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Knipe Collection
Music & Arts
mostly newspaper clippings, letters,
Misc., props
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1) 1960 - 24th August ~ New Ulster
play at Group just avoids bathos. ~ part article about
Hammerstein
2) It Was
Laughable To Hear The Laughs: Theatre - Ulster Group play - "Chopsticks in
Waltz Time," written and directed by Jonathan Goodman. CLICK image 2a to
read full article ~ part article
3) 1960 - The
Northern Whig and Belfast Post, Wed., Sept. 14. 1960 ~ photo:
Australian Journalists at Queen's, Dr. Michael Grant, Vice-Chancellor of
Queen's University, left, with three Australian journalists who are on a
four-day visit to Ulster, at the University yesterday. From left are, Mr. D.
L. Foster, assistant manager of radio station 2 UE, Sydney; Dr. Evasio
Constanzo, editor of "La Fiamma", Leichhardt, New South Wales, and Mr. G. F.
Tilley, editor of "Sunraysia Daily", Mildura, Victoria. ~ New
Ulster Bridge Productions link up with Empire Theatre: Almost all those who
created the Group Theatre have joined James Ellis in Ulster Bridge
Productions, which has now been put on a permanent basis.
CLICK image one to read the full article
~ James Young and Jack Hudson to be Group
joint chiefs: It was announced last night that James Young and Jack Hudson
had been invited to join the board of directors of the Ulster Group Theatre
and to act as joint managing directors. Mr. Young told the "Northern Whig"
that he was very happy about the invitations.
CLICK image 1 to read the full article
4) 1960 - The
Northern Whig and Belfast Post, Wed., Sept. 14. 1960 - Various: Charitable
Bequests, Rachel Gertrude Baxter, Whinney Knowe, Portaferry, Widow, deceased
5) 'Laughter from
the Whitehall' 'Beside the Seaside - Brian Rix, Leslie Sands, Marjorie
Rhodes, Joan Sims, Leo Franklyn, Edna Hopcroft
6) incomplete
article about an assault on Thompson & Cromb by O'Hare ~ Ulster
Dairy Queen Miss Valerie Mairs ~ Amusement Notices:- Grand Opera
House, Empire, Gaumont, Regent, Ritz, Royal Cinema, Royal Hippodrome, Tivoli
~ Accident verdicts on two Belfast men: A Belfast jury yesterday
returned a verdict of accidental death at the adjourned inquest on George
White (49), labourer, Carnan Street, who was found "lapped round the pulley"
in a sand-choked elevator at Albert Foundry, Springfield Road, on June 25.
The inquest was adjourned on August 11 to enable the Coroner, Dr. H. P.
Lowe, and the jury to inspect the elevator, and the jury added a rider to
their verdict calling for an alternative arrangement in switching off the
power. A witness, Thomas Davidson, said that on the day of the accident
White was working alone at the elevator. He was found dead after the lunch
break. It was essential that the plant should be switched off before
entering the elevator to clean it, the witness added. An "accidental"
verdict was also returned on Joseph Camack (70), cabinet maker, Malone Road,
who died after falling in a passage, described by a witness as being wet and
slippery, in the joinery department of Harland and Wolff, Ltd. He sustained
a neck fracture. ~ Man posed as relative of Minister:
Sixty-four-years-old William Faulkner walked into the Belfast Co-operative
Store on June 7, said he was a relative of the Minister of Home Affairs, Mr.
Brian Faulkner, and left with a travelling bag which he had obtained with a
worthless cheque. At the Custody Court yesterday, for what was described as
a clear case of fraud, Faulkner, of no fixed address, was sentenced to one
month's imprisonment. Detective Constable William T. Harris said that
Faulkner had tried to open an account at the store, but was refused. He
presented a cheque for the bag which cost £3 19s. 6d. When inquiries were
made at a bank, it was learned that Faulkner had unsuccessfully tried to
open an account there. The court heard that Faulkner had a record.
7) (picture
missing) Mary Begg, aged 14, of Guildford, Surrey, has plenty to live up to
for she's possibly the youngest girl ever to become a Queen's Guide, even
having to wait for her 14th birthday before being allowed to take the final
of a long series of tests. Eldest daughter of Captain Robert Begg, Commander
of the Royal Navy's 7th Frigate Squadron, Mary's family is justly proud of
her. But possibly proudest of all is her five-year-old sister, Hilary, seen
in picture. ~ Brian Freil's first play is engaging comedy. (CLICK
image 3 to read article) ~ cartoon
The Handy Family (incomplete) ~ part article: Two drivers ? £15
and ? .... Belfast taxi driver, policeman, unfit due to drink, Mr. J. McKee,
Henry J. Green .... park Cross August 4. - John Logan (35) .. Gleneden Park,
Jordan....
8) Difficulties
for cost in Group play by Betty Lowry: "A Little Learning is a dangerous
thing" wrote Pope, in The Doubtful Paradise, the play which opened at the
Group Theatre last night, author-schoolmaster Brian Friel seems to be
expressing the same sentiment. The central character, Willie Logue, is a
junior post office official in Londonderry addicted to night classes. (CLICK
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1) Mixed Bag in Group Revue: Derek Marsden,
James Young,
2) Portstewart
enjoyed "Champagne for Breakfast" Jimmy Greene, Robert McLernon, Margaret
Waine, Diana Payan, Maureen Tyson, Christopher Robbie, Michael Ingham, Colin
Vancao, Kenneth Jamison
3) The Minister of
Commerce (Mr. J. L. O. Andrews) had good pre-holiday news for Newry
yesterday. CLICK image 3 for full article ~ Itinerant Jailed:
Thomas Henry McDonagh, an itinerant, was sent to prison for 12 months at
Sixmilecross Court yesterday when he admitted driving while disqualified and
without insurance and taking away a car without the permission of the owner.
