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Russell Collection
Various Bits & Pieces, Newspaper Clippings & Scrapbook
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15th January 1879 Newtownards Intermediate School, Established October 14th
1878: Masters, James Boyd, M.A., Principal, Member of the General Council of
the University of St. Andrews: Bell Bursar, Madras College: Tyndall Bruce
Bursar of the United College St. Andrews: Prizeman in French, St. Andrews:
Lately Classical Master in the Park School, Glasgow - William
White, Science Scholar of First, Second and Third Years, Queen's College,
Belfast: Mathematical Prizeman, Queen's College, Belfast: Formerly Head
Master in the Mathematical School of the Belfast Academy. The
Committee have pleasure in announcing that the Newtownards Intermediate
School is now in full operation. Teachers have been appointed whose
Scholarship in the departments of Literature and Science is attested by the
high University and Collegiate honours which they have won, and who have
gained a practical knowledge of School work in some of the best Educational
Establishments in this country and in Scotland. Boys will be prepared
for the Entrance and Honour Examinations in the Universities, and for the
Examinations for appointments in the public service. etc. etc. By Order of
Committee, Joseph Bradshaw, Clk., J.P., Chairman. Hugh Moore, M.A./ W. Todd
Martin, M.A., Honorary Secretaries. Newtownards Jan. 15th 1879 Terms
per Quarter are: First Class, £0.10.6; Second Class, £1.1.0; Third Class,
£1.11.6; Fourth Class, £2.2.0. School hours will be from 10 to 3 o'clock; on
Saturdays from 10 to 12.
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1) 1910 Ards Recreation Society Limited. Prospectus and Shares
2) 1911 - Scrabo Golf Club Annual Report and Statement of Accounts
1920s
The Marquess and Marchioness of Londonderry send their best wishes on the
Coming of Age of Viscount Castlereagh
18th November 1923
1930s
  
8th April 1932 The Opening of the New Public Elementary Schools, Newtownards
1930s
        
31st October 1934 Government of Northern Ireland P.R.O. Lost or Endangered
Records. A Plea to Solicitors by D. A. Chart, Litt. D., I.S.O. Deputy Keeper
of the Records of Northern Ireland
1930s
This address may be considered as a continuation
of an appeal made to your profession at the time of the establishment of
the Northern Ireland Record Office in 1924, for co-operation in the task
of repairing as far as possible the heavy loss sustained by the
destruction of the Four Courts building in Dublin. With it there
perished, beside an immense amount of historical matter, a great deal of
legal record primarily of importance to solicitors, the loss of which
has inconvenienced them in many ways and will probably continue to do
so. What the Northern Ireland Record Office can do if sufficient
co-operation with solicitors is secured is the considerable mitigation
of those inconveniences. Without the co-operation of your profession,
however, little or nothing can be done.
With the Four Courts in
1922 there went up, with much else, practically all Irish original
wills, and testamentary papers (including schedules of assets for
probate) of an earlier date than 1902, the records of all High Court
proceedings prior to April 1922, and of County Court proceedings prior
to 1902. etc. etc. etc. (interesting read)
        
3rd June 1937, Regent House School, Newtownards, Annual Athletic Sports,
Order of Events and List of Competitors
Athletic Sports Committee: Miss's Brown, Crouch, McCutcheon, McAdoo,
A.R.G.A. & J. Rodgers, B.A., A. L. Orr, M.Sc., R. E. Burrows, B.Sc.,
Ph.D., E. M. Griffith, B.A., LL.B., J. A. Auterson, B.A., R. J. Gregg,
B.A., E. Daniels, B.A., R. J. Lindsay, B.A.
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1) 1938 Calender with compliments from John Poots & Son, Ltd., Pharmacists
and Dispensing Chemists, 5 Castle Street, Newtownards
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1, 2, 3) The Boys' Brigade 1st Newtownards Company 1920-1945, Silver
Jubilee Souvenir Programme Session 1944-45: Captain's Message: The Boys'
Brigade was introduced in Newtownards about the beginning of this
Century. It them ceased for a long period, until 1920, when it was
revived in connection with the Methodist Church. Rev. J. W. P. Elliott
was first Chaplain, and Captain J. W. Sandford Commanding Officer, other
officers being Lieutenant J. Strouppe and Lieutenant A. B. McMillan.
At the present time we have an enthusiastic band of officers. Our
Chaplain, Rev. Beresford S. Lyons, has a long connection with B.B. work.
Lieutenant R. L. Edgar and W. Aicken have been connected with the
Company since its inception, while Lieutenants, W. McGimpsey and G. L.
Stewart joined the ranks as soon as they reached B.B. age. Lieutenant G.
Elliott, from Co. Tyrone, came amongst us seven years ago. These
officers do consistent noble service, and it is no wonder that the
N.C.O.'s in their turn give such a fine lead to the boys. This
being our Silver Jubilee Session, quite a few functions were arranged,
including a special Old Boys' Bible Class, B.B. Sale, Parents' Evening,
and an Old Boys' Re-union. During the last two years it is
inspiring to know that three Companies have been formed in the Borough
of Newtownards. The First wishes them continued success, and God's
Blessing on this very important branch of Church work, so now, to use
the words of our gallant Prime Minister, "Let us them all go forward
together making the best of ourselves and the best of each other."
4) First Company Photograph. Session 1921-22
5) His and Her Majesty's
6) The Company, 1938 1940s
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2) Programme: Hymn No. 31. - Names: Lieut. W. McGimpsey, Rev. Beresford
S. Lyons, Rev. F. H. Scott Maguire, The Most Hon. The Marquess of
Londonderry, K.G., M.V.O., Sergt. W. Warden, Leader S. Warden, Lieut. R.
L. Edgar, Miss J. K. Lyons, Lieut. W. Aicken, Mr. H. Dickson, W.O. C.
Kelly, Staff-Sergt. O. Scott, Sergt. S. Hamilton, Sergts. J. Lyons, W.
Warden. Judges, Captain A. G. Smyth, 20th Belfast Company' Captain S.
Johnston, 42nd Belfast Company.
