Lois McKee

"I remembered the man for his kindness. He had turned a sad day into a happy one. We no longer felt like outsiders or foreigners"

The Story

Lois was 7 years old when WWII ended. On VE day all the children were very excited and Lois and her two sisters went to the top of the street where the tables were laid uot with food that had been rationed. Buns cakes biscuits etc.

But their joy was stopped short when a boy from the street shouted "You're not allowed here". This was because Lois's parents were from the South of Ireland. There was a feeling in some quarters during the war that the South of Ireland was sympathetic towards Germany...

The story continues...

Experineces of the Second World War have been a reccurring theme since the inception of Days Like This.


Here are some more stories, which like Lois's deal with local people's memories of the great conflict

To go to Ruth McCart's story click here

To go to John Edmundson's story click here

To go to Patricia Curry's story click here

To go to Jim Leckey's story click here

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