The Longest Run of Our Lives

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A plan just seemed to come together. Like my dad had a van from the company he was with JR Porter and Sons. And a plan was put into position and we all had a role to play. It became a bit, I suppose for someone like me now it became a bit of an exciting escapade. Their mother got the keys as planned and helped the women slip out the back gate with their bags. My mum locked the door after them from the inside. The longest run of our lives because we were terrified at the stage. Terrified we might meet priests or policemen.

When she was 14 years old, Elizabeth Coppin was sent to a place called Peacock Lane in Cork, Ireland. It was a laundry business run by a Catholic order of nuns. Elizabeth noticed bars on its windows.

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