3) Officers who have served in 1st Newtownards Company since its
formation in 1920: Captain J. W. Sandford, Captain W. S. Edgar,
Lieutenants Joseph Stouppe, Cyril D. Allen, Thomas George, Robert J.
Martin, Archibald B. McMillan, Hugh Ledgerwood, James McMillan, Willie
McKimm, R. Leslie Edgar, A. Dorrington, R. Hadnett, Robert Aicken,
William Aicken, John Mahon, James MacDonald, J. Cairns, John Algie, G.
Leslie Stewart, Frank Algie, George Elliott, Willie McGimpsey
4) Summer Camps held by 1st Newtownards Company
5) Old Boys on Active Service - British Army: Pte. Willie McMillan,
Basil Reid, George Reid, E. Dynes, Driver T. Campbell, Driver James
Davis, Corpl. Robert McAvoy, Lieut. Colville Crowe, Sergt. Wilson
Stewart, W.O. Samuel Gibson, Sergt, S. Blackstock, Lieut. Charlie
Ferris, Archie Cairns, Pte. Samuel Murphy, Pte. Samuel Gray, Lieut.
Douglas Mayne, William McIlroy, Tom. Clarke, Pte. Bailie Edgar.
Canadian Army: Major H. H. R. Campbell, Pte. Cyril D. Allen, R.C.A.M.C.
Royal Air Force: Sergt. A. McDonald, Sergt. Daniel Wilson, Sergt. Samuel
Keenan, Corpl. Jack Dunlop, Sidney Jackson, L.A.C. James Gaw, Willie
Wilson, L.A.C. Jack Francis, Sergt. Jack Cushing, William McKimm, L.A.C.
S. Ferguson, Victor McNeill, Sergt. Samuel Edgar, Corpl. H. McMillan,
Willie McGibney, Sergt. Thomas Hall, Sergt. Harold Brett, P/O. W.
McCandless, Sergt. A. Cunnings, Sergt. Martin Algie, W. Montgomery,
Bertie Matier, A.C. 1 George Kelly, F/Sergt. H. Heron, Sergt. James
Wright, Sergt. Jack Russell, Sergt. Leonard Scott, Sergt. W. McAuley,
L.A.C. W. Amberson, L.A.C. Jim Taylor, Sergt. Wesley Scott, L.A.C. John
Cargo, L.A.C. Basil Kelly, Jim McClean. Merchant Navy: Morris
Stevenson, David Reid. Royal Navy: Dick Mailey, Thompson Boyd,
D.S.M., James Taylor, William Smyth. Prisoners of War: Willie
Major, David Shaw, Jim Galway, Samuel Conkey, Robert Graham, Robert
McNeill. Reported Missing: David Scott (Royal Navy), Alexander
Doak (Royal Navy), Sergt. Geo. Wilson (R.A.F.), P/O Hugh Wilson
(R.A.F.). Killed in Action: William Anderson (Royal Navy), Norman
McReynolds (Royal Air Force)
Old Boys' Re-Union 1945
Left to Right ~ Sitting on Floor - A. Edgar, J. Tew, B. Kelly, W.
Foster
First Row - L.A.C. Mellin, A. Barr, Rev. H. Wilson, D. Wright, W.
McGimpsey, R. L. Edgar, C. Allen, J. W. Sandford, Rev. Beresford, S.
Lyons, W. S. Edgar, W. Aicken, G. L. Stewart, G. Elliott, R. Aicken, S.
Edgar, H. Ledgerwood,
Second Row - J. Keenan, J. Edgar, K. Murphy, J. McMillan, W.
Patton, G. Ferguson, A. McDonald, J. Scott, N. Kelly, J. White, B.
Oliver, S. Hamilton, H. Lowry, W. Gilliland, S. Baird, C. Hamilton, A.
Neill.
Third Row - S. Campbell, J. Donaldson, R. Grahame, S. McClean, C.
Kelly, B. Kelly, H. Nicholl, G. Taylor, T. Ferguson, J. McKee, A.
McKinstry, J. Whalley, T. Donaldson, G. Thompson, H. Stewart, W. Wilson.
Fourth Row - W. Ledgerwood, T. Donnan, J. Best, W. Hunter, J.
Dunn, J. Mullan, B. Cavan, D. Whalley, F. Algie, H. Moore, A. Foster, J.
Kennedy, H. W. Torney, D. Caughey, A. Dunlop.
Fifth Row - I. Lyons, R. Irvine, W. Warden, S. Warden, J. Irvine,
G. Baird, J. Heron, W. McMillan, W. Caughey, Jack Tate, J. Dunlop, T.
Galway.
Back Row - A. McBratney, G. Stannage, J. O'Neill, O. Scott, J.
Thompson, T. Tate, D. Orr, J. Irvine, J. Donaldson.
The Company in its Silver Jubilee Session
Left to Right - Front Row - Sergt. W. Warden, Staff-Sergt. J. Tew,
Leader H. Lowry, Lieut. W. McGimpsey, Capt. W. S. Edgar, Chaplain Rev.
Beresford, S. Lyons, Lieut. W. Aicken, Lieut. G. L. Stewart, Leader S.
Warden, Staff-Sergt. D. Caughey, Sergt. S. Hamilton.
Second Row - Pte. S. Magreehan, Pte. G. Hamilton, Pte. D. Warden,
Pte. H. Neill, Pte. T. Macartney, Pte. R. Boal, Pte. R. Ferguson,
Warrant Officer C. Kelly, Pte. J. Hamilton, Pte. J. Gabbie, Pte. J.
Millar, Pte. R. Savage, Pte. J. Colville, Pte. T. Jenkins.
Third Row - Pte. J. Montgomery, Pte. H. Forsythe, Pte. N.
McClean, Pte. A. Burrows, Pte. H. Morrison, Pte. I. Kelly, Pte. R.
