It was the 26th February 2010: for many, just a normal Friday and the beginning of the weekend. I was, as usual, being underwhelmed by the significance of this date. Another birthday and little to celebrate! Why would I celebrate?
John McCullagh
Lislea Drama: Results
There were shocks a-plenty for the home side when Kathleen Barrington announced the results of the Amateur Drama Festival (confined) at Lislea on Saturday night.
Windsor Hill c. 1957
This terrific photo was emailed to me from Brian Dodds. His friends will be delighted to know he is recovering well from his recent illness. Sadly for us, he’s moving back to England. More of that later. Now, the photograph.
Review: On the Waterfront: Lislea
Kathleen Barrington, adjudicator at Lislea Drama Festival had lavish words of praise for various aspects of the home team’s performance last evening.
What do you know?
The following questions and answers were extracted from a recent GCE examination …
Q. Name the four seasons ?
11 year old dispatch bearer
I went back to my position on Henry Street. I was first in the firing line from Nelson’s Column, a position which was dangerous also from Amien Street Station and Earl Street.
Ann Carroll: In Loving Memory
Throughout his long association with Journal, with your editor and with the other eejits of this site, never once did Tony Carroll ever complain about the harsh lot he was dealt in recent years, the trials he had to endure since his dear wife Ann was diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease and the enormous pain he suffered as his life’s love degenerated physically before his eyes.
Lislea Drama Festival begins
We will be in Lislea on Saturday and Sunday nights for the opening of their 30th Anniversary Lislea Drama Festival.
Darts at the Crown Bar
My but doesn’t time fly by? The Crown Bar is gone (now it’s McSwiggans and is run by Andrew Connolly, George’s son) and, sadly, so too are some of the Darts stars of yesteryear, pictured here.