GIRL SCOUTS 4078
Stopping here on Broughshane's Main Street in 1925 to have their photograph taken are this merry band of Girl Scouts. All happy smiling faces and eager to get on with their outing, at least their transport is motorized with benches either side and steps at the back to get up onto the vehicle, no saftey belts back then! The thatched building behind them is either a pub or a hotel.
STRONGMAN 1129
It is often said that a picture tells a thousand words, and that is certainly the case here!
Just who this strongman is - or indeed who his unlikely 'weights' are - is currently unknown. It is understood that he was pictured flexing his muscles in Ballymena, the year is unknown.
GEORGE STARS 4209
Here on Linen Hall Street we have George Stars shop and upstaairs is where George lived. Now George sold everything if he didn't have it he would get it for you. In the windows you can see ladies hats, china figurines including holiday postcard also teapots cupsaucers and combs. One man Sean Martin remembers going in with his matesto buy cap for their toy guns. Also posted on the window Senior Service cigs and Woodbine cigs made by Gallagher in Belfast, beside George's shop was Simon McCory's shop on the corner.
George Stars married a girl called Marcus from Harryville they had a son that worked in the pictures at a time, He married a girl from Upper Princes Street her surmame was possibly Cotters.
St. LOUIS CONVENT 3093
This photograph when it was taken was of St.Louis Covent in Ballymena.
History tells us that it was on 8 January 1924 – a cold snowy day, according to one of the ‘Founding’ Sisters – that the first four Sisters of St Louis,
accompanied by the Mother General and Canon McNamee, from Monaghan, arrived in Ballymena. They were warmly welcomed by the Very Reverend Thomas Canon O’Donnell. Here they stayed until 81 years later when they all left in August 2005. The Covent is now a Grammar school, aptly called St.Louis Grammar School.
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STUTTERS 4212
Alex Stutton owned a store and ran a travel excursion business on Queen Street and so decided to go to a photographic Studio as Mr Stutton wanted to have all the family taken for prosperity.
Back Row: Daughter ?, Son ? and Daughter ?. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --
Front Row: Son ?, Son ?, Alex Stutton-father, Daughter ?, Mrs Stutton-mother, Sam Stutter and Daughter ?
In later years Sam Stutter would marry a Margaret Spence.
MORTON AND SIMPSON 4213
Here in the early 1950's we have these two men from Morton and Simpson with their bread cart delivering to their customers on a daily basis. their shop and the mill was on Church Street.
Now you could go into the shop and get their famous Ballymena bun for 3d old money they also had Morton biscuits with a thick layer of butter and a slab of cheese, just absolutely wonderful !
GEORGE G. SLOANE 4210
Here we are at George Sloane's Dairy in 1960 which was on the corner of Waveney Road and Waveney Avenue and the boss and employees are having their photo taken.
Back Row: Gilbert Greer,corner of Waveney Rd and Waveney Avenue Andy Cochrane, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown and Unknown,
Middle Row: Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Gavin Robinson, Johnnie Holden, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown and Wilfie Mullan.
Front Row: Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, George G. Sloane, Unknown, Unknown and Unknown,
Now if you know any or where they are in the photo please let me know and I will send you a copy of the photograph.
GEORGE G. SLOANE 4011
This is one of Sloane's Dairy milk float being used to make an advert for the newspaper to promote the company which was on the corner of Waveny Avenue and Waveny Road.
Starting on the left we have Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Nurse Elizabeth McBurney, Unknown, John Holden, Willis McWilliams is the small boy drinking in front of John, Unknown, Tommy McBurney the driver and Andy Cochrane.
Now Ken Aiken remembers That they had a coin operated milk machine on the Waveney Ave side on the street. It gave you a tetra-pack carton of milk, sort of pyramid shaped, way before its time. My granny who lived on Waveney Ave would send me down for a pint of " Monks milk " that had a green top and more cream on the top and came from the Portglenone Monastery. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - --- -My Gran always gave me the cream off the top.- - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - -- -Now if you know any or where they are in the photo please let me know and I will send you a copy of the photograph.
SALISBURY SQUARE 4214
This is Salisbury Square in the late 1940's in Ballymena. on the right you can see the sign for Salisbury Arms a pub. Across the road still to the right is Queens Street and inside the first door on the left was Tommy McGrath the Cobblers. Going to the left is a telephone box now reduntant these days 092024) the lorry on the left side of the street seems to be well over loaded with sacks outside Willie Wallace's shop. When it was Christmas time the children used to crowd round his shop window for in it he had a nodding Santa.
Also around Salisbury Square was McCullagh the Chemist, The Belfast Arms, "Tight Gut" Dan Magee the Butchers, George Kernahan the Barbers, with Hugh McNabnrey, Maurice Fetherson and best of all a Sweet shop.
SALISBURY SQUARE 4215
This is Salisbury Square in Ballymena in the 1930's with everyone just dandering about on the road for not much traffic back then just a horse and cart.
SPRINGWELL STREET 4216
This is Springwell Street in 1950 and on the left we have McQuillan's pub and a few years later Harcourt the coal man bought two houses further up the stree up and turned them
into his offices. In No.18 lived the Dickey's until 1971.
In the middle of the road we have 5 ladies and a man, at the back we have: Bobby Gordon had a pet Fox he would walk on a leash and Lizzies Killen.
While in front is Lizzie Boyle, Sarah Turtle she lived at No.42, Cissie Smyth and Agnes Smyth.
SPRINGWELL STREET 4217
Here we are on Springwell Street and standing outside The Pizza Parlour in 1954 are the family.
At the back we have Billy, Norman and Joe Harcourt.
In front are Annie Taylor, Eva Harcourt and Tommy Kinnear (who were a sister and brother of Joe Harcourt's late first wife, Lily). I have to admit the ladies are the hardiest of them all, out in only dresses with snow and ice all around.
SPRINGWELL STREET 4218
It's July in the 1930's here in Springwell Street Ballymena, it looks like all the children in the street have gathered under the banner to have their photograph taken and some sadly are bare-footed.
Doreen Dickey remembers the day George Dickey and another brother when their parents were out they painted and left the arch in their hallway. When their mother came home she blew a gasket and the arch was removed.
They suspended the arch from one attic window to Sarah Turtle's attic window.
Now the boy on the right with the handcart which belonged to Alec Elliot is selling ice cream. now Alec Elliot had a sweet shop in Springwell Street and made his own ice cream. He also went round with a ice cream cart pulled with a horse.
Next door to Elliots was Wilson Foster's grocery shop.