McKee, Pte. J. Stannage, Pte. J. Morrison, Pte. M. McKee, Pte. G. Edgar
Back Row - Corpl. W. Caughey, Corpl. G. Taylor, Sergt. J. Lyons,
L/Corpl. D. Hamilton, L/Corpl. H. Nicholl, Pte. B. Forsythe 1940s
  
  
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1) 15th - 23rd March 1946 Newtownards Borough Council Civic Exhibition, Town
Hall, Newtownards
2) 9th June 1946 Victory Thanksgiving Service arranged by the Newtownards
Peace Celebrations and Welcome Home Fund Committee and held in Conway Square
    
   
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1) 18th August 1945: Killyleagh Parochial Sports
2) 8th July 1946: Travel Identity Card for Great Britain, Eire and Northern
Ireland, Miss M. W. Anderson, Mary W. Anderson, Northern Ireland, Belfast,
Teacher, Newtownards, D.O.B. 14th July 1909, 8 North Street, Newtownards
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1) 18th September/20th November 1948 Northern Ireland Chrysanthemum Society
Second/Third Annual Show of Early Flowering Chrysanthemums Cut Flowers,
Fruit & Vegetables to be held in the Exhibition Hall, Royal Ulster
Agricultural Society's Show Grounds, Balmoral.
2) 10th September/12th November 1949: Newtownards & District Chrysanthemum
Society Fourth Annual Exhibition of Early Flowering Chrysanthemums and Fruit
to be held in the Assembly Room, Town Hall, Newtownards
3) 1949 & 1950 Government of Northern Ireland P.R.O. Report of the Deputy
Keeper of the Records for the years 1949 & 1950
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1) 2nd September/4th November 1950: Newtownards and District Chrysanthemum
Society Fifth Annual Exhibition of Flowering Chrysanthemums and Fruit to be
held in the Assembly Room, Town Hall, Newtownards.
2) 12th-19th May 1951 Festival of Britain Civic Exhibition in the Town Hall,
Newtownards
3) July 1956 Greenwell Street Presbyterian Church, Newtownards. List
of Members Eligible for Election to Kirk Session, July 1956 - James Auld, 56
Scrabo Road; Winifred Aicken, 42 Court Street; Alice E. Ashmore & George
Ashmore, 28b Rathmullan Drive; Peggy & Helen Ashmore, 8 East Street; Violet
Ancham, 14 William Street; Mrs. Mary Adams, 162 Greenwell Street; Letitia
Byers, 49 Pound Street; David & Grace Bennett, 80a Church Street; Mrs.
Elizabeth Baird, Portstewart; Lily Beattie, 73 Victoria Avenue; Margaret
Boyce, 51 Pound Street; May Bennett, 106 Mill Street; Robert & Mrs. Daisy
Baillie, 55 James Street; Mrs. Elizabeth, Mary & James Boucher, 169 South
Street; Dora Baxter, 117 John Street; Mrs. Lily & Robert Beale, 42 James
Street; Mrs. Sarah Bailie, Killarn; Kathleen Beattie, 36 Greenwell Street;
James & Mrs. Margaret Burrows, Ballyeurie; Elizabeth J. Barr, Ballyeurie;
Jackie Boyce, Ballybarnes; Maureen Boyce, 85 Scrabo Road; Elizabeth B.
Bailie, 16 Balfour Street' Mrs. Best, Ed. K., Thomas D, James Jnr. & Mrs.
Agnes Best, Ballycastle Road; Eleanor Isobel Burrowes, Ballyeurie; Mary &
Jane Crawford, 82 Frances Street; Mrs. Letitia & John Cardy, 29 Queen
Street; Lily & Ina Clarke, 4 Circular Street; Mrs. Rosena Crawford, 46
William Street; Samuel & Mrs. Isabella Conkey, 23 Craiglee Way; Mary
Calderwood, 13 Castle Street; Mrs. Sarah B. Clarke, 4 Windsor Avenue; Mrs.
Colville, 7 Laurelbank; Peggy Coey, Ballyrobert, Craigavad; Martha Clarke,
72 William Street; Mrs. Frank Cromie, Bowtown; Sadie Dunlop, 54 Church
Street; Mrs. Margaret Donaldson, Ballybarnes; Mrs. Lucinda Dorrian, 92
Movilla Street; Hugh Davidson, 38 John Street Lane; Mrs. Frances Dodds, 23
Movilla Street; Mrs. E. Dunn, 3 Mill Street; Eric Donaldson, 22 James
Street; H. J. Eadie, 56 Wallace's Street No. 2; James & Mrs. Mary Frazer,
Loughries; Maggie Fowles, 67 East Street; Kenneth H. & Raymond Finlay,
Loughries; Mrs. Margaret Ferguson, 2 Wallace's Street No. 1; John & Mrs.
Mary Finlay, 67 Greenwell Street; Thomas Frazer, 110 Greenwell Street; Mrs.
Mary Frazer, 83 Greenwell Street; William & Mrs. Martha Gibson, 26 Movilla
Street; Harry & Mrs. H. Gibson, 174a Greenwell Street; Mrs. Isabella,
Mrs. Catherine, Samuel J. & Isabella Gibson, 31 Movilla Street; Mrs.
