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lost memories
Lost Memories.
As he walks along the windswept shore
watching waves break on the sand
slowly dandering through the storm
holding his true loves hand.
The memories of long ago
flood back to him galore,
of many sun drenched happy days
they spent upon thi...
Views: 310 Replies: 4
Last Post: Apr 15, 2015 1:22pm
by Ann
by Ann
Welsching
I think I asked this question before but cannot remember if anyone answered.
In norniron we said " welsched " when someone did not keep his word or did not repay a loan. Recently I was discussing with a German friend mixed marriages in the German speaking part of...
Views: 219 Replies: 3
Last Post: Apr 12, 2015 6:48am
by donald
by donald
Aileen
OK, so sport isn't everybody's cuppa tea, and we haven't got a World beater to shout about, and yes, it IS only Triathlon. and yes, I AM biased, but this young(ish) IRISH woman competes in Abu Dhabi on Saturday against the best in the world, and will not be outclasse...
Views: 453 Replies: 10
Last Post: Apr 11, 2015 5:27pm
by Dabbler
by Dabbler
Easter Weekend
Wishing everyone a very Happy Easter. My youngest daughter, Trea, and her husband are here for the weekend and it's nice to have them, even for a short stay. Hope you all enjoy the holidays.
Views: 394 Replies: 10
Last Post: Apr 11, 2015 11:06am
by Pat
by Pat
After Easter
Hi all,
After a happy time with family at Easter, sunny warm weather, lots of daffodils & Spring flowers, eating in the garden & reminiscing, we now look forward to the next holiday, hoping the sun will continue to shine.
Earlier this week we were...
Views: 173 Replies: 0
Last Post: Apr 11, 2015 10:36am
by Pat
by Pat
Easter weekend
Going to try my hand at some small talk, Easter is not realy a big holiday here,Good Friday is a Statutary Holiday but Easter Monday is only a holiday for Government and Bank Employees. Weather here the past couple of days been really mild compared to what we have be...
Views: 337 Replies: 7
Last Post: Apr 9, 2015 9:38am
by Ann
by Ann
I WISH ID LOOKED AFTER ME TEETH PAM AYRES
Oh, I wish I'd looked after me teeth,
And spotted the perils beneath,
All the toffees I chewed,
And the sweet sticky food,
Oh, I wish I'd looked after me teeth.
I wish I'd been that much more willin'
When I had more tooth there than fillin'
To pass up gob...
Views: 172 Replies: 0
Last Post: Apr 8, 2015 8:06pm
by BARNEYKX
by BARNEYKX
Easter Delicacy week at Lidl
Lidl have an excellent selection of delicacies on offer at the minute, Salmon, Entrecôte, Fillet steak, Lamb and Roast beef but to mention a few as well as Italian desserts. Stracciatella cake, Raspberry and Mango Sorbets and an excellent selection of Wines and...
Views: 333 Replies: 9
Last Post: Apr 8, 2015 7:48am
by Ann
by Ann
Sea Story
In response to several requests for more tales here is one that again I am not sure if If I told it before or not,if I did bear with me.
In March 1947 I joined my first ship HMS Nigeria in Simonstown South Africa after travelling out by troopship from Liverpool th...
Views: 187 Replies: 4
Last Post: Apr 8, 2015 7:04am
by Ann
by Ann
HANDS
A young man went to seek an important position at a large printing company. He passed the initial interview and was going to meet the director for the final interview. The director saw his resume, it was excellent. And asked, '
- Have you received a scholarship fo...
Views: 113 Replies: 1
Last Post: Apr 8, 2015 6:59am
by Ann
by Ann
POEMS BY MICHEAL WALSH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK0MYmNsTaA
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Last Post: Apr 7, 2015 9:10pm
by BARNEYKX
by BARNEYKX
ALANNA
ALANNA! Alanna! within the churchyard's round
There's many graves of childer' there, they lie in holy ground;
But yours is on the mountain side beneath the hawthorn tree–
O fleet one, my sweet one, that's gone so far from me.
Alanna! Alanna! When that sm...
Views: 192 Replies: 0
Last Post: Apr 7, 2015 8:22pm
by barneykx
by barneykx
Mutiny on Good Friday
Maybe I have told this story before, if I have please excuse me. Good Friday always brings back memories for me of an incident on board HMAS Murchison 60 years ago (My God). Murchision was a World War 11 frigate and we had been patrolling the waters north of Australi...
