Newry News and Irish Fun
Dickie Rodgers has suffered a few strokes recently and this is on top of a serious illness he has been fighting for more than a decade. But Dickie is nothing if not a fighter and even in his eighties he is a lively conversationalist.
Ambulance men and their families had to cope with the difficulties and vagaries of a divided society, not just at work but at home too.
Even today of course the Daisy Hill Ambulance Crews cover all of South
We were listing past employees of The Action for Community Employment (A.C.E.) Scheme in Newry. I’m sure you know several of these here (F-H) and indeed, the first-named is today a Councillor!
My grandmother, Kitty Kelly, (nee Mulligan) was born in Carey’s Row,
We were listing past employees of The Action for Community Employment (A.C.E.) Scheme in Newry. I’m sure you know several of these here (D-F) and indeed, I recognise at least one serving Councillor of today!
Dickie Rodgers was adjudged overall winner of our recent Reminiscence Competition for a series of short stories and anecdotes. He also recounted powerful incidents from his own life.
When I was a young girl, I loved to go over to meet my dad, John Kane, a steam engine driver with the Great Northern Railway, as he was coming out of the railway station at
The Action for Community Employment (A.C.E.) Scheme was, in its time, a useful programme to integrate the unemployed back into the workforce and provide necessary community facilities at the same time.