Georgina Grant, 75 Victoria Avenue; Mrs. Jane Gabbie, 14 William Street;
Mrs. E. & Elizabeth Garrett, 37d Ardmullan Crescent; William & Sandra
Graham, 7 Upper Movilla Street; Mrs. Jean Graham, 30 Wallace's Street No. 1;
Miss Isobel Hughes, Bangor Road; John & Mrs. Elizabeth J. Harper, 3 Scrabo
View Terrace; James H. Hunter, 23 Wallace's Street No. 1; Mrs. E. A. Jacob,
40 Victoria Avenue; Mrs. Jane Johnston, Ballyeurie; Mrs. G? M. Johnston, The
Manse, Bangor Road; Mrs. A. Johnston, 122 Mill Street; Martha & Mary Ann
Kirkpatrick, 37 Marquis Street; Mary Ann Keilty, Nurses' Home, Ards
Hospital; Annie Long, 29 Wallace's Street No. 2; John & Mrs. Long, 34 Mark
Street; Edith E. Lavery, Belfast Road; Mrs. Isabella Lockhart, 40 Windsor
Avenue; Mrs. Olive Lowry, 57 Scrabo Road; John & Mrs. J. Lemon, Ballyreagh;
Shaw F. Montgomery, 6 Court Street; Minnie Magilton, 69 Greenwell Street;
Walter & Mrs. Annie Magilton, 36 Bangor Road; William, Mrs. A. H., Scott &
Rachel Mawhinney, 67 Bangor Road; Mrs. Jeannie Mawhinney, 128 Frances
Street; Mrs. Jane Marshall, 9 Church Street; Sarah & Mrs. Montgomery, 25
Mary Street; Mrs. Eva & Tom Maddock, 38 Bangor Road; Mrs. M. Morgan, 13
Scrabo Road; Mary Montgomery, 89 Victoria Avenue; Dora Morrison, 1 East
Street; Mrs. Margaret & Margaret Morrison, 87 Scrabo Road; Samuel G. Martin,
105 Bangor Road; Mrs. Mawhirt, Ballyeurie; Mrs. Norah, Alexander, Allen &
Malcolm Moss, 91 Frances Street; Mrs. Maureen Maddock, 38 Bangor Road; Mary
Morrison, 29 Short Road; Mrs. Murray, 25 Bangor Road; Mrs. & Elizabeth
Magowan, 148 East Street; Mrs. Isabella Mawhinney; Mrs. Elizabeth Murphy, 11
Lower Mary Street; William & Mrs. William Marshall, 17 Slievemore Avenue;
Ellie Millar, 52 East Street; Robert Morrison, Bangor Road; Terence Mills,
Ceylon; Mrs. Jeanie McCready, 89 Victoria Avenue; Mrs. E. M. & Maggie
McDowell, 63 Bangor Road; S. J. & Mrs. E. Watters, 31 Victoria Avenue; W.
K., William K. & Mrs. Mabel McMorran, 40 Bangor Road; Minnie & Jeannie
McCartney, 33 Pound Street; Eleanor & Lizzie McNeilly, 16 Wallace's Street
No. 2; Mary McKee, 33 Movilla Street; James McCullagh, 143 South Street;
Mrs. Jane McNamara, 26 Wallace's Street No. 2; Mrs. McGimpsey, Malvern,
Loughries; Annie McClelland, 4 Frederick Place; Mrs. Robina, David & Martha
McGilton, 29 Lisbane Drive; Mrs. Alice McMillan, 49 West Street; James &
Mrs. S. A. McMorran, Westmount; Mrs. Martha McKeag, 14 Nendrum Way; Annie
McDowell, Ballyskeagh; Mrs. Edith McMillan, 4 Ardmore Avenue; Robert
McCready, 33a Movilla Street; Mrs. M. McNamara, 33 Wallace's Street No. 2;
Mrs. Agnes, Norman & John McCracken, Cairngaver; James & Mrs. Mary
McGimpsey, Ashdene, Loughries; John & Mrs. Eleanor McGouran, Sunnyside,
Loughries; Margaret McKee, 10 Queen Street; Samuel & Mrs. M. McAuley, 30
South Street; Albert McChesney, 5 Brown's Lane; Robert J. McComb, 7 Movilla
Street; Patricia McMorran, 125 Bangor Road; Sarah McKee, 6 Corry Street;
Mrs. J. McKibben, 11 Greenwell Street; Mrs. Agnes Orr, 30 Victoria Avenue;
Mrs. Christina Orme, 89 John Street; Mrs. M. J. O'Neill, 28 William Street;
Eleanor Palmer, 3 Ann Street; Mrs. M. & William Patton, 28 William Street;
William, Elizabeth & Mrs. A. M. Patterson, 109 Greenwell Street; George
Patton, 28 William Street; Isobel Pearson, 79 North Road, Newtownards;
Robert James Quinn, 14 Upper Movilla Street; Margaret Reid, 22 Greenwell
Street; Alfred Russell, Mrs. Louisa, Mary S. & Isabel Russell, 113 Bangor
Road; Alfred & Mrs. Doreen Russell, 58 North Road; Mrs. Minnie Reid, 48
Upper Movilla Street; Mrs. Annie Russell, 116 Scrabo Road; Mrs. Amy Russell,
6 Mill Street; Miss M. A. Robinson, Ards Hospital; Mrs. Agnes Russell,
Quinton Park; Robert & Mrs. R. Russell, 17a Lisbane Drive; Wilbert Reid, 81a
Mill Street; William & Mrs. Jean Reid, Drumhirk; Miss M. & Miss J. Stewart,
83 Scrabo Road; Mrs. Jane Shaw, 50 Bangor Road; Frances & Mrs. Lavinia Shaw,
103 Bangor Road; Mrs. Fanny Smyth, 25 Queen Street; Mrs. Margaret Stewart,
110 Scrabo Road; Mrs. Agnes Shaw, 3 Queen Street; Mrs. A. D. Scott, 14
Portaferry Road; Mrs. M. Stevenson, 157 Greenwell Street; Samuel & Mrs. S.
Shaw, 73 Bangor Road; Mrs. Bessie Scott, 67 Bangor Road; Mrs. J. Shaw, 78
Church Street; Ruby Sloan, 63 Frederick Street; Mrs. Sadie Thompson, 87
Balfour Street; Mrs. Tipping, Laurelbank; Mrs. Doreen Vance, 49 Ardmillan
Crescent; Louie Weir, 16 Slievemore Avenue; Mrs. Annie Wright, 6 Mill
Street; Anna, Martha & Margaret E. White, 18 Mary Street; Mrs. Mary E.
Whalley, 34 Kimberley Buildings, Donaghadee Road; Nan Wilson, 42 James
Street; Mrs. Isa Wallace, 38 Mill Street; Letitia & Susan Wilson, 66
Donaghadee Road; Lizzie Wright, 121 John Street; Mrs. G. Woods, 137
Greenwell Street; Mrs. Nellie Wylie, 47 William Street; James & Mrs. Annie
Wright, 137 South Street; Mrs. George Wallace, Ballyalicock.
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1 & 2) 8th May 1958: Borough of Newtownards. His Worship the Mayor
(Councillor William Harvey) Aldermen and Councillors of the Borough of
Newtownards request the pleasure of the company of Mr. and Mrs. A. Russell
at the site of the new Civic Hall, Regent Street, Newtownards, on Thursday,
8th May, 1958, at 11.45 a.m., on the occasion of the Laying of Foundation
Stone by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother - Programme
3) 5th September 1959: Newtownards and District Horticultural Society First
Annual Exhibition of Flowers, Fruit, Vegetables, Home Industries to be held
in the Town Hall, Newtownards.