It was stated that police in Liverpool picked up McDonagh and kept him in
custody until an R.U.C. escort arrived. ~ After a gang made a
£5,000 raid on the Abdullah Tobacco Co. premises in New Bond Street, London,
early yesterday, the manager said, "All our best cigars - about 25,000 of
them - were taken and practically our entire stock of cigarette lighters".
4) a) New Young
Revue Opens at Group: After delighting Bangor residents and summer visitors
for almost a decade, James Young and his partner, Jack Hudson, have this
year, by force of circumstances, transferred their popular show to the
Ulster Group Theatre, in Belfast. CLICK image
4a to read full article ~
b) back of previous
article 1961 Alderman Milligan, Councillor R. D. McConnell, Councillors
Campbell, Hamilton, Holland, Alderman Brennan, Mrs. Levine ~ (part
article) Bangor Boy Sent to Training School: A
14-year-old Bangor boy, who had been given repeated chances by the court,
was sent to Malone Training School when he appeared before Mr. J. O. H.
Long, R.M., at a children's court in Bangor on Wednesday. On his latest
appearance in court the boy was charged, together with another local boy,
with stealing 5s. the property of Mrs. Delino, and further, with two other
boys, stealing 17s. also, the property of Mrs. Delino. All three pleaded
guilty. District Inspector Wr. Sparrow said the 14-year-old boy was the
ring-leader in the matter. In the first case he got one of the boys to "keep
dick" while he extracted the money from a slot machine. Later on the same
day he got both boys to keep watch while he stole more money from a machine.
On each occasion he gave some of the money to the other boys. The District
Inspector said the boy had been before the court before. In 1956 he was
charged with school-breaking and larceny and malicious damage: then in 1958
he admitted shop-breaking and larceny. On his next appearance, in 1959 for
larceny, he was sent to Malone for one month. There was nothing previous
against the other boys. When the 14-year-old boy told the R.M. he was sorry,
the R.M. observed that the boy had been before them before and received
repeated warnings. "Do you think we will go on warning you?" he asked.
Remanding the boy to Malone, the R.M. said that after all the warnings it (incomplete
article)
5) Continuous
Shrieking Mirth at Revue: James Young can do no wrong with his enthusiastic
fan following at Group CLICK image 5 to read
full article
6) a) 1961 -
Belfast Telegraph Friday July 7th, 1961 The Group's Summer Revue CLICK image
6a to read full article ~ b)
back of previous image
7) Action over
lime subsidies settled for £2,400 (part article)
~ Good idea goes to waste in patchy Group play (part
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1) a) Group producer quits, 'J.G.' to resign:
Harold Goldblatt, one of the founders of the Group Theatre, has resigned as
producer and artistic director. CLICK image 1a
to read full article - Crossword and solution,
don't cheat :) ~ b)
part article: Extension
of Tour, Major Karr - I believe you put in an application for an extension
of your overseas tour? - That is correct. That application was put in the
day after your wife's death? - That is correct. Asked why he made the
application, Marymont said:- "There was a two-fold reason. I wanted to
continue the education of my children here in an attempt to adjust us to the
changed situation after my wife had died. "I consulted with my mother by
telephone on the night my wife passed away, and she agreed to come over and
assist me to help keep the home going. "This application for an extension
was necessary because I only had about six months left of my tour, and I
needed an additional six months so that my mother could come over for a
year. "I discussed it with the colonel and he agreed, and said he would give
me any assistance he could render." CLICK 1b to read a bit more
2) a) Failure Of
Group Began With Interference By Outsiders - Tomelty
CLICK 2a to read full article
~ b) some
television programmes & Rennies advert
3) a) (includes
photo) Mystery of Mr. Goldblatt and the Group
Theatre, name disappears from programmes CLICK
image 3a to ready full article ~
b) part articles:
.. Wm. McKeaveney, 50 Thomas Street, Lurgan - Speakers' chaplain appointed:
The Very Rev. C. I. Peacocke, Dean of Belfast, has been appointed to the
position of Chaplain to the Speakers of the Northern Ireland Parliament in
room of the late Canon Louis Crooks. - Radio Programmes etc.
4) a) Belfast needs theatre to seat 500 - Tomelty
CLICK image 4a to read full article
~ 4b part article
Cathcart, Queen's University, Dr. Michael Grant, Sir Geoffrey Crowther
 
 
 
 
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1) a) "Chopsticks in Waltz Time" production is
very funny CLICK image 1a to read full article
~ b) part article Mr. Bleakley, Mr. May -
House of Lords appeal: In our report yesterday of the House of Lords
decision in the compensation case between the Belfast Corporation and O.D.
