Triggered memories prove a distraction for a woman who sets out to spring clean a storage room.
Inspired by the change in seasons, Elizabeth Warner felt inspired to declutter her lumber room. Most homes have a space where furniture or unused possessions are stored, but this room at the back of her house is full to bursting with,
The junk of years, of generations.
Elizabeth Warner began with the best of intentions, but encountered decades of discarded items. It was not long before she became sidetracked by old photograph albums and trunks of bric-a-brac which had not seen the light of day for years. Time passed surprisingly fast and very little decluttering was accomplished, but she declares,
I had a grand time.
This episode of 'A Woman’s World’ was broadcast on Radió Éireann on 19 March 1963. The presenter is Síle Ní Bhriain.
'A Woman's World' was a weekly magazine programme for women which aired on Radio Éireann in the 1960s. Compiled and presented in the Cork Studios by Síle Ní Bhriain, the programme featured items such as interviews, reports, storytelling, and travelogues. Regular contributors included Daphne Pochin Mould, Sandra MacGregor-Hastie and Roy McGregor-Hastie.
Broadcast on Tuesdays on Radio Éireann, the first programme aired in March 1961 and the final programme aired in October 1967.
From the RTÉ Archives Acetate Disc Collection which has been digitised with the support of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) Archiving Scheme.