1960/70s
  
1962 Twisted Mirrors, Information about Drink and Gambling in 1962 Edited by
The Revs. Arthur C. Davies, B.A., B.D., and Gordon E. Moody
Fluorescent Street Lighting (Newtownards)
Town Hall, Newtownards
Aerial Photographs of Newtownards
C.S.P. Duchess of Rothesay
Wooden Box initials S.M.T. inside 1897 Spring Assizes, Commission of Assize
for the Town of Drogheda & 1897 Spring Assizes, Commission of Assize for the
North East Circuit
coin/medal - Regina Fidel Defensor Victoria Dei Gratia Britanniarum
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1) Alfred Russell, Bangor Road, Newtownards. Breeder of High-Class Utility
White Leghorns and White Wyandottes.
2) Card no details
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5) Royal Air Force Station, Innsworth and Gloucester - Best Wishes for
Christmas and the New Year from Roy
6) Military Division, British Middle East Office - Christmas and New Year
Scrapbook
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1) 4th November 1933 Glasgow Evening News - Paddle Steamers "Mercury"
2) 9th January 1943 - Extraordinary Scuttling of Ships, John McDougall,
James Menzies
1) Part of Machinery of T.S. "King Edward"
2) Steamer Dining Saloon
3) To Campbeltown Trains
4) Bill of Fare/Wine List
5) Strathmore 1901
6) 1901
Newspaper Clippings
Belfast News-Letter, August 19, 1950
Roll of Honour, In Memoriam
Connolly -
In proud and loving memory of Harry, Flight Lieutenant, R.A.F.V.R., only
and dearly-loved son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Connolly, Lisburn, killed in
action at Dieppe, August 19, 1942, and buried at Hautot-sur-Mer, France
- Mum, Dad and Sisters, Gretta and Elsie
McKee - Cherished memories of Jack, C.S.M., L.I.R. (R.U.R.), died
of wounds in Sicily, August 20, 1943. Interred Cantania War Cemetery -
Sadly missed by Winnie, Joan and Jackie, 26 Gillis Terrace, Armagh
Births
Alcock -
August 18, 1950, at Johnstone House, Belfast, to Hermione (nee
Williams), wife of Commander (E.) Guy W. Alcock, O.B.E., Royal Navy - a
son.
Currie - August 5, 1950, at the Lagan Valley Hospital, to Hester
D. (nee Martin) and Herbert R. Currie, Riverside, Drumbo, Lisburn - a
son.
Parker - August 15, 1950, at Johnstone House, to Hazel (nee
Shiels), wife of Gordon Parker, M.R.C.V.S., Ferndale, Enniskillen - a
daughter (Vivienne Norma)
Salmon - August 14, 1950, to Doreen and Lindsell Salmon, 11 Park
Close, Carshalton Beeches, Surrey - a son (Barry Lindsell)
Engagements
Kinsman ~ Ellis
- The engagement is announced between Harold Knill, only son of Major W.
Kinsmen, D.S.O., O.B.E., and Mrs. Kinsman, Black Hill, Abbeyleix, Leix,
and Dorothea Margaret Eileen, youngest daughter of the late R. H. Ellis
and Mrs. Ellis, Rash House, Omagh, Co. Tyrone.
Marriages
Buller ~ Hanna
- July 21, 1950, at Non-Subscribing Presbyterian Church, Comber, by Rev.
J. G. Davies, M.A. - John Francis, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. A. M.
Buller, Knockvalley House, North Road, Belfast, to Hester Margaret,
youngest daughter of the late John McCloy Hanna and Mrs. Hanna, of
Ballystockart, Dundonald.
Cooke ~ Mills - July 20, 1950, at Ballycairne Presbyterian
Church, by the Rev. J. T. Turtle, B.A. - Alfred John, eldest son of Mrs.
Cooke and the late Mr. T. J. Cooke, Lisnaskea, Co. Fermanagh, to
Elizabeth Margaret, youngest daughter of Mr. G. Mills and the late Mrs.
Mills, Drumgrole, Ballybay, co. Monaghan.
Duncan ~ Rose - July 22, 1950, at St. Nicholas' Parish Church,
Belfast, by the Rev. John Mercer, M.A. - Terence Stuart, eldest son of
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace S. Duncan, The Ridge, 74 Maryville Park, Belfast,
to Bonnie, twin daughter of the Rev., and Mrs. T. P. Rose, 89 Wellington
Park, Belfast.
Gibson ~ McBride - August 12, 1950, at the bride's home, by the
Rev. W. B. B. Magill, B.D. - William N. Gibson, Glendale, Demesne Road,
Holywood, to Elizabeth McBride, 26 Shore Street, Holywood.
Deaths
Boyd - The W.M., Officers and Members
of Aghadowey Masonic Lodge No. 316 have learned with deep sorrow of the
death of their esteemed member, Bro. Ringland G. Boyd, M.B., D.P.H., and
beg to tender to his mother and relatives sincere sympathy in their
bereavement - W. H. Borland, W.M.; W. S. Archibald, Sec.
Brown - August 18, 1950 (suddenly), at her residence, Bessmount,
Dundonald, Hannah, dearly-loved wife of the late William Brown. Funeral
to-morrow (Sunday), at 12 noon, to Mount Norris Churchyard, arriving
Quinn's Crossroads 2 p.m. approx. Deeply regretted by her sorrowing
Family, Brother-in-law, Wife and Family. Bessmount, Dundonald.
Clark - August 17, 1950, at his residence, Bond's Hill House,
Waterside, Londonderry, Charles, beloved husband of Ester Clark. House
and funeral private.
Given - August 17, 1950, at her residence, 22 Lodge Road,
Coleraine, Elizabeth Mary (Lily), dearly-loved sister of Jennie and Ida
and eldest daughter of the late Matthew Given. House and funeral
private.
Hamilton - August 17, 1950, at Hospital, Mary Hamilton (in her
83rd year), late of 21 Clonaver Crescent North, House and funeral
private.