Cars Ltd., the word "not" was omitted from a sentence. The sentence should
have read: In his (Viscount Simond's) view, the arbitrator was not entitled
to award compensation, provided he was satisfied by proper evidence that the
Ministry considered the provisions of the planning authority's scheme
reasonable." - Entertainment for Belfast old people: A very successful
Christmas party was held recently in the new Belfast Corporation Welfare
Home for old people - Ben Madigan. The party was organised by the committee
of the Happiness and Joy Fund. Tea was enjoyed by 37 men and 55 women, after
which there was a concert provided by Mrs. Kidd's kids and Mr. William
Roberts. Then Santa Claus, Mr. David McConkey, arrived and distributed gifts
to all the residents. Afterwards the guests were conducted on a tour of the
new home. Councillor James Dixon, chairman of the Belfast Corporation
Welfare Committee, thanked the artistes and the Happiness and Joy Fund for
providing the party. Mr. John Thompson, the Fund organizer, suitably
replied. - advert for Gilbey's Listan Pale Sherry
2) a) Warm First
Night Reception for 'Randy Dandy' by Stewart Love at the Group Theatre in
Belfast CLICK 2a to read full article
~ b) part
article re Turkish soldiers
3) a) The "Randy
Dandy" looks back in ponderous anger CLICK 3a
to read full article ~ b) TV
killing live drama in Portstewart: It was confirmed in Portstewart yesterday
by Mr. Ernest Wilson, secretary of the Portstewart Drama Festival Committee,
that there will be no drama festival in the resort this year. "Television is
killing the festival," he explained. "People just will not leave their
firesides to come out and watch 'live' drama." But hopes for the festival
have not been abandoned altogether. "In a few years people will tire of this
new fad of TV," Mr. Wilson went on. "We are giving it a miss this year, but
hope that the difficulty will pass." The festival, which was first held six
years ago, is normally held during Easter week. - Pensioners' party as
before - part article re
Lady Pamela Mountbattens wedding rehearsal -
part article Court, Most Common Cases: The most
common offences concerned larceny. There were 840 of such cases. Next most
numerous were breaking and entering cases, which numbered 589, with all
other types of offence under two figures. These are offences common the
world over, as delinquency itself is. There is no quick solution to overcome
juvenile delinquency. Many are its causes. But standing out on its own as
being the number one reason is lack of adequate or any parental control.
Teachers, school welfare officers and court workers are all agreed on this
point. In 1957, for example, the report of the senior probation officer in
Belfast, Mr. C. A. Duke, stated that lack of parental control and bad
company accounted for more than half the total number of juveniles placed on
probation. He said it reflected very seriously on the parents concerned. His
words can be echoed .. sorry that's all
4) a) Actor
protests to Govt. about theatre: J. G. Devlin, the actor, has protested to
the Government about the state of the Ulster theatre. "Unless something is
done about it there will be no theatre here in six months," he told a
meeting of the British Actors' Equity Association in Belfast on Sunday
CLICK image 4a to read full article
~ part article
35 British ships broken up: Thirty-five ships, of 113,992 to .. registered
in Great Britain and Northern Ireland were broken up in the quarter ended
March 31... ~ b)
part article ... Ballycastle. The type of mining carried on at the moment is
rather elementary, with no expensive coal cutting machinery.
photo Archie McCormick
drills a hole in the coal face ...
5) Radio Times
Sunday Night Theatre, Brian Rix presents 'Beside the Seaside' a comedy by
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1) 1960 - Bangor Spectator, Friday 17th June
1960 a) Busy, Bustling Bangor on T.V. Wednesday's Ulster Television "Town
Roundabout" featuring Bangor created much favourable comment among local
people and reflected the Borough as the busy, bustling, progressive place it
is. The programme opened to the theme music of "It's six miles from Bangor
to Donaghadee," and there then followed a series of excellent panoramic
shots of the Borough, taken from the top of the Bangor Abbey spire.
Holidaymakers were shown arriving at the station and the camera then
followed them as they enjoyed the amusements and recreational facilities.
There was a strong emphasis on yachting in the programme and boats from
Ballyholme and Royal Ulster were shown racing. Pier fishing was also shown.
A shot in Ward Park showed Mr. Frank Russell feeding his interesting
charges. The Bangor Coat of Arms was screened and explained and then artist
Kenneth Webb talked about the Aitar panels he is painting for the Bangor
Abbey. Another link with history was shown in the form of a photo-copy of
the oldest manuscript of Irish origin in the world, the Bangor Antiphonary.
The property of the Bangor Abbey, it was written in the 7th or 8th century,
being a collection of hymns and prayers. The original is at present in a
Milan library, having been taken to the Continent by a monk named Dungal to
thwart the raiding Danes. The Mayor, Alderman C. A. Valentine, gave an
excellent outline of the progress and development of Bangor in recent years
and outlined plans for the future, such as the re-development scheme for
Castle Square and the link road. Alderman Valentine was joined on the eve of
his wedding by his then wife-to-be, Mrs. Louise Baird, the Mayoress, who
told of her part in public affairs. She expressed a personal view that when
tyres in the Borough were removed during building operations they should be
replaced. The song "Bangor by the Sea," written by a Portstewart man, was
broadcast for the fist (first) time in the programme. It was very well
rendered by 18-year-old Florence London, who has taken principal roles with
the Bangor Operatic Society. Yachting again came into the programme when Mr.
Bertie Brown, who has been connected with the Royal Ulster Yacht Club for 52
years, recalled the early days of Ulster yachting. He was Rear Commodore of
the Club in 1908, and spoke of his association with Sir Thomas Lipton and
his "Shamrocks." He was hon. treasurer, and with the hon. secretary, issued
the challenges to America. Mr. J. R. McDowell, the present Rear-Commodore,
also spoke. Mr. John M. Knipe, chairman of the Bangor Arts Committee, very
ably covered the cultural activities in the town and named three
distinguished people from different spheres. He first mentioned James
Humbert Craig, the famous Ulster landscape painter, Colin Blakely, the
Bangor actor making a name for himself in the West End, and popular singer
Donna Douglas, well-known radio, T.V. and recording star.
CLICK image 1a to ready full article.
