| Location | Huddersfield |
| Age | 85 years |
| Date of Birth | 16/02/1923 |
| Date of Death | 02/10/2008 |
| Visitors | 833 since 12/10/2008 |
| Creator |
A Man in A Million Million
Charles Conway was born on the 16th February 1923 in Castleisland Co Kerry
He was one of eight children born to Michael and Jo-Hannah, his wonderful Mom and Dad. Throughout his childhood he would deliver telegrams, fix bicycles and sell newspapers after sunday mass, all to make a few bob, to give to his mother. He was a great worker especially in the "Bog" cutting and footing "turf". Then he would go down to the home of Dr Rice and dig and set rows of potatoes. It was all hard work but it had to be done! And he enjoyed it.
As he got older he accompanied his Father "Mikie" The Bellman to advertise local events such as, a sale of cattle, a sum of money lost or found, a picture show or a play or a dance in the Carnegie Hall. Which brings us to his social life in Catleisland; he was drawn to the music coming from the Carnegie Hall, but did not have the money to pay to go into the dance. So he would dance in the entrance of the Hall. He soon became the Michael Flattery of his day. He left his beloved Castleisland in the mid 40s and arrived in Lakenheath in Suffolk to work with many other Irishmen in the aerodrome. He headed for Yorkshire after that and settled in Huddersfield.
He was an indoor crane driver at Hopkinson and Holmes and was actually poached from Holmes to work for Holsets Engineering, he worked in bay one and was very precise and accurate in his work and thank god he never had a mishap when lifting many many loads. He is still spoken about today as "The best Crane Driver". When he retired from Holsets, he then went to work at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as a Theatre Porter. It gave him great satisfaction and had a laugh and joke with everyone especially the children, they loved him.
Dancing and singing was his passion. He danced at St. Patrick's hall before it was actually open to the public he had a multitude of partners queuing up to dance with him. I'm sure that everyone who knew him will have fond memories of him. Michael, Hannah, Charles and the late George have lots and lots of childhood memories. On many occasions they would recall all of them getting into bed Michael at one side and Hannah at the other. George and charles actually lying on the top of him, each one trying to get as close as possible to him. He would then say "I'll put you all in my pocket". How he'd would tell them little stories and sing to them at bed time.
He was truly an Amazing, Loving, Caring and Devoted Father.
More than special Graandad Conway and great Grandad Glasses.
God bless you and keep you Charles Conway
A man in a million million.
Happy New Year Grandad! well its now 2011 n ive been so down 2day coz i couldnt speak 2 u n it jus reminds me of u all the time, u was always the 1st person i would wish happy new year too n now that ur gone i jus dont feel the same anymore. Every1 says times a great healer but i jus can not seem to move on, it hurts the same 2day as it did when u first left us! Anyway ill still try to keep my chin up for u and ill love n miss u every single day xxx
Hi Grandad well its 2 yrs since you left us and it feels jus like yesterday i cant believe how quickly time goes but the pain never fades. I still cant read your poems yet coz its way 2 painful, ill be going up 2 see you soon with my dad, i hope he will be ok today. im so worried about him coz he wont talk 2 anyone about you and he jus bottles it up all the time but hes stubborn as u know and im working on him :) I miss you all the time and i will love you always and forever and miss you every single day of my life love u lots Grandad xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hey Grandad happy Grandads day! We r all doing ok my dad n uncle michael is going home to Castleisland on thurs to take the bell home jus like u wanted it to be so please watch over them as they travel, Love n miss u always grandad the pain never goes away n i jus miss u like crazy xxxxxxxxxx
Hello Grandad missing u like always n really wish u was here with us all, its our Francis birthday today but u already knew that coz he is with u now, i jus want u to give him our love n get him a pint from me xxx
Hello Grandad im so sorry i have not been on in a while but i've been really down and depressed, u see im still really struggling with out u being here. It feels like i've lost u all over again and i was actually starting to accept it but jus out of the blue it had hit me like a ton of bricks. I cant sleep n im constantly thinking of u all the time, and i know ur saying that i should not worry myself and to enjoy life n my family but at the moment i jus carnt. Maybe its because it was the St Patricks day parade n St Patricks Day the other week i dunno, i jus feel lost n empty n i dunno how to to get out of it. Anyway im jus rambling, thinking n loving u always xxxxxxx send my love to all ur brothers n sisters n mum n dad who are with u now in gods garden xxxx
Hello Grandad well we have had an eventful couple of weeks, firstly we have now moved house and we proper love it, its a lot bigger and better for the kids and then we have just had christmas and santa brought the kids everything they wanted they are so spoiled. And the worst news of all is that your sister left her family down here to be with all her family up there in heaven. I couldn't attend the funeral to say good bye because i had just moved in to our new house and the snow was really bad. My dad managed to get their by train and his two left feet lol but he did get stranded coming back! Ive been thinking of you all the time lately and just wanted to say how much i love you and keep an eye on my dad for me because he very down at the moment xxxx
hi uncle charlie nana joined you today will you look after her for me because she will be scared on her own.Ann was with her and she sang sweet castleisland to her .
Hello Grandad well the winter is setting in and its christmas in a few weeks and the kids are getting excited, it will be better this year coz Jack is at the age where he is starting to understand all about it. I just wish you was still here to celebrate and enjoy it with us all who love you very dearly. It's getting easier but its still so painful but i think im at the point where i can think of you with out breaking down in floods of tears and its nice to think of all our happy memories of us together as a family. I love you very much grandad and will always miss you good night and god bless Grandad xxxx
Well Grandad it's been a whole year since u went to Gods garden and I miss u so much and always will. I feel kinda weird today I can't really explain but I think u would understand all my love forever xxxx
Hey Grandad did you see kerry win the all Ireland on sunday (36 altogether) we played brill, dad went to Irish Centre to watch it and he was so drunk lol Nannie and Uncle Richard are going to have a party for their Ruby Wedding Anniversary so it should be a good do and a chance to see everyone without it being a sad occasion. Katie has lost another tooth and she getting so big, she is just like i was at that age and she talks a lot about and lately and her Gan who is up in heaven with you so can u tell her that we all love her and we all love you so very much, all my love and kisses and cuddles xxxx
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