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Post by Stallit 2 de Halfo on Jun 22, 2008 1:05:23 GMT
I like your thinking ;D Its quite a high chimney though, I dont even think one of those yokes they use for street lights would reach. It looks just about double the height of a telegraph pole. A mobile crane more like. ;D another possibility is to somehow get a rope onto the top and hoist the flag up. Dont ask me how....  Cool V. I would hope that thats the chimney anyway, its the only one in Balbriggan, and it does stand out. I think if we are to make out posters/leaflets on this then we should get as much info on john as possible, date of birth, death etc. It would be good to do it to co-incide with some relevent date in relation. |
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Post by Stallit 2 de Halfo on Jun 23, 2008 17:57:00 GMT
Maybe Saint Nick could teach us a few things...  |
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Post by RedFlag32 on Jun 24, 2008 18:38:10 GMT
Santa's a commie haha
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Post by Stallit 2 de Halfo on Jul 23, 2008 23:09:51 GMT
Just another and last bit from the book on John:
Page 87, Chapter 10 "The Exchange of Prisoners"
"(When fourteen Americans were exchanged before the British and Irish, one of the Irish who had fought with the Americans went as one of them. He was John O' Beirne, originally from Balbriggan. He was put down as 'John Berkley', a name similar to John's Mother's name, Berkery. A good friend, Leo Berman, was on the list of fourteen getting out but felt bad about leaving his pal John O' Beirne, who was in his forties and suffering from a leg wound and arthritis which slowed him down. This had made him a frequent target for the sergeants.)
Leo let John take his place on the list. Both were lucky however. The prisoners left Ondarreta prison in San Sebastián on 8 October for the bridge at the border. There each had to wait until his name was called, then walk across. Fourteen names were called, including 'John Berkley', which left Leo standing there. The Red Cross staff man asked Leo his name. 'Berman, but my name was skipped.'
'Son, you are the fourteenth, hurry up and cross.'
John was held up for some time, along with nine British prisoners and some Canadians in Ondarreta where Colonel Martin left soap and money from the British Dependants Aid Committee. He arrived at Balbriggan station near Dublin, still wearing light Spanish prison clothes and alpargatas, but couldn't manage the four-minute walk downhill to his family home. When his brother-in-law collected him with a motorbike and sidecar, he had to lift John in. The leg wound which aggravated his arthritis healed slowly."
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