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Thu 05 May 2007Whispers from the pastA new project brings tales of old Dublin back to life on the streets where they took place. Catherine Foleytakes a stroll around the cityStories recorded recently older people from the docklands area of Dublin reveal a time of close-knit communities and forgotten hardships. There are memories of the men who worked hard on the docks, frequenting pubs that "would be jumping at seven o'clock in the morning"; of the tenements and the building of new two-roomed flats along Pearse Street, which came complete with a toilet; of school days that were "hard going"; of the outbreak of the second World War and of the kind-hearted Dicey Riley who provided protection to country girls who ended up on the street. All of human life is here.