{"id":2077,"date":"2020-07-02T09:34:58","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T08:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/girlhood-and-later-life\/?p=2077"},"modified":"2020-07-02T11:04:50","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T10:04:50","slug":"ceal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/girlhood-and-later-life\/2020\/07\/02\/ceal\/","title":{"rendered":"Ceal"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Then&#8230;<\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_2044\" style=\"width: 405px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2044\" class=\"wp-image-2044 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/girlhood-and-later-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2019\/11\/cecilia-edited-then.png\" alt=\"Photo of Ceal as a teenager.\" width=\"395\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/girlhood-and-later-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2019\/11\/cecilia-edited-then.png 395w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/girlhood-and-later-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2019\/11\/cecilia-edited-then-271x300.png 271w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/girlhood-and-later-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2019\/11\/cecilia-edited-then-150x166.png 150w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/girlhood-and-later-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2019\/11\/cecilia-edited-then-250x277.png 250w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/girlhood-and-later-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2019\/11\/cecilia-edited-then-350x388.png 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2044\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ceal, on holiday, aged 15.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Thinking about yourself as the young woman in this photo, what did you think life held in store for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I was born in 1940 and my early life, for me, was set out by my parents, one did as one was told and I guess one didn\u2019t have many choices in life. One didn\u2019t have a choice of what to eat, what to wear, where to go etc. It was how things were. I didn\u2019t question it because I knew no alternative. Therefore, the first time in my life that I had to make a proper choice was how to chose a career. I wasn\u2019t very good at that! I really had no idea of what the future held for me. I actually don\u2019t think that I thought about it. This is a very honest statement from me.<\/p>\n<h1>&#8230;and now<\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_2043\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2043\" class=\"wp-image-2043 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/girlhood-and-later-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2019\/11\/cecila-edited-now.png\" alt=\"Photo of Ceal now.\" width=\"360\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/girlhood-and-later-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2019\/11\/cecila-edited-now.png 360w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/girlhood-and-later-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2019\/11\/cecila-edited-now-231x300.png 231w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/girlhood-and-later-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2019\/11\/cecila-edited-now-150x195.png 150w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/girlhood-and-later-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2019\/11\/cecila-edited-now-250x325.png 250w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/girlhood-and-later-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2019\/11\/cecila-edited-now-350x455.png 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2043\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ceal, now, walking around 76 miles of the Camino de Santiago in six days, fundraising for charity.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>What advice would you give your younger self now about being young and growing older?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I would advise her to think for herself at every opportunity. To be assertive. To believe in herself and be confident.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Then&#8230; Thinking about yourself as the young woman in this photo, what did you think life held in store for you? I was born in 1940 and my early life, for me, was set out by my parents, one did as one was told and I guess one didn\u2019t have many choices in life. 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