The happiest days of my life (and the best foundation stone of any child’s life) were spent in the Meadow, where I was born in 1967 :
School Days
Christian Bros, Kilmorey Street
Joe and Walter Morgan attended the Christian Brothers’ School in
Yesterday’s memories
It doesn’t seem that long ago that as a child living in Newry and the long summer days that seemed to be endless and the fun we had as well as the mischief. It makes me think back to what only could be described as the best of days.
Train trip to the ‘Point
Travel to exotic far-flung parts of the earth nowadays is taken very much for granted. But to the children of Newry in the nineteen fifties and sixties, life was a lot simpler.
Abbey 1955 Seniors
This old school photo was donated from California by Michael Petty – who features here (see Threads latest). But we don’t know many of the names! Can you help? Post names in the guestbook/discussion forum. Click on the photo below for a larger version.
Stone of the Heart 1
A Newry friend of mature years was clearing out old papers of his late father when he discovered the following offering, that he rightly considered might be of interest to the Newry Journal. We are happy to reproduce it here (in two parts).
Abbey Leavers 1969
The Abbey school magazine that Nitram referred to contained the following list of previous year’s leavers (at least those who went on to Further & Higher Education).
Smugglers & Criminals
A number of stories of ‘severe’ misconduct and ever more severe judicial retribution caught my eye in the pages of the Reporter from 16 May 1942, in the middle of the War.
Number 1 Hits of 1961
They were the best of times: they were the worst of times …
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