All the Low Roaders should recall the Skin Man who travelled around collecting the skins to feed the pigs.He was pulled by a wee donkey while he was sitting on a two wheeler cart. What a job that was, looked more like a fly catcher.,I am still trying to locate Sally Lunn nee Bush, any help will be appreciated.

Frazer would you be talking about the Blaney's from Tullnacross they had a couple of 40Gall drums on the back of the cart and they tipped the buckets of skins into the drums.
Good Luck Ted,

Hi Ted, you got it right first time, really going back awhile, best wishes,Fraser

Anyone recall Hookie Bell or Hooker Thompson?, if not I shall fill you in later.

Hi Fraser,

Hookie Bell was a Lisburn cricketer,I use the term loosely, I think he gave away more runs in the field,than he ever scored. However, he was quite the character.

Beano

The Thompson family lived in Garvey terrace, the son Hooker ( Kevin ) Thompson was about my age and a very good footballer, he served an apprenticeship in the shipyard as a sheetmetal worker. We used to travel to Belfast each morning from Hilden Halt.
After the Blaneys / Mallons stopped collecting " skins " because they moved from " Tullnabuck " to Ravarnett a gentleman called Burns from Derriaghy ( whose son Eddie was in my class in the Tech 1956 )made the rounds.
Donald

Donald, at the risk of sounding like that Michaeleen Og Flynn in The Quiet Man, would there have been a young Seamus Mallon, and would one of the Blaneys have been Agnes?
Or mebbe ah'm talkin' out o' the back o' me....?

Dabbler
Agnes doesn,t ring a bell, Mary has a famaliar ring, Dinny also . There were twin boys my age Seamus and Chris Mallon who were in my class, besides a few older ones. Old Mrs Blayney was head of the family. I don,t remember a Mr Blayney.