A normal day turned out to be the last for house-mates
Ann Mernagh, now Ann Lynch since her marriage, spent the day shopping, buying cigarettes from a vendor in Moore Street, vacuuming the house, and enjoying tea and a chat with house-mates Sylvia Shields and Mary Callinan, before heading out for a night of bingo and returning home with a bag of chips.
After making a cup of tea, she headed upstairs to bed about 11.20pm, stopping off at Sylvia’s room to say goodnight and to ask for a call in the morning if her friend was awake first. That was the way it worked in the house, Ann said yesterday, whoever got up first woke the others. They were friends, she added.
