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A photo Album of mostly Strabane
photographers
very little information - Moore, Bessie, B. A. Londonderry, Ardstraw
 
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1) With best wishes 30.7.03 B. A.
2) With best wishes Bessie 27/1/03
3) Solve the Puzzle? Find the Child - 10th January 1906 Postmark Londonderry
to Mr. A. Moore, Auctioneer, Milltown, Ardstraw, Co. Tyrone
all Strabane photographers
all Strabane photographers
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1) Belfast photographer
2) Glasgow photographer
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4) Portrush photographer
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1) Belfast photographer
2) Dublin photographer
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Lee, Portrush photographer
Newspaper Clippings - Poems or Songs
An Irish Dirge For Our Beloved Queen Victoria
and on the back of the clipping..
"Did We Win" - An Incident in Buller's Advance
Torn and bleeding, haply dying, Wounded by a bursting shell,
On the hillside he is lying - Lying as when first he fell.
Eye and cheek and jaw are shattered,
Anguish racks his body through;
Glares the veldt, with boulders scattered, Fiercely in the burning blue.
Ye who talk of battle's glory,
Dashing charge and ringing cheers,
Turn and read the other story, Writ in blood and pain and tears.
Scorched by day, he yet may perish,
Frozen by the nightly chill;
Scarce a hope he dares to cherish, Lying helpless on the hill.
Pain of mind and body meeting, For
through all his tortured brain,
Fevered thoughts are wildly beating - "Was our onslaught made in vain?"
"I remember thund'rous crashing,
Trenches rushed, and fences cleared,
Fire and dust, and comrades dashing, Forward, as if naught was feared.
"When I fell a screaming thunder,
Stunned and shook me as I lay,
Splinters tore my face asunder - What if we have lost the day?
"Failure now may mean surrender, To
a gallant comrade band,
Capture to each brave defender, And dishonour to our land?"
Pain on pain seems fiercely
thronging, Just to test his manhood's powers;
While his heart is sick with longing - "Was the victory theirs or ours?"
Ends at length that brave enduring,
And with evening help appears;
Skilful hands the wounds securing, Cannot soothe the soldier's fears.
Voiceless, yet his look is yearning,
And he signs with feeble hands;
Restless gaze and pulses burning - "Will they never understand?"
Someone reads his meaning better,
Bids him write the thoughts within;
Slowly now each trembling letter, Forms the question - "Did we win?"
When they tell him all the story, He
has quite forgot his grief,
Revelling in his country's glory, And the leaguered town's relief!
M.C.E.S.
on the back ...
Londonderry Congregational Church, Introduction of a New Organ.
Last evening on the occasion of
the introduction of a new organ presented to the Londonderry
Congregational Church by Mr. R. Lee Hogg a most enjoyable concert and
organ recital was given in the church. Rev. David Hird, M.A., minister
of the congregation, presided, and there was a very large audience. In
his opening remarks the chairman said the congregation and himself were
personally under a deep debt of gratitude to one of their community for
his generosity in presenting them with such a fine organ. They hopes
that through this instrument they would be able to improve their praise
and make their worship more acceptable unto God. The acknowledgment of
the gift was sincere and heartfelt. The programme, which consisted of
sacred solos, was then proceeded with. Mr. H. P. Dixon, organist of
Christ Church, gave a number of recitals on the organ, in which the
sweetness and tone of the instrument were heard to advantage. Mr. J. Orr
sang "The Star of Bethlehem" and "Nazareth" in a meritorious manner.
"The voice of the Father," contributed by Mrs. Dunlop, was a pleasing
item. Later on she was much admired in her rendering of "The Better
Land." Mr. G. Chinnock was listened to with pleasure in a couple of
solos. Miss L. R. Boal sang "Largo" tunefully, and in the second part of
the programme her contribution of "The dawn of redemption" was one of
the most enjoyable items of the evening. Miss Hird contributed two
sacred solos in a manner most acceptable to the audience. A choir
conducted by Mr. Dixon gave two anthems in a praiseworthy manner. The
National Anthem was sung by the audience, and the proceedings concluded
with the doxology.
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