TRAVELS NOW AND THEN

© Christopher Earls Brennen

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LONDON 1949

Easter, 1949.

On Easter, 1949, my father, Wilfred M. Brennen, took my brother, Michael, and I to London, on our first trip outside Ireland. We embarked on a passenger ferry (The "Ulster Prince" or "Ulster Monarch") from Belfast to Liverpool and then caught the boat train from Liverpool Lime Street Station to London Euston. My hazy recollection is that we stayed in a small hotel in South Kensington and travelled around in the "Tube", the London underground (which I loved - it appealed to my sense of order).

On the boat to Liverpool

Liverpool Lime Street Station

I recall that the Burberry raincoats and shoes were bought specially for the trip. The caps were standard issue of the Rainey Endowed School.

London Zoo, Regents Park

London Zoo, Regents Park

Windsor Castle

Along the Embankment

Trafalgar Square

Kew Gardens

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Last updated 7/30/99.
Christopher E. Brennen