Viscountess Geraldine Jackson and Goldenbridge.

Gosh!, I read the story in last weeks Sunday paper about Viscountess Geraldine Jackson and her horrific time in Goldenbridge, Dublin. When I was there, there was an alter-ego of hers there too called Geraldine Jackson who?.

1 Didn?t work in a Rosary Beads factory until 3am ? we usually finished in the Bead Room 2 or 3 hours after starting, we started at 4pm. So even the slowest would be finished by 7.30pm, and that would also include our tea break.

2 Didn?t abscond from Goldenbridge at 16 years old in terror ? but was placed in nurse training in St Ultans Hospital. (By Sr Xaveria)

3 Possibly did drink from a toilet bowl (I know I didn?t, especially in the yard where there was a tap!). I do know some of the residents might have at night time as we didn?t have sinks upstairs ? they must have had very long necks ? the bowls were the old fashioned very high ones. Flushing got water for some. (Don?t forget tho?, in those days we wouldn?t have seen that as unhygienic!)

4 Possibly did have teeth taken out by the dentist, like the rest of us ? out of necessity. I see the poor viscountess had hers ?yanked out? ? needlessly?

5 Wasn?t kept in a state of starvation permanently, but like the rest of us ? was always ?starving? ? especially before meal times! (There?s a big difference)

6 Is perfectly aware that Sr Xaveria always had the toddlers in the nursery running after her when she walked in. She?d hand them sweets, pat them on their little heads, and they?d run after her pulling at her habit.

???Wonder if they?re related?