The Union Jack Club - Waterloo Road

[anpefa1]

hi there,

as it seems that your original question has been revitalised would it be worth trying the british legion for info?

tony

[krazy kath]

Thank you all for your suggestions.

To anpefa1 - have you Reilly ancesters?  My father who worked at the Union Jack Club was O'reilly and my greatgrand father came from Dun Laoghaire Ireland.  Any clues as how to find info on them?  Have visited there this year and Dublin Records for church but not birth registration without much success.

[anpefa1]

hi kk,

yes i am a reilly (no "o" in the family)

my research area is dublin (my home town and where my da was born) paternal side of the family probably from meath but still looking.

tony

[anpefa1]

hi again kk,

sorry i forgot to address the latter part of your post.

familysearch.org (the free website of the church of latterday saints, the mormon's with the vast record collection in salt lake city utah usa) is a good site.

they have microfilm records of the irish bmd's and 1901 & 1911 census on line (the census is also accessible free online through national archives.ie)

their site here in london is currently temporarily closed with access available at the national archives in surrey.

depending on the dates and bmd information you have essentially you could obtain the reference numbers required to order certificates from the record office in dublin or get photocopies (which is cheaper) if you go in person (or someone goes for you).

i shall be returning to dublin soon so if you have a request let me know.

tony

       

[krazy kath]

Thanks for the info about Dublin and obtaining BMD info.  I am learning almost daily.  Another trip to Ireland will be planned next year and then I will be able to go further with my searching.  The ancesters do come up O'reilly, Reilly, Riley etc. so this is where I think I need to really identify who they are.

Kath

[Phil Parish]

When I was in the Navy I used to stay at weekends at the UJC (Union Jack Club) as it was called then.
There were dormitories with lines of beds and metal lockers for your personnal effects, this was the economy class accommodation for single men. I were there during mid 1960s and early 70s before it closed down. Photographs, etc was available on the internet,  but appears to have been removed.

[hullnow]

I stayed at the UJC a number of times when I was an apprentice at RAF Halton(210entry).Apprentices got a reduced rate and were also give a single room.My parents and sister stayed in the families accomodation when they came down to London to attend my passing out parade in 1969.If my memory serves me correctly the families block was around the corner in a side street.