- Local winners at 'Ards dog show: Mr. John Malcolm of Holywood was one of
the most successful local exhibitors at the Newtownards and District Canine
Club's annual show on Saturday. With his Irish Champion Glitter of Airfield
he won the McConachie Cup for the best exhibit owned by a member of the Club
and shown in the members' class. He also collected the Ross Cup for the best
Dachshund, again with Glitter of Airfield. In the novice dog or hitch class
in the Dachshund section, Mr. Malcolm took first place with Banger of
Edenderry and in the open dog or bitch class took first place and best of
breed with Glitter of Airfield, second with Mr. Fair Lady of Nellville and
third with Banger of Edenderry. Mr. and Mrs. S. E. McIlwrath, Holywood, with
Lisnagrot Fair Lady took first in the Welsh Corgi (Pembroke) open bitch
class, and another Holywood breeder, Miss M. B. Fahy, had a third in the
Labrador Retriever section, class for open dog or bitch, with Redgame
Game-keeper. (bit missing)
CLICK image 1a to read full article
~ b) 1960 -
Bangor Spectator, Friday 17th June 1960 part article: Valentine and his
bride (photo) Alderman Charles A. Valentine, J.P., pictured cutting the cake
at the reception yesterday? evening to Mrs. Christine Louise Baird of
Crawfordsburn. Alderman ? Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Valentine of Belfast, and the
bride is a daughter of ? J. Adams, Belfast. Rev. W. J. McKinstry Wallace,
minister of First Bangor ? is the Mayor's Chaplain, officiated at the
ceremony. Afterwards guests ? Malone Road, Belfast, the home of Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. McNeill. - part article?
Birthday Honours for Local People, ... and others with local connections ..
the Birthday Honours List published .. Flight? Lieutenant Robert Elliott
Brown (photo) ..
commendation for valuable service .. another? R.A.F. man, Sergeant Geoffrey
.. the B.E.M. (Mil.) - Mr. and Mrs. J. McChesney, 39 Windmill Road,
and they have one daughter, Heather, aged 6. He is expected home in about
ten days to see his mother, who is at present ill in Ards Hospital, and in
September will return to a station in England. Awarded C.B. Major-General W.
D. Hughes, C.B.E., M.D., F.R.C.P., director of studies, Royal Army Medical
College, Millbank, London, was awarded a C.B. General Hughes, honorary
physician to the Queen, is the elder son of the late Mr. Richard Hughes of
Ardglass and brother of Dr. S. B. Hughes, Helen's Bay, who is in the Health
Authority at Tyrone House, Belfast. - Was Councillor: Another name with
local connections is Mr. William J. Irwin, who resides at Westland Road,
Belfast, but for some years lived in Bangor, where he was a councillor. He
is well known in political and sporting circles in Belfast. He has been a
member of Clifton Unionist Association for many years, has held many
offices, and has taken a leading part in organisation work at elections. He
has also done much personal welfare work in North Belfast. Now retired from
a wholesale drapery and shirt manufacturing business carried on at various
places during his career, including Dublin, Bangor and Belfast, he was a
member of Bangor Borough Council while resident there. A leading personality
in bowling circles for many years he played for Ireland, sat on the IBA
Council as representative of the Bowling League of Ireland, and is a past
president of Castleton and Cliftonville Clubs. At present he devotes most of
his attention to the Veterans' League of which he has been president. -
part article The Aston's
do it again. The Aston brothers, Victor and Norman, look as if they are
going to break all records with the number of show jumping awards they have
claimed this season. The Craigavad brothers and their mounts have competed
with great success at leading shows all over Ireland, and on Saturday made
another worthwhile journey, this time to Coleraine ...
2) a) Away From It
All: Every housewife is familiar with those occasions when family life seems
to be just a little more than she can take. However charming the children,
their noise is, at times, just those decibels above what the human ear can
stand without acute pain. The reliance of a devoted husband on the efficient
wife to provide each and every article he needs and has "temporarily"
mislaid is flattering - but can be wearing. A host of little jobs, pleasing
in themselves, suddenly grow into a rigid, inescapable routine. It is then
that the overwhelming urge to get away from it all seizes the most docile
materfamilias. When the patient and long-suffering wife and mother also has
an outstanding artistic talent, whose expression is constantly defeated by
the multifarious demands of the family circle, the urge to escape become
overwhelming. That is the situation in which the heroine of Bangor Drama
Club's next play, Laura Hammond, finds herself. Success as a novelist is
within her grasp. She has discovered that she can write, and write
brilliantly. But how to find time amidst the numerous calls of family and
household duties. However, Laura finds that "It's Never Too Late" and
manages to make the break in the interests of her career. And she does it
with the most hilarious consequences. This play, which will be staged on 5th
December, is a family play and a play for the family. The Hammonds are
charming people and the interplay of a set of delightful characters results
in first rate comedy of a type that has proved extremely popular with Bangor
audiences. Christmas is a family season and there can be no better start to
it than a visit to the gentle family comedy atmosphere of "It's Never Too
Late."
3) "Ah,
Wilderness!" Presented by Bangor Drama Club, Proceeds for Mayor's Refugee
Fund - 'Mr. J. M. Knipe' CLICK to read the full
article
4) a) bits of a
caption under 2 missing photos .. a 10-ft. deep trench at Donegall Road,
...lay. A workman was killed. & A mobile crane was used to lift the ...
- Ulster playwrights "old fashioned" - Mr. Wilmot, Serious Shortage of Young
Actors, Mr. Hubert Wilmot, of the Belfast Arts Theatre, said last night that
Ulster playwrights were not enterprising enough, being old fashioned and
out-moded in their outlook. CLICK 4a to read
full article - Sentence on George Dawson
reduced by two years: George Frederick Dawson, the 50-year-old London dealer
who was sentenced at the Old Bailey last March to six years' imprisonment on
10 charges concerning transactions in orange juice concentrate, 'buses,
railway bogies and landing vehicles, had the sentence reduced to four years
by the Court of Criminal Appeal in London yesterday after a 10-day hearing.
