Gerard Rea

"I remember thinking - God he's the best brother in the world!"

The Story

It was September 1975. Gerard was in his first week of secondary school "The word poor wasn't mentioned but you knew that there wasn't a lot of money about." he says.

His friend appeared at the gate with a brand new Raleigh Tomahawk bike. Gerard would have loved to take a spin on it but the boy said he wasn't allowed to lend the bike to anyone. Gerard was very downhearted about this and went back into the house. His brother, who had witnessed this whole event felt sorry for him and decided to do something nice for him...

You can watch the BBC One Northern Ireland animation of this story in the player below (after its broadcast). A total of 15 stories from the series have been animated for the screen. Go to the Days Like This TV page to browse through the episodes in the series.

Comments

Name: George Kingsnorth
Date: 20/12/2007
Comment: Excellent story, very well told. Full of humour and emotion. A joy to listen to.

Name: Gary
Date: 10/01/09
Comment: Loved it.


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