Category: Family

Several hours last Saturday were spent, rather than writing up a weekend post, brushing out the flood in my house.  I had turned on the bath and forgotten about it.  I stepped off the sofa, to...

Every once in a while, usually after a glass of red wine, I have a look at mum and dad's old photos.   They met in the late 1950s, in a hall over in Garvagh.  Although dad was ten years older,...

I came across an old poem (see below) entitled To the Old Year, written on December 27th, 1884, by Susie Troland, a Coleraine lady.  She was inspired by the year just ended, namely 1884. In...

Earlier this year, I cleaned up an old photograph that I had encountered on the internet, of one of the beach areas at Portrush. This area was known as the ladies bathing place.  The image was...

On discovering an old 1909 poem by a Portrush man, a few months ago, I needed a sandhills photograph (to suit the theme of the poem).  I knew that there was one somewhere, taken in the 1960s,...

Quick update. Apologies, I am three weeks behind in emails and responding to comments.  Thank you all so much for your kindness re Tiger. I don't believe that I have encountered so many messages,...