He had appealed against conviction and sentence. The court quashed the
conviction of Albert Wenlock (42), export agent, of Duke's Avenue, Muswell
Hill, London, who had been sentenced to two years' imprisonment on three
charges, including one of conspiracy to defraud. He had been on bail pending
the appeal. The court quashed seven of the 10 convictions against Dawson.
Dawson, in the same navy blue suit he has worm throughout the hearing,
pressed his lips tightly together as the findings were announced.
Afterwards, he thanked his solicitor and left, smiling, in the custody of
two warders. ~ £51,865 damages .. ski-ing accident. Damages
totalling £51,865 .... 30-year-old Canadian stockbroker, living at Palace
Gate, Kensington, London, for "appalling injuries" suffered when he was
struck by the propeller of a water ski-ing boat off the Riviera coast. Mr.
Justice Streatfeild held that Mr. Anthony Strickland Hubbard, of Park
Village West, London owner-driver of the boat, was negligent and that no
fault attached to Mr. Winckworth.... ~
b) back of previous
clipping, part stories: F.A. Cup Replays, Preston too good for Bristol
Rovers - Athletics, Ballydrain runners to compete in England - Watford reach
the fifth round.
5) a) The Group is
'sick child' of theatre in Ulster, says Mr. Goldblatt
CLICK image 5a to read full article b)
part article about
workman killed in the trench (see 4a above)
- Open-air dancing in Bangor: There will again be weekly sessions of
old-time dancing and square dancing in Marine Gardens, Bangor, from June
until September. The Borough Surveyor (Mr. J. W. Coskery) has been directed
to make a report on possible improvements to the area used for open-air
dancing. ~ Hospital patient died in road accident: Driver Not To
Blame - Jury. A verdict that death was due to multiple injuries was returned
at a Banbridge inquest on Thomas Dougherty (68), 11 Bridge Street,
Downpatrick, who was killed by a motor lorry on the main Belfast-Lurgan road
near Moira, Co. Down, on January 29. The jury found that death was
accidental, and added a rider exoneration the owner-driver of the lorry,
Thomas Joseph Liggett (45), 7 Wall Street, Belfast, from all blame.
Dougherty, it was stated was a patient in the Moira Chest Hospital, and on
the day of the accident was returning from Lurgan where he had been
shopping. Daniel Gillespie, of 14 Whitehall Parade, Belfast, stated that
about 6 p.m. on January 29 he was a passenger in a car which was being
driven from the direction of Lurgan and he saw a man falling from the
footpath on to the road. after the Coroner, Mr. A. D. Orr, had said that the
jury had brought in a verdict of accidental death. Liggett gave a voluntary
account of the accident, in the course of which he said that when
approaching Waringfield Hospital he was driving on his proper side and saw
what he took to be a bag lying on the road. He swerved to his right, but was
unable to avoid the object and felt a bump. Having heard Liggett the jury
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1) a) 'Bridge' will cause no riots - Group
founder CLICK image 1a to read full article - Lady with a gun stops the
speech: The proceedings of the Young Ulster Society were held up by a lady
with a gun last night. Mrs. Dorothy Wilmot rushed into the meeting in the
Union Hotel, holding a gun. She walked through the audience towards her
husband, who was one of the speakers, interrupted him in mid-sentence and
held the gun towards him. The gun was one of the properties required
for the Arts Theatre production of "The Long and the Short and the Tall." It
had jammed and no member of the cast could get it to work. It was a matter
of some urgency that it should be put into proper working order - and Mr.
Wilmot bent his attention to the task. In due course he handed it back to
his wife, who rushed back to the theatre. She returned a little later to
assure him that it had worked satisfactorily and then sat down to hear him
and Mr. Harold Goldblatt discuss the state of the theatre in Ulster to-day.
- part article "Strabane has most unemployed"
b) part article ... The
body was that of an unidentified man picked up by the crew of the s.s.
Ballyknock, inward bound to Warrenpoint from England. As a result of
the body being landed at Warrenpoint the local Urban Council would have been
responsible for the burial of the remains, but, on the instructions of the
Coroner, the body was removed to Banbridge, where a post-mortem examination
was carried out. Later the remains were interred at Banbridge. At the Urban
Council meeting the clerk, Mr. V. Crawford, answering a query by Mr. M. Fay,
chairman, said the total outlay had been £27 6s., some of which included
hearse hire for the removal of the remains to Banbridge. As it so happened,
the widow of the dead man, Mrs. Amos, Amlych, Anglesey, North Wales, turned
up, identified some of his belongings, and paid the expenses in full,
although she had no legal obligation to do so. "No matter who paid the bill,
I think it was totally unreasonable to bring the body from Warrenpoint to
Banbridge," Mr. Fay said, moving that the protest letter be sent. -
part article So motorists
- wa ... bedside ma... A team of Queen's University students are planning to
push a bed - with a girl in it - 84 miles from Belfast to Londonderry. This
is only one of a series of outlandish stunts being prepared to focus public
attention on the University rag magazine, "Pro Tanto Quid," which will be
published on Marsh 25, and the annual rag in Belfast on March 28. The rag
day collection and sales of "P.T.Q." raised more than £6,000 for charity
last year. This year the organisers hope to raise a much bigger sum. For the
bed stunt a party of students are constructing a four poster - with lights,
brakes, and a hooter. Relay teams will push it for two .... -
photo .. president of the
Ulster Society of Women Artists, left, admiring .. in an exhibition by local
artists which she opened yesterday in .. headquarters, Ann Street, Belfast.
