THE DEMPSEY HISTORY . BY JOAN I WAS THE YOUNGEST OF EIGHT LIVING CHILDREN. MOTHER,S NAME WAS MARY. FATHER NAME HENRY.FIRST BORN WAS MARY. THEN MICHAEL. CATHERINE. ANNE BABY FRANCES. DIED AT NINE MONTHS.I WAS TOLD SHE WAS BLIND.NEXT WAS BRIDIE. HARRY. VERONICA KNOWN AS RONNIE.THEN MYSELF AFTER ME THERE WAS TWINS. JOSEPH. GERRARD. BOTH DIED.AT BIRTH.THE OLDER ONES IN THE FAMILY.LIVED IN PORTLAND STREET.THEY WENT TO OUR LAD;Y SCHOOL IN ELDON STREET.CATHERINE PASSED THE SCHOLAR SHIP AND WENT TO NOTRE DAM .THEY MOVED TO 153 FOUNTAINS ROAD .THAT WAS THE ONLY HOUSE I LIVED IN TILL I WAS MARRIED.FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS.THEN MOVED TO NORRIS GREEN. HARRY RONNIE AND MYSELF WENT TO ST JOHN;S SCHOOL IN KIRKDALE. WHEN I WAS NINE MY DA DIED. HE DIED IN BELMONT ROAD HOSPITAL.FROM WHAT I WAS TOLD WAS NOT A VERY NICE PLACE. YEARS AFTER MY MA WAS ILL AND WAS GOING IN HOSPITAL. AND ASKED ME NOT TO LET HER GO TO BELMONT ROAD. BUT SHE WAS GOING TO WALTON HOSPITAL .I MADE SURE BEFORE WE GOT IN THE AMBULANCE. I WAS TWENTY EIGHT YEARS OF AGE WHEN MY MA DIED. THE HOUSE IN FOUNTAINS ROAD .WAS VERY BIG IT HAD ON THE FIRST FLOOR A KITCHEN. A BACK KITCHEN UPSTAIRS WAS A BIG BEDROOM A SITTING ROOM .AND A BATHROOM. ON THE NEXT FLOOR WAS TWO BEDROOMS AND A ROOM CALLED A BOX ROOM WHAT THE WATER TANK WAS IN IT WAS THE ONLY HOUSE IN FOUNTAINS ROAD TO HAVE ELECTRICITY IN .THE OTHERS HOUSES HAD GAS MANTLES . WE WERE LUCKY REGARDING THE RADIO WE JUST PLUGGED IN LIKE TODAY.THE OTHER;S HAD TO USE ACCUMALATERS IT WAS LIKE A BATTERY AND THEY USED TO TAKE THEM TO A SHOP IN SMITH STREET TO GET ANOTHER ONE. IT WAS A SHAME ABOUT THE HOUSE THE LANDLORD WAS JEWISH CALLED DAVIS. AND WOULD NOT DO ANY REPAIRS SO THE HOUSE ENDED UP IN A TERRIBLE STATE. AND THE WAR CAUSED A LOT OF DAMAGE WE NEVER LEFT THE HOUSE DURING THE WAR .WHEN THE AIR RAIDS WAS ON WE USED TO GET UNDER THE BIG KITCHEN TABLE HARRY RONNIE AND MYSELF I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT THE FAMILY NOW .MARY WAS THE FIRST MARRIED TO BILL WHEELHOUSE.IN OUR LADY,S CHURCH DOWN IN DINGLE.SHE HAD FOUR CHILDREN KATHLEEN. DENISE. ROBERT. CHRISTINE. CATHERINE MARRIED JACK ELLIOT.THEY HAD ONE CHILD ALAN CATHERINE WAS NOT IN GOOD HEALTH SHE SUFFERED FROM HEART DISEASE SHE WAS ONLY 36 YEAR,S OLD WHEN SHE DIED. ALAN WAS NINE YEARS OF AGE JACK SISTER JESSIE TOOK OVER ALAN .SO WE DID NOT SEE MUCH OF HIM. THE NEXT TO GET WED WAS ANNIE .TO TOM GRIFFITHS. THEY HAD THOMAS AND LINDA.MICHAEL WED GERT KELLY THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN .SUSAN. MICHAEL WHO WAS DISABLED HE DIED WHEN HE WAS TWENTY THREE THEN GILLIAN. AND GERRARD THEY GOT WED IN ST, LUKE,S CHURCH .IN GOODISON ROAD.BRIDIE WED DAVE BOULTON IN ST JOHN,S CHURCH KIRKDALE. THEY HAD ONE SON CALLED IAN. HARRY WED LENA LUCAS IN ST TERASA CHURCH NORRIS GREEN.THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN ELAINE. KEVIN. BRIAN .NEIL. RONNIE WED LENA,S BROTHER JOE LUCAS.THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN PAUL KAREN. DAVE.I I WAS THE LAST TO BE MARRIED .TO JIMMY KELLY IN ST; JOHN;S CHURCH KIRKDALE’. WE HAVE FOUR CHILDREN DEBBIE . SEAN. COLIN . MARK . WE LOST OUR FIRST TWO BABIES .THEY WERE BORN PREMATURE. THE FIRST WAS A BOY WHO WAS CALLED KEITH JAMES .HE LIVED THREE DAY;S THE NEXT WAS A GIRL WHO WAS CALLED JOAN SHE LIVED 12 HOURS.WHEN BABIES WERE BORN .EARLY. THEY ALWAYS ASKED YOU DID YOU WANT THEM BABTISED. AND THEY BABTISED THEM IN THE HOSPITAL FOR YOU AFTER DEBBIE. WAS BORN I LOST ANOTHER BABY A GIRL’ BUT SHE WAS STILL BORN. I DON’T REMEMBER MUCH ABOUT THAT BIRTH. I WAS TO ILL . THERE IS ONLY RONNIE AND MYSELF LEFT. AT THIS TME OF WRITING THIS AFTER CATHERINE DIED . AGE 36 YEARS MICHAEL DIED HE WAS 60 YEAR;S MARY WAS 76 YEARS . BRIDIE WAS 74 YEAR;S ANNIE DIED SIX MONTHS AFTER BRIDIE AGE 78 YEARS HARRY DIED AGE74 YEARS HARRY,S ELAINE DIED AGED FIFTY. SHE HAD ONE DAUGHTER NAMED KEELEY. THEY LIVED IN LONDON TODAY IS THE 25TH MAY 2007.THIS WEEK ON THE 21ST OF MAY RONIE DIED . SHE WAS NOT IN VERY GOOD HEALTH FOR A FEW YEARS. SHE WAS ON THE OXYGEN THROUGH HER BREATHING.SO SHE COULD NOT GO OUT; UNLESS IN A WHEEL CHAIR.ALSO SHE WAS A DIABETIC.SO SHE HAS REALY SUFFEREDOVER THE YEARS.AND HAS AT TO BE DEPENDANT ON OTHER PEOPLE. WHICH I WOULD HATE .AND RONNIE HATED.SHE HAS BEEN IN HOSPITAL SINCE JANUARY.I FEEL VERY UPSET OVER HER .BUT DEEP DOWN I KNOW SHE IS BETTER OFF .AND SHE IS IN A BETTER PLACE. WITH THE REST OF THE FAMILY.SO I AM THE ONLY ONE LEFT SO I WONT BE ADDING ANYMORE TO THE DEMPSEY STORY CHEERS JOAN KELLY