In an attempt to revitalise the toy industry after the end of World War I, the American Tootsie Toys company introduced a new range of innovative pocket-sized diecast toys in 1918. Tootsie’s success in the
Boys Toys of the 50s
John McCullagh
McGladdery walks the route …
In an attempt to establish his alibi Robert McGladdery as suspect agreed to walk his alleged route home in the company of a policeman Head Constable Farrelly.
Screw in my pocket
I was a sentenced prisoner – for the ‘crime’ of carrying the national flag – but there were also internees over in D Wing. I knew and was known to many of them and had illicit communications with them. As a result I was able to obtain supplies that other Juveniles could not.
Brown’s Yard : End
The last cottage in the Brown’s Yard row, number four was the home of the Hamill family. After the houses in Brown’s Yard were condemned and demolished, the Hamills would move to the newly renovated housing at
Meadow: Helen’s Terrace
Helen’s Terrace in The Meadow was there long before the great housing estate was first constructed in the late 1940s. Indeed then they were the only homes in a kilometre radius – except for the isolated cottage of ‘Sticks’ Morgan’s people a little further along the Pighall Loanan.
In the bar in Kilkeel
Then one quiet day when I was about ten, I made my way into a public bar in Kilkeel because I thought no one was there.
Gaol Days
Dan Moore, Republican veteran continues his occasional series of reminiscences of prison days!
Meadow Reunion: more slides
I’m not sure – what with the poor photo quality – that these were worth the long wait! Anyway, enjoy what you can!