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Betty Jamison
"I felt like a square peg in a round hole. I was unhappy there."
The Story
Betty was not very happy at school. When she saw a job advertised for telephonists, she thought she had her chance to leave. Despite doing very well in the interview Betty was to be disappointed due to problems with her eyesight. What Betty didn't know was that this event would lead her to share a very important moment with her mother.
The story continues...
Although Betty didn't get the telephony job, she did go on to make a very successful career as a teacher. As you will see in her photo gallery on the right, she was introduced to motorcycles at a very early age. In the late '50s after she was married, (perhaps unsurprisingly?) she saved her money and bought her own motorcycle which both she and her husband rode. The bike she bought was a Velocette LE. (see gallery picture). She tells the story of how, in the early '60s, they were overtaking a car in Great Victoria Street in Belfast which was indicating to turn right. It actually turned left and cut right across their path, knocking them both off the bike. Betty wasn't too badly hurt but her husband sustained more serious injuries. Thus the decision was taken to abandon the motorcycle as a means of daily transport. They bought a car the following year.
Comments
Name: Richard & Reuben McDade
Date: 17 September 2007
Comment: This is our Grandma and she ROCKS!
She is known as "Our bestest Grandma" as she is just amazing and my brother and I love her very much; we hug her often and are sure that she knows how special she is to us and our Mum.
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