02 Apr 2016

Violet Sloan

Violet (b.1924) talks about the American dances at the Plaza Ballroom in Chichester Street Belfast as well as what sort of clothes and make up they would have worn.

08 Apr 2016

Alec Murray

Alec (b. 1931) talks about Segregation amongst American troops, Eisenhower’s visit post-war & the American plane crash on Cave Hill.

23 May 2016

Mabel Williams

Mabel (b. 1910) talks about an American stationed in Belfast who became friends with her brother and his fiancé.

15 May 2017

Arnie Creighton

Arnie (b. 1944) talks about his namesake Roscoe Taylor Arnold, an American GI known as ‘Tex’ who married Arnie’s cousin, Lily.

03 Jul 2017

Tom Hanna

Tom (b. 1932) remembers the bombing of Pearl Harbour, America entering the war and some of the Americans his sister Winnie dated.

12 Jul 2017

Sadie Lineker

Sadie (b. 1924) fondly remembers attending the Red Cross dances and trips they put on for American soldiers stationed in Belfast.

11 Jun 2018

David Honneyman

David (b. 1918) tells us about his interactions with American soldiers as well as some funny anecdotes he had heard at the time.

28 Sep 2018

Irene Millar

Irene (b. 1931) talks about her sister who met and married an American GI from Alabama.

31 Oct 2019

Walter McVeigh

Walter (b. 1925) tells some stories about the Americans stationed in Northern Ireland during the war.

02 Dec 2019

Gerard Topping

Gerry (b. 1928) talks about when the Americans arrived in his hometown of Lurgan.

06 Dec 2019

Eileen Taylor

Eileen (b. 1934) talks about the Americans arriving in Coleraine.

20 Jan 2020

Mollie Morgan

Mollie (b. 1925) talks about the American dances at the Plaza Ballroom on Chichester Street, Belfast.