Views: 267 Replies: 2
Last Post: Apr 6, 2015 7:33pm
by barneykx
by barneykx
A Lurker down the Line
Yesterday being a beautiful day, we took Tess down the line for a walk. On the towpath we met the lovely Thelma and her husband. Thelma is a dedicated lurker who follows everything on the Forum but will not engage in any topics. When I asked her yesterday...
Views: 373 Replies: 4
Last Post: Mar 31, 2015 9:56am
by Ann
by Ann
hotels drink ban
some hotels in south now banning bringing your own drink for consumption in the rooms whatever is comeing up next,now i wonder if this could be legal
Views: 295 Replies: 5
Last Post: Mar 31, 2015 9:46am
by Ann
by Ann
Lisburn Square for sale
If anyone has 2 million quid to spare they can buy Lisburn Square which cost 23 million quid to build. Eamon lowercase now,s your chance to own the Tuesday Bell. Maybe Hilden mill will also be on the market soon and you could make an offer for it also.
donald
h...
Views: 360 Replies: 8
Last Post: Mar 29, 2015 1:43pm
by Pat
by Pat
THE LISTENERS
The Listeners
by Walter De La Mare
'Is there anybody there?' said the Traveller,
Knocking on the moonlit door;
And his horse in the silence champed the grasses
Of the forest's ferny floor:
And a bird flew up out of the turret,
Above the Traveller's head
And...
Views: 289 Replies: 4
Last Post: Mar 28, 2015 10:36am
by Pat
by Pat
turning 80
i have just been informed by the DHSS that on reaching 80 in may i will have an increse of 25 pence a week from then,it would not even buy a box of matches now,just like £10 bonus at christmas that has never increased from it was introduced 22 years ago
Views: 369 Replies: 12
Last Post: Mar 28, 2015 9:54am
by Dabbler
by Dabbler
Paddy´s Day in Munich
http://www.stpatricksday.de/irishmass_en.html
http://www.stpatricksday.de/index_en.html
Tomorrow, being the last Sunday before Paddy´s Day is here in Munich a big day. The Irish club organise a parade along the Leopold and Ludwig Streets to the Monument at M...
Views: 232 Replies: 6
Last Post: Mar 22, 2015 9:09pm
by Eamon lowercase
by Eamon lowercase
THE HOMELESS LIVING ON THE STREETS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=568B5S0BqGo#t=240
Views: 570 Replies: 27
Last Post: Mar 22, 2015 8:34pm
by Dabbler
by Dabbler
FRIARS BUSH GRAVE YARD STRANMILLIS ROAD BELFST
http://watchinghorrorfilmsfrombehindthecouch.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/friars-bush-cemetery.html
Views: 359 Replies: 14
Last Post: Mar 22, 2015 5:55pm
by Ann
by Ann
MOBILE PHONE CHARGERS
A small child has died due to putting the mobile chargeing pin in her mouth while power was on charger
Views: 155 Replies: 1
Last Post: Mar 21, 2015 6:19pm
by Ann
by Ann
Joe Kinkead
I see that Joe Kinkead has died.
Another Lambeg man who made the grade.
Views: 230 Replies: 3
Last Post: Mar 20, 2015 7:35pm
by Mauri
by Mauri
the destruction of sennachrib
The Destruction of Sennacherib
BY LORD BYRON (GEORGE GORDON)
The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold,
And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold;
And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea,
When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep G...
Views: 184 Replies: 0
Last Post: Mar 19, 2015 1:13pm
by barneykx
by barneykx
Schools Cup
Well done and bad luck to Wallace High School for reaching the School's Cup at Ravenhill today. Beaten 14-12 but did no disgrace themselves or the town.
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Last Post: Mar 17, 2015 8:02pm
by Low Roader
by Low Roader
Hilden Mill fire
http://www.lisburntoday.co.uk/news/local-news/hilden-mill-gutted-in-ferocious-blaze-1-6628584
Read this in the Star just now, it brought tears to my eyes, Hilden mill was part of our growing up, the "wee park, EMB, Hilden school and last not least working there....
Views: 173 Replies: 2
Last Post: Mar 16, 2015 7:11pm
by Pat
by Pat
IN MEMORY OF MY MOTHER
poem of Patrick Kavanagh
I do not think of you lying in the wet clay
Of a Monaghan graveyard; I see
You walking down a lane among the poplars
On your way to the station, or happily
Going to second Mass on a summer Sunday--
You meet me and you say:
'Don't...
Views: 170 Replies: 2
Last Post: Mar 16, 2015 7:01pm
by Pat
by Pat
