ORAL HISTORY ARCHIVE:
BILL KIRK
Interviewed by Richard West
Location: Artist's home, Newtownards, County Down
Date: March 2006
Still taken from: 'Sandy Row' by Peter O'Doherty
Chapter 1:
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Chapter 1 Synopsis:
- Born Newtownards, 1937.
- Family business - Tobacco/Confectionary & Antique Dealership.
- Grandfather - Hugh Kirk, renowned Antiquarian.
- Lives with Grandparents while Mother in Hospital with TB.
- Early Cycling Influence - Parents rode a Tandem.
- History of Tuberculosis in Mother's Family.
- Vivid Memory - War Declared - aged 2 and a Half.
- Parents House - Cottage on Donaghadee Road.
- Only sibling - a Sister.
- Aged 11 when Mother dies of Tuberculosis.
- Grandfather's Art Connections - visits from Estyn Evans.
- Great animosity between Grandparents.
- Painter Paul Nietzsche lodges with Grandparents.
- Aged 5 moves back with Parents.
- Grandfather's Shop behind Town Hall, Newtownards.
- Trauma of being parted from Mother to start School.
- Very withdrawn at School - Sport and Interests help.
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