real violence erupted on the streets. i mean, the idea of the father in the film being threatened by the protestant hard men for refusing to go along with the gangs and threatening his catholic neighbours, was that something that directly happened to your father? there was a sense, you couldn t be in that part of belfast at that time, at least through my nine year old eyes you couldn t be, unless there was some sense of threat and the possibility of intimidation. and are they really vivid memories that you have? i mean, just taking yourself back to those moments, of those paving stones being dug up and the barricades being erected, was there a sense in your mind, as a young kid, that something very dangerous was happening, that there was some kind of weird seismic shift happening on the streets outside? yes, because for a while, what had been really a sort of wonderland where the street where you lived was your wild west town, it was your castles, it was your place for dragons, it was
to cope with that is part of the nature of it but a lot of it s true. even though there is humour and a sense of optimism throughout the film, i mean, this is a moment in history, 1969, where real violence erupted on the streets. i mean, the idea of the father in the film being threatened by the protestant hard men for refusing to go along with the gangs and threatening his catholic neighbours, was that something that directly happened to your father? there was a sense, you couldn t be in that part of belfast at that time, at least through my nine year old eyes, you couldn t be, unless there was some sense of threat and the possibility of intimidation. and are they really vivid memories that you have? i mean, just taking yourself back to those moments, of those paving stones being dug up and the barricades being erected, was there a sense in your mind, as a young kid, that something very dangerous was happening, that there was some kind of weird
of it but a lot of it s true. even though there is humour and a sense of optimism throughout the film, i mean, this is a moment in history, 1969, where real violence erupted on the streets. i mean, the idea of the father in the film being threatened by the protestant hard men for refusing to go along with the gangs and threatening his catholic neighbours, was that something that directly happened to your father? there was a sense, you couldn t be in that part of belfast at that time, at least through my nine year old eyes, you couldn t be, unless there was some sense of threat and the possibility of intimidation. and are they really vivid memories that you have? i mean, just taking yourself back to those moments, of those paving stones being dug up and the barricades being erected, was there a sense in your mind, as a young kid, that something very dangerous was happening, that there was some kind of weird seismic shift happening on the
1969, where real violence erupted on the streets. i mean, the idea of the father in the film being threatened by the protestant hard men for refusing to go along with the gangs and threatening his catholic neighbours, was that something that directly happened to your father? there was a sense, you couldn t be in that part of belfast at that time, at least through my nine year old eyes, you couldn t be, unless there was some sense of threat and the possibility of intimidation. and are they really vivid memories that you have? i mean, just taking yourself back to those moments, of those paving stones being dug up and the barricades being erected, was there a sense in your mind, as a young kid, that something very dangerous was happening, that there was some kind of weird seismic shift happening on the streets outside? yes, because for a while, what had been really a sort of wonderland where the street where you lived was your wild west town, it was your castles, it was your place for dra
ambers loved ones. he had a couple of friends that they were like you need to look at charlene. did you say oh no that can t be done? i did say. oh no it couldn t be. i said, oh no i pray it s not. in fact, josh s sister nicole had given police an earful about charlene early on. cops came into my house and told me what happened and ask me if my brother had enemies. and i said he does not have enemies but he does have charlene. nicole right away says it s her. her and josh s best friend keithe. they both said i don t think she should be her, i think it might have been her. and i said that s crazy. by the time of the funerals, even ambers sister who had never met charlie thought that she might be involved. i saw her for the first time in my life at the funeral. and, i just got cold chills. and i remember speaking at the funeral, giving my sister s eulogy. seeking her out. and in the crowd. just to make eye contact with her.