Mary Johnson obituary

My mother, Mary Johnson, who has died aged 92, spent most of her working life as a dinner lady in Cheetham, north Manchester, where she was one of the cornerstones of the local Irish community.She was born in Windfield, near Mountbellew, County Galway, to Patrick White, a farmer, and his wife, Bridget (nee Dempsey). After Ballinruane school she worked in a general store before emigrating to Britain in 1945 to take up a post as a maid in Cheshire. Two years later she moved to Cheetham, where she