Hunter - August 17, 1950, at his residence, Hunterlea, Kilrea,
James Hunter, M.P.S., J.P., beloved husband of Harriette Florence
Hunter. Funeral to-morrow (Sunday), 20th inst., at 3 p.m., to the family
burying-ground, Kilrea Parish Churchyard. House private.
McDonald - August 17, 1950, at Lurgan and Portadown District
Hospital, George McDonald. Funeral from his niece's residence, Mrs.
Moses Jackson, Birches, Portadown, to-day (Saturday), at 2 p.m., to
Tartaraghan Churchyard.
McRoberts - August 18, 1950, at Banbridge District Hospital,
Ellen, second daughter of the late Samuel and Ellen McRoberts. Funeral
from her late residence, Aughnavallog, Rathfriland, to-morrow (Sunday),
at 3 p.m., to Ballyroney Presbyterian Churchyard.
McMillan - August 17, 1950, at Massereene Hospital, Samuel Craig,
dearly-loved husband of Elizabeth McMillan, Drumagorgan, Antrim. Funeral
from the hospital to-day (Saturday), at 2 p.m., to Second Donegore
Burying-ground. House private, Deeply regretted by his sorrowing Wife.
Peacocke - August 18, 1950, at her residence, 50 Victoria Street,
Lurgan, Hannah, beloved wife of the late William Peacocke. Funeral
to-morrow (Sunday), at 2 p.m., to Kilmore Churchyard, arriving at
Stonebridge at 2.45 p.m. approximately. House private. At home with the
Lord.
Willis - August 18, 1950, at her residence, Edgemount, Rostrevor,
Harriette Andrews, loved wife of Ben Willis. Funeral to-morrow (Sunday),
at 1.30 p.m., for service in St. Mark's Church, Portadown, at 2.45 p.m.;
thence to Derriaghy Churchyard.
Wanted Belfast News-Letter, August 19, 1950
Wanted to purchase small Farm with good Residence: 20 miles radius
Belfast. Major R. J. McLean, 228 Merville Garden Village,
Belfast.
Holiday Accommodation
Bangor: Armachia Guest House, Mrs. Briggs, 32 Seacliffe Road
Mount
Eden Guest House, Mrs. Meares, 170 Seacliffe Road
Select
Guest House, Mrs. H. Reid, Windrim House, Fifth Avenue, Ballyholme
Sea
Lawn, Mrs. Greer, 14 Ballyholme Esplanade
Belfast Wedding ~ Clegg - McConnell: The wedding took place
yesterday at Belmont Presbyterian Church, Belfast, of Mr. John M. Clegg,
younger son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Clegg, Brookfield House, Bangor Road,
Newtownards, and Miss Agnes Christine McConnell, daughter of Mrs. A.
McConnell, Ranfurly Drive, Belfast. Rev. J. H. Carson performed the
ceremony, assisted by Rev. A. M. Adams, and Mr. Robert Morrow was at the
organ. A solo was sung by Mrs. James Clegg. The bride, who was given
away by her uncle, Mr. James Gelston, was in a gown of malmaison pink
broderie Anglaise, and carried a bouquet of roses. Miss Dorothy Clegg
(sister of the bridegroom), who acted as bridesmaid, wore a gown of
aquamarine blue, and her bouquet was composed of carnations. The best
man was Mr. John Tate. Subsequently a reception was held at the
Wellington Park Hotel.
Newcastle
Garden Fete: More than £100 was realised at a garden fete at Shimna
House, Newcastle (Co. Down), on Thursday, organised by Newcastle Boy
Scouts. The Countess of Clanwilliam declared the fete open. First prize
winners at the fancy dress parade were :- Most original, Miss D.
Ferguson, Newcastle, "The Bat" Prettiest, Miss N. Rodgers,
"Autumn" Funniest, Robin Orr, "Boxer" Pairs, Betty Corry and
Mabel Coulter, "Family Allowances"
Post
Office Driver Fined: Charge of using motor cycle without insurance.
At Coleraine petty sessions yesterday a fine of £5, with 12 months'
suspension from driving, was imposed on Robert Beggs, Summerfield
Street, Ballymena, for using a motor-cycle without proper insurance.
He also was fined £2, with £1 2s 3d extra costs, for riding the
motor-cycle without due care and attention. Mr. R. Wray, defending, said
that Beggs borrowed the motor-cycle from a friend and the insurance did
not cover him. When rounding Millbank Corner, Portstewart, his foot
slipped from the footrest and the machine struck a wall. Beggs was in
hospital for some time with a broken nose, and two broken toes.
William Hunter Thompson, Silverstream Parade, Belfast, was fined
£3, for driving without due care and attention at Ballyreagh on July 8.
District-Inspector Kerr, prosecuting, said that defendant nearly put a
police car "over the hedge." The police car was travelling slowly, and
by taking to the grass verge was able to avoid defendant's car, which
was being driven round a right-hand bend on its wrong side. Mr. D. B.
MacLaughlin, for defendant, said that his client was avoiding a number
of pedestrians, who were walking on his side of the road.
Kirkistown Castle Golf Club - Members of the ladies' section who competed
yesterday for the prize presented by their Captain, Mrs. T. B. McConnell,
who is seated fourth from left. 19th August 1950 Belfast News-Letter
World's Only Flying Weather Station Visits Britain - Now on exhibition in
Britain, the Canadian aircraft pictured here is the world's only flying
weather station. The machine is a four-engined North Star airliner converted
into a winged laboratory for the study of bad flying weather. Equipment
includes built-in heaters for the propellers and a rain repellent devise for
the windscreen.
Belfast News-Letter, August 19, 1950
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Ireland Saturday Night, Saturday July 5th 1947
Portrait of an Ulster Hobo by D. C. Gibb: I met him plodding
along a narrow lane which winds through the Tyrone countryside and
disappears into the waste of heather-strewn bogland near the shores of
Lough Neagh. Had I been an artist I would not have been satisfied until
I had transferred his character-filled features to canvas. At the same
time I doubt if I could have done justice to the subject. He was a
hobo, one of the hundreds of homeless men who tramp the highways and
byways of rural Ulster in search of --. In search of what? That is the
question. When I put it to him he had no hesitation in replying. "I
wander," he said, "in search of happiness." "And have you found
it?" I asked. "Yes," replied he. "I may look down-and-out but I've
found something which many would give thousands of pounds to possess. I
have found happiness and peace of mind - I haven't a care in the world."
