Antrim L1

LADYHILL PRIMARY SCHOOL
B.Row: Bobby Cameron, Len Ireland, Herbie McCabe, Amanda Armour, Eileen Fleming, Betsy Fleming, Pamela Wilson, Jim Purdy and John Fleming.
3rd Row: Mrs. McIlwaine (Teacher), Tommy Fleming, Billy Ingram, Audry Beattie, Mable McCammond, Elizabeth McMahon, Mauve McCallum,
Margaret (Marty) Purdy, Anna McCabe, Beatrice Purdy, Kenneth McKitterick and George Bates. 2nd Row: Bobby Armour, Muriel Flemming, Marion Clark,
Dorothy Clark, Elsie Carson, Audrey Purdy, Kay Carson, Margaret Warwick, Mary McClenaghan, Joesphine McMahon, Olga Carson, Evelyn Armstrong,
Dorothy Armour, Ella Ireland, Doris Blackbourne, Joseophine Fleming, Mervyn McKitterick and Miss Allen (Teacher). F.Row: Liam Blackbourne,
James McMahon, Norman Purdy, James Armour, Brian McCabe, Sammy Rantin, Donald Rantin, Derek Jackson, Artie Stevenson, Ian Stevenson,
Derek McCabe, and Davy McMahon. The year is 1947

LADYHILL PRIMARY SCHOOL
This is the class of 1954 from Ladyhill Primary School and at the back we have Mrs McElwaine, William Fleming, Unknown, Sammy Warwick,
Sammy Ranton, Andy Warwick, Bobby Reilly, Kenneth McClenghan and Unknown. In the next row are Vera Kennedy, Mary McCleanghan,
Margaret Warwick, Martha Irvine, Chris McCleanghan, Dorothy Armour, Elsie Carson, Evelyn Armstrong, Marrion Clark, Miss Allen 'Head Mistress'
and unknown. Following in front of them we have Ann Newell, Florence Hall, Audrey Cameron, Lucy Matchett, Kay Carson, Wilma Carson,
Rene Clark, Miss Crawford, Miss Crawford 'twins', Pat Gage, Sarah Mary Armour and Margaret Price. Those seated are, William Hall, Pamela Heath,
June Ireland, Wilma Carson, Betty Millar, Mary Montgomery, Jane Montgomery and William Montgomery. Kneeling down at the front are
George Heath, Martin Terry, William Hall, Ann Simpson, Evelyn Hill, Josphine Fleming, Gilbert Rantin, Unknown,Unknown,Unknown and Unknown.

LOWE FAMILY
Well here we are in Scotch Street in the Pound Loney area of Belfast in 1959 with three of the Lowe family being photographed.
At the back with his Elvis hair style is Sean Lowe who went on to emigrate to California and went home some years past. Next is his sister Betty Lowe now
a Graham and finally in front and the youngest of five children is Rosemary Lowe, her other sister & brother Eileen & Jim emigrated to Australia.
Now to hear the story behind the photograph we must rewind the years back to her parents. Her father John Lowe worked at a fair in Belfast. Her mum
Sadie (Sarah) Macmillan originally from Coleraine went to the fair, met John, they fell in love, married and had five children. Now when Rosemary was being
baptized, her Godmother Aunt Rita and Rosemary's sister Betty decided at the font that the Mary was not glamorous enough and changed it to Rosemary!
When Rosemary left school she went to work in Telephone House as a telephonist. There she got into the habit of having a telephone at her ear and to this
day Rosemary can be found still with a phone clamped to her ear! Some time later Rosemary met,fell in love with and married Jim Drain and they emigrated
to Brisbane Australia. But Australia was not for them and soon they were on their way home to Northern Ireland. Rosemary realized that it wasn't just
going to be the two of them landing home it was to be three for Rosemary was expecting their first son. They came to Antrim and were housed in the just
newly built Rathenraw estate. Later they moved to the Greystone road and altogether had three sons Alan, Colin and Richard.
Rosemary, now retired is a E-Bay addict and is well known not only around the town but also at local car boot sales as a avid bargain hunter.
Her nieces and nephews know her as Auntie Hopey! Now a little birdie whispered in my ear that Rosemary was 60 on the 21st December 2009.