Marie DoreathyI was born to Irish/Italian Parents in County Tipperary Ireland. My father brought us to live in London at a young age. My parents, siblings and I lived in the east end of London in a damp basement flat, which had 2 rooms, a small kitchen and an outsde toilet. Money was short and Mum always had to have on tick anything she needed for the home. Although my father provided what he could to feed us, things were not great between my Mum and Dad, they seemed to go their separate ways. My father stayed away sometimes for a night staying at family friends' houses. When visiting family friends he would buy their children new clothes, whereas we were given second hand shoes and second hand clothes. My education was not good and I left school without any quali¬fications at the age of fourteen years. I was always ridiculed at school by the English teacher for having an Irish accent, and I was told that I would not get anywhere in life. I had no con¬fidence in myself. In my late twenties I started writing small verses mostly with humor, which have been published. Read More Read Less