Also in the photograph are .. president of the club, and Mrs. J. Dibble,
secretary of the Art Appreciation Group.
2) a) Out of the
Deadpan by Louis MacNeice CLICK image 2a to
read the full article ~
b) back of previous
clipping: adverts
3) a) Over The
Bridge: And It's Bouquets All Round by Our Theatre Critic. "I'm all right
Wully" starring Jimmy (Sellars) Devlin. CLICK
image 3a to read the full article ~ b)
Adverts, Cars for sale etc. - part article Was Injured in Car Crash: "Fairly
Comfortable" The condition of Mr. Eric Utitz (38), Shrigley Lodge,
Killyleagh, Co. Down, who was injured in a car crash yesterday, was stated
at the Royal Victoria Hospital last night to be "fairly comfortable."
Mr. Utitz, who received head injuries, was in a car which was in collision
with a lorry at Marylands, Moneyrea. He is the managing director of United
Chrome Tanners, Killyleagh.
4) a & b) Premier
of "Over the Bridge" Shipyard dominated drama is brutal, comic, tender.
CLICK to read full article ~
Firemen slightly injured when flooring collapses. Following a fire in the
premises of John Robertson, Ltd., auto electrical engineers, 44-46 May
Street, Belfast, in the early hours of yesterday morning, two firemen, who
were slightly injured when a portion of the flooring collapsed, were taken
to the Royal Victoria Hospital. The men were later allowed to go home after
treatment. The fire which caused damage in a store at the rear of the shop
took about an hour to control. Although both the main store and the battery
store were extensively damaged, firemen, using breathing equipment, were
able to save the office and the front portion of the shop.
4) c) various part
articles: Firm faced strong competition: Short's Build Trainer for Atom Men,
A special purpose 200 amplifier computer capable of setting up an electronic
analogue of a complete nuclear power station is being built by Short
Brothers and Harland, Ltd., Belfast, for use at Calder Hall as a trainer for
reactor operators. The firm secured the contract from the United Kingdom
Atomic Energy Authority in the face of strong competition. Work has already
begun on the simulator, which has been designed by the special products
department of Short Bros. and Harland's engineering division at Castlereagh.
The computor will be installed at the Calder Operations School and will be
used for simulation of large nuclear power stations. It will enable trainee
operators to gain experience of new stations now being built for the Central
Electricity Generating Board and the South of Scotland Electricity Board.
The new Short computor is of particular value for training purposes in that
it can simulate unstable conditions in the reactor core and give operators
experience of quickly bringing them under control. Overall component error
of the instrument will not exceed one part in 1,000.
 
 
 
 
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1) Shipyard Drama's Delayed Launch is Warmly
Received at Empire "Over the Bridge" CLICK to read full article
2) a & b) Belfast
News-Letter, Wednesday January 27th, 1960 photo A scene from "Over the
Bridge" which had its premiere in the Empire Theatre, Belfast, last night.
Included in the photograph are Harry Tomb, John McBride, J. G. Devlin, Sam
Thompson and Joe Tomelty CLICK both images to
read full article
3) a & b) Belfast
News-Letter, Wednesday January 27th, photo The Prime Minister, Viscount
Brookeborough presenting an inscribed silver salver to Mr. W. W. B. Topping,
who was honoured at a dinner given by the Unionist members of the Senate and
Commons at Parliament Buildings, Stormont, last night. Lady Brookeborough
and Mrs. Topping are also in the photograph. Early morning dash from blazing
house, a family had to dash from their home at 92 Locksley Park, Finaghy,
early this morning when fire broke out in a downstairs living room shortly
before two o'clock. They were Mr. John S. Burrows, an assistant manager, his
wife and daughter. The family had been asleep and, awakened by smoke, they
dressed hurriedly and raced to the street unharmed. It is a semi-detached
house and the living room was well alight when the fire was discovered, Four
fire engines answered the call for assistance - two from the Lisburn Road
station of the Belfast Brigade and two from the Lisburn headquarters of the
Fire Authority. When firemen arrived, flames had a firm hold of the room.
Before it was brought under control, the blaze had involved the hall,
staircase and bedrooms.
4) a) photo:
Margaret Whiting and Colin Blakely in Eugene O'Neill's "A Moon for the
Misbegotten" at the Arts Theatre ~ b)
part article: The Strange
Story of Bridgemarsh Island
5) a & b) Over the
bridge at last photo:
Kathleen Feenan and Irene Bingham - their grief is shining
photo: Devlin and
Towb photo:
Sam Thompson
letters
there are more letters than shown here, but for various reasons I've left
some out
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Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, Dept. of Chemistry
Happy Last Christmas - I'm sorry about the delay, but it is difficult to get
around to christmas shopping six weeks before christmas. This is the
only book I was able to find that deals with Chicago. I hope it serves to
give you a glimpse of what the windy city is like. I thought that
Lilly would like the christmas stocking! I hope you will be able to
come to some compatible arrangement over sharing the cigars. I had another
box of 25 as well but was unable to get them into this rather convenient
box. Rather than risk damage of the other goods in a less sturdy container,
I have decided to smoke them myself. I haven't smoked anything since the
cruise, and have had only three beers since I arrived in Evanston so I
imagine that your cigars might make a refreshing change! Anyway, I hope you
enjoy the White Owls. They are the same as the ones I brought back from New
York. Incidentally it strikes me that you probably haven't finished the
Louvain cigars yet? It was difficult to find presents that were simple to
pack, so I hope that you find this rather unusual selection useful enough. I
imagine that the little plates should go well with the set of trays that I
managed to find in London. They seem to be of the same material.
2) Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts, 4th August 1959,
Tyrone House, Ormeau Avenue, Belfast - Dear John, Mrs. Andrews rang me to
say that she had seen a good play in Aberdeen for the Group Theatre. She
thought if she got in touch with Ellis direct her recommendation might be
disregarded as being persona non grata, though I do not think this quite
correct, and she knew the Chairman was too busy. The play she recommends is
"Beside the Seaside" and she thinks it ought to be read. The other play she
said was also possible. Yours sincerely, P.P. J. E. C. Lewis-Crosby, General
Secretary. John Knipe, Esq., 36 Lyle Road, Ballyholme, Bangor
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2)
"Stymied" To the Author - with sincere thanks from his "aspirants to
stardom." May 1949 Trinity Youth Guild, Bangor Drama Festival
1949 J. Knipe
3) To Mum - Merry Christmas - To Mum From Christopher
 
 
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1) SANTA - Each year in late November, Every toyshop in the town,
Has a Santa in a flaxen beard, And a scarlet hood and gown.
In a plastic fairy grotto, On a loaded reindeer sleigh,
With a pile of coloured boxes, That he's glad to give away,
To a host of happy girls and boys, Thrilled by the mystery,
And clutching crumpled tickets, Mummy's bought for 50p.
And all the Christmas chimes ring out, And the air with music fills,
From ten hundred little tinkling bells, On a thousand bulging tills.
Commercialized? Aye, mebbe so, And will get much worse ere long,
But if you say it's only that, Well, I maintain you're wrong.
Well I mind when I done Santa first, I was glad to get the job,
For with just my little pension, I can use the extra bob.
I sat there, robed and hooded, And I felt a right ould cod,
Surrounded by the trappings, That commercialize the fraud,
And I couldn't keep from blushing, With a sort of queazy shame;
I was glad the whiskers hid my face, When first the childer came.
Then I felt a wee soft hand in mine, And I looked in wide blue eyes,
And I saw the wonder mirrored there, With my gift a treasured prize,
I said a simple word or two, And I nodded and I smiled,
Transfigured by the simple faith, Of a little, wondering child.
And the tawdry tinsel vanished, And the jangling tills were dumb,
And I knew then why the Master said, Let the little children come;
For a Christmas star may shine again, With a message we forget,
And the faith - the simple innocence - Of a child may save us yet.
2) RAILWAYMAN - My Granda used to take me, On Sundays for a treat,
And hold me on the coping, Of the bridge just down our street.
When I was just a wee lad - Ach, no more than just so high! -
And we'd both share the excitement, Of watching trans go by.
We'd hear the rushing clanger, And the hissing jets of steam;
We'd see the fireman shovelling, Lit by the furnace gleam;
And then would come the climax, When the train dived out of sight,
And we revelled in the scented smoke, That boiled up thick and white.
Sure the kids all talk of jet planes now, And rockets to the moon;
They want to fly in space ships, And I'm sure they'll do it soon.
But for me there's one excitement, That will thrill me till I die -
And that's to see the glory, Of a steam train hurtling by.
When I joined the railway service, I was just a little chap;
Sure I strutted like a peacock, In my brand new porter's cap,
I cleaned the guards' big lanterns, And burnished signal keys,
And brushed the station platform, And strove my best to please.
For I burned with one ambition - With one great eagerness;
To rise to be the driver, On the plate of an express.
Sure our dreams are often shattered, As mine were soon to be;
I was colour blind, they told me, So no footplate job for me.
Still I rose to station master, At the Halt at Ballynew,
I was Ticket Clerk and Signalman, And Station foreman too.
I was Porter for the luggage and I wrote waybills for freight,
And I answered all enquiries, When the 2.15 was late.
I'd issue people tickets, And explain excursion rates;
I'd set the distant signal, And I'd close the crossing gates.
Yes, I was all the staff there was, At the Halt at Ballynew -
But I was Station Master When the daily trains went through.
I kept the wee Halt spotless, I'd wee corkscrew trees in tubs,
And the sides of the embankment grew All kinds of flowering shrubs.
I had marigolds and roses And big Canterbury Bells,
And the name in letters three feet high Picked out in big white shells.
The waiting rooms were shining, With the seats of warm red plush,
And I cleaned rude verses off the walls, With a handy whitewash brush.
Sure, I'd lots of commendations, From Directors who passed through,
For the best kept Halt along the line, Was the Halt at Ballynew.
Ach! the talk is all of buses now, The Railway's done, they say,
They say they're antiquated, And that they've had their day;
And every week we're reading, That they've closed another line,
Sure, I mind the day, near five years past, When I saw the end of mine.
Now my wee Halt lies deserted, With it's flower beds overgrown;
The wee green tubs are shattered, And the big white shells are gone.
The signals are in splinters, And they've lifted up the tracks;
They've made firewood of the palings, And the little ticket racks.
The U.T.A. gave me a job, They did their best, I know,
I'm a sort of underforeman, Down at the bus depot (dee-po),
But now, my day's all drudgery, The time drags slowly by -
God, how I miss the sight & sound of the steam trains hurtling by.
3) Good evening
ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the UTV stand at Balmoral. Well, you are an
intelligent looking crown today! I can see you're all UTV viewers so I don't
need to explain what the letters mean. We like to think they stand for
Unrivalled Television Viewing. We pay no attention to the people down the
road who call our headquarters the second gasworks on the Ormeau Road!
