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Bridget Heaney

Photo Album: My First & Only Love

Submitted by Richard Sandford
September/October 2018

September 1, 2018 by 1 Comment

My wife, Bridget Heaney, was born on June 7, 1944. She was one of 10 children raised by a single mother in Cavan, Ireland. Her mother eventually moved to England (Newbury) in search of work, and it was in Newbury that I met Bridget. I was 23 and she was 19. At the time, I was in the U.S. Air Force (U.S.A.F.) and stationed with the Strategic Air Command, at R.A.F. Greenham … [Read more...] about Photo Album: My First & Only Love

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