Birth
I was born at home in 23 Bird's Close, Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire England.
| When | Dec 19, 1955 |
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| Where | Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire |
My earliest memory is of the white trellis over the front door - I was lying on my back in the pram and gazing up at it!
I also remember playing in the newly laid tarmac round the corner and getting told off when I got home for getting tar on my shoes.
We moved as a family to Dumfries in Scotland, since my father, Richard senior, was offered a good package to work in the Imperial Chemical Industries Plastics Division there as an inspector. My mother, Elizabeth senior, raised us four children ( Elizabeth was born in 1954, Seán in 1957 and Bridget was born in 1963), but returned to teaching as we became old enough.
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