Jealousy will get them nowhere! I'm Tommy James/ I hope you've shared many a
Tea-time with me and been entertained by the hundreds of talented children
who've been my guests? Come to think of it, I've been around a long time.
Some of you may have actually been my guests? If any of you have I'll give
your requests priority when I start to play? Have any of you sung or played
with me? Do you know they really shouldn't have paid me for that show, I
enjoyed it so. Come to think of it, they didn't pay me all that much anyway!
Can you hear me Mr. Henderson? CLICK image 3 to
read the rest
4) Retirement of
Mr. E. B. McGuire, O.B.E., Higher Collector of Customs & Excise, Belfast
will retire on the 31st March 1961. Mr. McGuire, who was born in Dublin,
entered the Inland revenue service in that city after service with the Royal
Field Artillery from 1914-1920 in which he saw action in France, Belgium and
Mesopotamia. A holder of the 1914 Star, he took part in the retreat from
Mons and in the battle of The Marne, Aisne, Ypres, and the Somme. His first
connexion with Ulster was when he served in the 29th Division adjacent to
the 36th Ulster Division at Thiepval in 1916; his next when he was
demobilised at Newtownards in 1920. His first experience of the Civil
Service was far from dull; he was employed in the Custom House in Dublin
when it was destroyed by the I.R.A. in 1922. Mr. McGuire originally
intended to become an engineer and his distinguished Civil Service career he
attributes to the accident of depression in the engineering industry in
1920. He joined the Customs & Excise Department in 1922.
CLICK image 4 to read full article
5) Festival 71 -
They said - "We shouldn't have a Festival." They said - "The time just
isn't ripe."
They said - "Things are too rowdy and The outlook's far too cloudy"
And as usual they said a lot of tripe!
We've always had or share of Dismal Jimmies, Of pessimists whose clouds are
lined with grey,
But they're not the sort who've given us the Ulster that we live in, Or the
qualities we're proud of still today.
I'll bet when Finn McCool first built the Causeway, Wee leprechauns
complained as they went past,
And when Normans built the Castle, Down at Carrick, some glum vassal,
Grunted and said "Thon tower could never last!"
They thought Tom Gallaher and his tobacco Was sure to fail - and grousers
even laughed When Ewarts started spinnin',
They said "Who would buy our linen?" And "Yon Harland at the Island's simply
daft!"
They jeered when they saw Dunlop's cycle wobbling Up May Street on the first
pneumatic tyres,
There were plenty of detractors Of Ferguson's wee tractors Till a million
happy farmers proved them liars.
They muttered when we made our bid for Courtalds And Michelin and Goodyear,
"There's no hope!"
They never ceased to sneer as Plans were laid to build Carreras, And for
Enkalon and Dupont saw no scope.
But Ulster brains and Ulster's skills and courage Have always scorned what
gloomy prophets say,
And thanks to guts and vision And our craftmen's sure precision We lead the
world in industry today.
Aye, the world's small screens have made poor Ulster suffer, With frenzied
sights of fiercely fighting mobs,
And scenes of fire and fury, From Derry down to Newry, Have jeopardised ten
thousand precious jobs.
But is our heritage of skill and genius To be wasted by the bomber's
cowardly game?
Must a hundred thousand cower In one frightened sniper's power, And our jobs
burn in a petrol bottle's flame?
Do dismal Jimmies think we should sit idle Or hang abound in lengthening
dole queues?
That's not how we were made So it's time we should parade And tell the world
that Ulster is Good News.
No, it is up to us to change the picture, No matter what the pessimists may
say,
Let's show that Ulster people, Whatever shape their steeple, Can meet as
friends, in peace, and go their way.
So let's have our festival, and let's enjoy it - Look forward and on trouble
turn our back,
Let's tell our country's story, Set in matchless scenic glory, And treat our
friends to good old Ulster crack.
J. M. Knipe
6) The Speaker
Tonight ... CLICK image 6 to read
7) Census 1961 -
I've been wrestling with my census form Since late on Friday late,
And I've reached the final Section "T" And I hope I've got it right.
For I've laboured in a spirit Of most humble reciprocity To satisfy the
yearnings Of official curiosity.
Ignoring my wife's old fashioned look I filled in Section "B" Described
myself, as bold as brass,
As "Head of family". Then Section "C" to Section "R" I filled and nothing
hid,
Knowing that if I miss one jot They'll fine me ten cool quid. But this very
latest section
Sets my poor old brain a-humming, With its really quite obsessional Concern
about my plumbing.
Of all the things I do or own, Why should they dwell on this? Whatever is
the purpose
Of this watery synthesis? Do I drink, take drugs or beat my wife? They just
don't care a rap,
And my second telly won't compare With the scullery cold tap. I've a fine
Crown Derby tea-set;
That would interest them, you'd think? But no! they only ask me Of I've got
a kitchen sink.
There's that charming persian carpet With the colours subtly mixed,
But the thing they'd rather know about Is if my bath is fixed!
Do they ask about my sleek new car? No. I think it's rather hard,
That a Bentley counts as nought beside A standpipe in the yard.
Or my gleaming glass and silver - Why they just ignore the lot,
When I long to boast of Gaugins They ask "Is your water hot?"
Why is all this so important? Is there some deep, hidden meaning,
In the esoteric knowledge Of our plumbing that they're gleaning?
Ah well, I've filled it all in now, Without amanuensis,
And perhaps its just that they're like me - For I'm out of my census!
J. M. Knipe, 24 Ballyholme Esplanade, Bangor
 
 
 
 
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