REMEMBERING by YES PUBLICATIONS

"Remembering" is a tapestry of stories created from edited interviews with families who lost loved ones during the First World War. Without the generous commitment and openness of all twenty eight interviewees, this book would not have been possible.

Many interviewees had researched in loving detail the life and times of their relative. We hear' for example: of Wesley Maultsaid's football skills; of Holmes Haslett's athletic prowess, racing down the Culmore Road ahead of the mail boat on the waters of the Foyle; of Denis Doherty's working life at McCullagh's in Waterloo Place and on the docks; of George Hasson "sweeping" around the city. Family photographs, documents, keepsakes, memorabilia have been generously provided to illustrate this publication.

Though all of the interviews were conducted in the spring of 2009, more than ninety years after Armistice Day 1918, it quickly became clear that many of the interviewees were grieving over the loss of their grandfather, grand-uncle, uncle (whom they, of course, had never known personally) in ways which suggested that the family loss had never been fully resolved.

Remembering is on sale in local bookshops priced £10.00 or:

direct from YES! Publications,
10-12 Bishop Street,
Londonderry
BT48 6PW
www.yespublications.org

This community-based project was developed by Holywell Trust
and funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.