Here was a hobo who was different. For an hour I sat on a grassy bank
which this aged philosopher, who has lived in five reigns, told me the
simple story of his life. ~ Brought up in a happy home his parents died
when he was only 14. For the next seven years he lived with an uncle and
worked in a drapery store. He did not like the work. The wide open
spaces called him and he decided one day to burn all his boats and begin
a wandering life in search of happiness. That was 51 years ago. Since
then he has wandered in all parts of the British Isles and met with many
adventures. His life has not been a life of idleness. On the contrary.
In the half century during which he has been wandering the roads he has
served hundreds of employers. "I never could stay long in the one
place," he said. "Always something seemed to beckon me on and I never
could settle down." Many years ago, when passing through a Co. Derry
hamlet, this happy hobo saved a little child from almost certain death
when she fell in front of a motor-car. The only child of wealthy
parents, the latter offered the rescuer a permanent job with good pay on
their prosperous farm. Barney refused the offer. He was not prepared to
settle down. "Is there anything then that I can do for you?" enquired
the grateful father. "Yes," replied the wanderer, "I'll be well repaid
if you will agree to let me sleep in your hayloft any time I pass this
way." Several times each year for more than twenty years Barney slept in
the Co. Derry hayloft and had breakfast in the morning with the farmer
and his family. At the wedding of the girl he had rescued he was a
special guest, and to-day, in an inner pocket of his tattered coat, is a
little box containing a piece of the wedding cake. "That," said he as he
showed it to me, "is one of my most valuable possessions." ~ If this
Ulster hobo would write his autobiography - and I believe he is quite
capable of doing so - it would become a best-seller. Although he has led
a simple life close to Nature it has been a life closely packed with
adventure. It has not been a lonely life either. Although barney always
travels alone he never longs for company. "The birds and the cattle in
the fields" he says, "are my companions." The birds, he contends, have a
language of their own which only they - and he - understand.
Barney has one little worry. He is anxious to pass from this life, not
in a bed surrounded by four walls but out in the wide open spaces which
have been his home for more than half a century. "If only I could be
sure," he says," that the birds and the trees and the flowers would
witness my passing I would be the happiest man on earth." As I continued
my journey I looked back. Leaning on a gate Barney stood with his back
to me looking out over the broad waters of Lough Neagh. I knew what he
was thinking then. He was thinking that the whole world belonged to him,
that he was monarch of all he surveyed, and that he was fortunate indeed
to possess what millions seek and fail to find - that elusive thing
called happiness.
And Still Going Strong! "W" Encounters a Motor-Cyclist With a History.
(it doesn't give his name)
Ireland Saturday Night, Saturday July 5th 1947
He was a slim, boyish figure of a man wiry and agile. With his
long-skirted sports jacket, his riding breeches and soft leather knee
boots you might readily have mistaken him for a jockey. His thick, grey
hair, still some-what curly, was brushed well back and looked as if it
were for ever being blown back by the wind. He'd a keen, sharp-featured
face. But, looking at him again, you made no mistake. You recognised him
to be precisely what he was; a racing motor cyclist. "They won't
let me ride," said he. "Too old for racing, they say. They just ask me
to make the presentation of prizes? I could cry sometimes." It's
twelve years since he was last let ride in a race. "The Enniskillen
Hundred in 1935," said he. "My son was in the same race. I'd say that
was unique. I don't think it ever happened before. The boy dropped out
in the second lap, but I finished the course. I was sixty years old
then. These days he's a mere "utility" rider - in and out to Cookstown,
a matter of five miles each way, to do his shopping. But sometimes he
does a bit more than that. "The other week," said he, "I came here from
Enniskillen - about 56 miles - but I didn't do any road-burning. Speed?
A fair speed. There's nothing in it!" His age now? Only
seventy-two! "When I started riding," said he, "there was just one other
motor bicycle in Cookstown. That was in 1903. I'd a 2¾ H.P. Brown.
Speed? About 40 miles an hour - all out! The present record is 176."
He turned up an old report of the Isle of Man T.T. race in 1909. His
time for the course was 4 hrs. 29 mns. 59 3-5 secs. He didn't win, but
he finished. He had some old pictures taken somewhere about that
time. The bikes were pretty high, with frames more or less the same as
ordinary push-bikes. The riders wore plain duncher caps or close fitting
woollen semi-balaclavas. No crash helmets, no leather jackets, no
protective devices. Just nature in the raw, so to speak. One record he
holds. He'll boast of none but he'll boast of this; he was in the Home
Guard during the war. "The oldest Home Guard despatch rider in the
Kingdom" said he. All this time we were in the sitting-room of his
bungalow, set in the heart of a cut-out bog and surrounded by a
miniature forest of small trees and bushes. The place seemed to be miles
from nowhere . . . a corner of loneliness. He smiled. "Not
at all," said he. "I don't feel a bit lonely. I did at first. Not now."
Outside in his shed was his bike, as spick and span as if it were in the
pits at Nutt's Corner. "The Flying Squirrel," said he, kicking down the
stand and wheeling the machine out with the ease of a dirt-track rider.
"I do all my own tuning." We admired the machine's qualities and then
dandered back again to the house. "I had several cars in my time," he
remarked. But I chucked them all up and went back to the bike. Motor
cycling is the finest and cleanest sport of the lot. No gambling.
Nothing like that. Another thing, there's no strain on the heart when
you're getting old. In push-biking there is. Nothing to it, riding a
motor bike, if you're fit. When you're old you're even better - you're
steady and don't lose your head, the way young fellows are apt to do.
But a man like me ..." He made me a cup of tea and we continued
our yarn. He hadn't much to say for himself. He's like most
mechanical-minded men. He'd rather do things than talk about them. "I
did flagman at the Hairpin Bend for four years at the Motor race," said
he. "Busy life? Yes . . . I like anything with a risk in it."
