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Bessbrook Mill :My great grandmother
Margaret Hamill worked here in the 1870 to 1890 era. She travelled
from Lurgangreen, co. Monaghan by ass and cart to be picked up by
Richardsons coach on a Sunday evening....more>>>
Antrim : Gary Gribben, My wife found
your name yesterday on the web and asked me if I knew you as she
thought the name was familiar. Sure enough, we used to hang around
as we lived in Ballykeel II as well. I also went to St. Mary's and
then St. Louis. We now live in Ottawa, Ontario...more>>>
Broighter Gold, Limavady : I agree
with Mr Mullan being a relative of Thomas Nicholl I feel that the
Gold should be returned to the place of it's origin where it belongs....more>>>
WWII at Ballyhalbert :My mum was
stationed at Ballyhalbert during WWII. She was in the first group
of women who were sent there. She said it was the best two years
of her life. She also said that it seemed to be a place where they
sent airmen to "recover," either from psychological distress
or other problems...more>>>
Ballykelly :My mother remembers from
her childhood in the 1930s that her father would occasionally doze
off while driving his horse and trap of an evening home from the
Limavady cattle market, but the canny old horse would find its own
way back...more>>>
Randalstown Mill :My Mother and her
three sisters worked at the Old Bleach in Randalstown. Mum and two
of her sisters used to do the hand painting on the tableclothes.
Mum told me that they couldn't get the colour dyes from Germany
while the war was on......
.....more>>>
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