LOWER MAIN STREET
This is Lower Main Street back in 1893 and a few of the townsfolk including a dog are posing for the photographer. The building on the left beside the
crowd in the foreground replaced the old Market House where on the 7th of June 1798 the United Irishmen fought a battle with the British Army.
. The next building which has a shop also has the local police station with two policemen standing outside it. Across the road is The Northern Bank which was built in 1868, on up this side you can see a thatched pub which back then was called the 'Black Bull' and is now Lavert's Bar.

LYN FAMILY
Getting their photograph taken either at Cranfield or Whiteside Corner in Randalstown we have the Lynn family in 1916.
Standing on the we have Maria Lynn, then her brother Robert Lynn and her sister Annie Lynn.
Seated is her mother Annie Lynn and her father James Lynn who was in the North Irish Horse Regiment and he survived the Great War.

LADY O'NEILL
Posing for their photograph at Shane's Castle in 1886 we have Lady O'Neill with her daughters Rose and Alli.
Getting your photograph taken then was more of an ordeal than pleasure, for you had to stay perfectly still and not look at the camera!

LORD O'NEILL
Playing so intently with his trains in his younger days at Shane's Castle is Lord O'Neill.
Later on in life he would have real one's in the castle grounds until they went to the Antrim Coast where they are still working away.

LOWER MAIN STREET
This is Lower Main street in Randalstown in the 1950's and the photograph was taken by a Brownie 127 box camera.
On the right of the picture is a very old car with no roof on it. While over to the left is a milk lorry making deliveries of glass bottles of milk and also churns.
In the centre of the photograph are cyclists coming down the road and this is probably the main reason the picture was taken.