There was a big bookcase in the room and several cabinets of small
drawers. The books were about butterflies and moths; the cabinets held
his specimens. As well as being a racing motor cyclist he's a - wait for
it - a lepidopterist. I took it up as a hobby when I was a boy at
school at the age of thirteen," said he, "and I've kept it up ever
since. I still go collecting. This is a boggy country round here and
there's plenty of moths." He smiled. "I'm not altogether a mad
motorist," said he. I've friends all over the world in connection
with butterflies." Not many people go in for the hobby in this part of
the world, which is passing strange. At least, I thought (bit missing)
was sheer beauty. "Just common blues," said he. "Very plentiful about
Carrickmore." Next were some Green Lane Whites, another common variety -
white with brown spots on the wings. One of the commonest to be seen.
You'll find them in almost any green lane in the country. But laid out
in the case there was nothing "common" about them. Again they made a
pattern of rare beauty. Here's some Marsh Heaths. "Used to be very
common on the Lough shore," said he. "But now they're practically
extinct. They lived in the bogs and fed on a peculiar rush that grows
only in bogs." Now another case, with a couple of hundred small
butterflies coloured orange, green and white, and looking like a neat
garden of flowers. Thousands upon thousands of butterflies and
moths . . . But what am I doing? I came here to get a story from the
oldest active motor-cyclist in the country - and I find I'm talking to a
butterfly chaser! "It's a great thing to have a hobby," said he. A
stuffed otter occupied a glass case in a corner of the room. "Shot near
Cookstown," said he. "Before the Claggan river was straightened up and
widened it used to be full of otters. But the banks were fixed and no
shelter left for them, so they vanished. The trout have gone too. Used
to get them in the Claggan up to 8 or 9 lbs. weight." We
discussed the country around and when I said I'd never seen Lough Fay,
the lake which lies in the hills above Cookstown, he right away offered
to run me there! I was sorry I couldn't accept the invitation. I'd
a bus to catch. Where? At Tullyhogue, which is about three miles away.
"I'll take you there on my pillion," said he. "Tuck your trousers inside
your socks and wait for me up on the road." In a few minutes he
roared up the lane, I got on. Off we went. But I couldn't keep my
balance, and he stopped. "Could you manage with a foot rest?" he asked,
and went back to fit one. This time I was O.K. Whoosh! We're away - the
first trip I've had on the back of a motor bike since . . . well I'd
hate to tell you how long ago! Great stuff, right enough.
We sliced along those twisty switch-back roads in grand style, with your
man as cool as a cucumber, and talking over his shoulder to me most of
the way. Enjoyed it? I'll say I did. I felt like any young lad!
Swishing down those hills at forty, with the wind clearing the city
cobwebs off me . . . and all the time feeling safe and secure in the
hands of this young fellow of 72! And so to Tullyhogue. We'd
ten minutes in hand, so we called in a shop. I boasted to the lady
behind the counter about my pillion-ride. She smiled at our friend.
"Ach," said she, "he's forgotten more about motor bikes than half the
young fellows nowadays ever knew!" Carried unanimously! Now
the bus, and ordinary ways of transport once more. But do you know
this? I've a notion that if I asked him to run me on his bike all the
way home to Belfast, he'd have agreed like a shot. That's the sort
of him - at 72 years of age. One last remark: "I'd like to have
plenty of money," said he. "Not for myself . . . but to make other
people happy." P.S. - What's this I said about Tyrone the other
week? Oh, aye. "No such a thing as a real oul' fellow in the
whole of the country." I'm still of the same opinion.
Ireland Saturday Night, Saturday July 5th 1947
I Have a Tongue and Can Talk by George Coulter. Were you
ever struck with awe by the thought that in the lower part of your face
and behind the doors of your lips there is concealed a pink, boneless
acrobat whose performances are charged with fate and pregnant with
destiny! The morsel of red meat we call the tongue is as potent
for good or evil as an opium pill or an atom bomb. It can raise the
devil or spread peace like a balm; it can create pandemonium or the
music of the spheres. A little red devil or a little pink angel,
it has the power of Heaven or Hell. So perilous is the tongue that
the good Trappists vow themselves to a life of silence. But most
of us could not live at all if we had to keep a padlock on our tongues.
Talking is as necessary to most of us as oxygen, or milk in our tea. It
takes its place among the major recreations. Women can be more
refreshed by an afternoon's talk then by a Lord Mayor's banquet. What
the talk is about is not so important; most of it has no more meaning
than the buzz of a fly, the twittering of sparrows, or the pattering of
raindrops; it is just talking for talking's sake. Everything likes to
make some sort of sound, apparently. We talk of dumb animals, but can
you think of one that can't bray or bleat, hoot or trumpet, squawk or
caterwaul, or otherwise vocally assert itself? So man, the talking
animal, makes his own peculiar sounds to persuade, beguile, inspire, or
bamboozle. The tongue can lead one down the garden path or plunge
a nation down a precipice, as did the fateful tongues of Hitler and
Goebbels. But other tongues, like the tongues of a Wesley or a
Wilberforce, have stirred the damped fires of conscience and kindled
flames of freedom and truth. The tongue is a responsible member of
society, but unfortunately it learns too readily to frame those dreary
and barren clichés which make up nine-tenths of our political speeches
and polite conversation. This means that the owner of the tongue
hasn't even to think what he is saying. So is it any wonder we are not
much wiser for all this vacuous eloquence? It's funny that those
who talk most have usually the least to say. It is an escape of gas, a
blowing off of superfluous steam which dissolves into space and leaves
no trace. You will remember more of a carefully condensed talk or
address lasting five minutes than you will of a loose rigmarole lasting
an hour and a half. So if you want your talk to hang its jewels in our
memory, boil it down. Your tones and accents may be so lyrical
that it won't mater much whether your talk has any meaning or not. Music
doesn't have to mean anything except music. If you have such a speaking
voice, talk on, give us excess of it, let us lounge in the pure rapture
of it, I have a tongue and can talk, but is it my own tongue or
just the echo of all the other tongues? No harm to ask yourself
that question.
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