rather than via Dublin. Of all the stories she told, I don't remember the details of this journey, apart from the devastation she felt at leaving..
I would appreciate any and all guidance about this please: I would like to have some authentic and accurate details about the possible journey and how she would have travelled, so will be grateful for directions to websites, books etc.
I didn't realise the B+I Line went back so far: it played a significant role in our ealry childhood, never lost the joy of the journey "home" on the Innisfallen or one of the others every summer, always felt like such an adventure. 😃
Thanks in advance! Marina