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HI Carolina Irish
i lived in ridgeway st and i mind the harrisons living there they were related to the smileys walter and nellie and they lived up the steps then

Walter and Nelly were my uncle and aunt. Nelly was my mother's sister. I remember them living in Ridgeway Street.

Brendan Woods,

Is that the Barney Woods I worked with in Sepon Park, years ago, when men were men & work was hard work. ?
Joe Burns.

yes thats me joe with you and frank crossey RIP
i moved from lisburn to newcastle then to kilkeel when my wife died in 2004, you still do any homers
i packed in the dogs years ago, but go now and again to dundalk

Hi Carolina Irish
well pump lane,s dead and gone this ages i see eric smiley now and then, he and the wife go racing most weekends leopardstown nass navan and fairyhouse
probably dundalk as well they have greyhound racing after the horse racing 7 horse races and 10 dog races
on a friday night do you need a few quid to hold out there,a great track though compared to what it used to be

i got married again to an american woman,new jersey ,we go south now and then, but a year back in july last we had a car accident and she wes severly injured shattered hip and pelvis ,she is making a slow recovery from this hopefully this summer we be on the road again,usually hit dublin or doolin/galway

Hi Brendan,
On reading your reply to Joe I realized who you were, as a matter of fact I was up visiting Bobbie in lisburn to day and I was telling him about you putting Jim Kerrys record on the forum, as Brain Madden who is writing a book about Jim came up to our house to interveiw Bobbie a fortnight ago for some insight and the crack was great, However Brendan its with regret that I read of your recent setbacks and I hope your luck changes in the near future,
Regards Ted Rooney

Brendan,
Bobby Sends his regards Ted

is that the ted rooney who used to work for elmores and knew sean kearns ,he was a hodsman like myself in those days we had moterbikes then him and i; jawas they were?

Right first time Brendan, I forgot about the Jawa, regarding Sean Cairns he is living in Kildare now I had a card from him at Christmas and Tom my brother he is down in Co Meath after I realized it was yourself I rang Bobbie and he was telling me yous worked together with the Spences and that wasn't yesterday, it was great to hear from you Ted

i have,nt seen bobbie rooney in years'yes we worked on the houses for unit the knockmore estate,with harold and roy mcbride rip and geordie allen im not sure if geordie is still around' bertie and norman mcallister were in squad also i never be talking to anyone from lisburn at all now but i be there every sunday visiting my sister mary she is in pond park nursing home and my son who wanted to go back to lisburn to live,i see hugh mcgrogan during summer months in newcastle his wife died a few years back also

Brendan if you get a chance e/m me at teddyro57@btinternet.com
Ted

Brendan

(Thank you for this, I found it very interesting. My dad Billy Thompson was fly weight. He was very well know in boxing circles, but the Billy Thompson mentioned in the records isn't him. This man, when I looked him up, was a Yorkshire man, who strangely enough has just died on 4th January 2009.

Thanks again

Liz )


hi Liz
i remember Billy Thompson back then dark curly haired lad in those days i,m sure he was heavier than flyweight though more like 9 or 10 stone if my memory serves right i think he was a fitter or mechanic ,however i will look back the records on BOX REC I might stumble on something about him if he boxed pro which im sure he did,i think that was around time Jackie Willis was in the game,i met Jackie last year in newcastle and he had,nt a clue who i was,was donkeys years from we last met all the best barney woods

Brendan,

Good to hear from one of the old neighbours, workmates again, we left Lisburn in 1974 & are retired in Clare since 1990. All "homers "are done here at the Cottage we bought, which was just 4 walls then on an acre of land. Hope your wife makes a steady recovery & maybe run into you in Doolin or Galway sometime, we visit there too. Like yourself I only go to Big Races now with my son Kieran at holiday times, no dog racing at all only invites sometimes to Charity do's in Limerick. Never made the fortune promised.
Speaking about the Jawas, I remember when working at Ulster Avenue for Liscon, I got a lift with you, on the pillon seat & flying up the Derriaghy strait, my duncher blew off, never to be seen again. Then, at Carryduff one frosty morning I saw you turning into the job, skidding & tumbling over, but you were unfazed, got up & started work. We were made of the "right stuff." You could keep 2 bricklayers going, plus doing the scaffolding & made your own mortar for us. "Abraham Lincoln abolished black slavery but forgot to abolish white slavery"...as George Morrow used to say.

All the best Barney,
Joe.

Brendan, I was just wondering if you would have a photo of Joe Sharpe, brother of Peter (Al) Sharpe. I have just completed Peter's story. He had 121 fights, and is the only Irishman to have won three Northern Ireland titles - light, welter and middle - at different weights. Gerry Smyth died recently and there was a massive turnout. Needless to say his fights with Jim Keery were mentioned in a wonderful eulogy. I enjoyed reading your messages.

Brian Madden

i remember both from ulster hall days i have not noticed photo,s of joe on line they might be one maybe in rushlight or belfast forum i will have a look round the owner of rushlight has a lot of local stuff on his site boxing video,s for sale also
its full of local belfast history

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I read that when he was sixteen, Jim beat Rinty Monaghan on points.

yes he did beat rinty not sure what age he was though
and im near certain he also beat jackie patterson who went on to win world title, patterson was murdered in south africa

Rinty was world champion. I didn't know about the murder. I'll google it. Thanks.

I remember a Jim Keery that used to live on Warren Park Avenue across the street from my Aunt Minnie (Elliott). I remember us going on holidays with him to Portrush. If this is the same one - Sylvia Walker, now living in Hillsborough might remember some things about him.

yes he beat rinty and if im not mistaken jackie patterson as well also a world flyweight titleholder

HI Liz i came across this tonight going boxing records
could this have been your father Billy Thompson

http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=325536&cat=boxer

birthday would be a clue there

according to Box Rec issac fought rinty when he was 16 it was issac,s 22nd fight, his first fight was 1932
he was born in 1921,making him 11 years old,so Box Rec have got thier records way off the mark here
maybe try and find out his true record elsewhere like eastside boxing

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The snow was falling fast.
We don't want your Christmas pudding

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If I recall correctly, the French champion Emile Famechon came to Lisburn in the early 50"s.stayed with Jim Keery ,and was seen on training runs around the brand new Tonagh estate,Is Brendan Woods the one from Pump Lane, who was in class with me

Yes Frank thats me Pump Lane,s all but gone houses up the steps there still and Brookvale Drive the rest is long gone one of the Famechons did come here im sure he fought Billy Kelly from Derry may have been European title fight but i mind Kelly fighting one of the Famechons there were 3 of them Emile was one of them.How you getting on out there Frank many changes round our area from you left The Big Hall is gone as well im in Kilkeel was in Newcastle about 15 16 years