Scenes from an Examined Life

Micro biography of Anthony Joseph Michael Brady Poet & Author Unmarried conception Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland. Born Romford, Essex, 1940.In orphanage care to 1952. Salesian Agriculture & Trades School, Blaisdon Hall, SW England. Stud Farm Blaisdon to 1961. Belgium 18 months. Mont sur Meuse TB sanatorium worker caring for end of life terminally sick elderly WW2 concentration camp survivors. Qualified in basic Tropical Medicine, Antwerp. Barred from entering ex-Belgian Congo. London trained as Male Nurse: in the profession to 1968. Bethnal Green Hospital, The London Chest Hospital. Latterly St. Joseph’s Hospice, Hackney, London. Civil Servant to 1973.Then homeless charity Providence (Row) Spitalfields, London, Refuge welfare Administrator to 1980. Social work/Housing. Manager of DHSS specialist team JART* working with street homeless men and women, Government Reception Centre’s users in Central London, to 1995. A very controversial Project – In National Archives. Retired to Fermanagh in 1998. Volunteer with National Trust. Income Support/Welfare Advocate Nov.2017-April 2021 Ravensburg, Germany, Volkshochschule student with European migrants. Author of Quartet Memoir – Scenes from an Examined Life. Two poetry volumes – Homage to a Teacher. Limelight and Shadows. Publisher tredition.com Contributor to 4 published short story Collections by Fermanagh Writers. Languages: Latin. French. English. Italian. Spanish. German. Voluntary work in Fermanagh 2000-2017. Chaired 3 registered Charities: FACT-Barnlee - Residential Care home for 26 learning disabled adults (2002-2009). Lakeland-Home-Start Family Support (2000-1). Fermanagh Writers (2009-12). Supervisor - The Stables Bookshop National Trust Castle Coole (2014-17).
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