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Typical Belfast Weekend Circa 1950
In the days of my youth, growing up in Belfast my greatest memories were those of the weekends. Friday was payday, fish and chips for supper, best shirt and tie, money in my pocket and off to the local dance … Continue reading
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Tagged ance, church, cinema, dates, fish and chips, girls, pictures, walks
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Montague the Beautiful part Two (NIMBY)
The residents of Montague opposed to the Boys & Girls Club in their neighbourhood are NIMBY`s. It is okay to be a NIMBY if you have your priorities right. Nimby is an acronym for “Not in my Backyard“ Some people … Continue reading
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Tagged airports, boys, club, drug dealer, fraking, girls, highway, military base, motorcycle gangs, Nimby, oil wells, pub, strip joint, toxic waste
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Items from the Past
I came across the picture I have included with this blog on Face Book. Quite frequently someone posts supposedly old items then asked if people are old enough to recognize them. I unfortunately seem to recognize every item instantly so … Continue reading
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Tagged 1951, ball point pen, biro, blotting paper, girls, inkwell, messy, Parker Pens., Students
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Skipping in the Streets of Belfast Circa 1950
On Tuesday evening I watched the latest Rick Mercer show, one of my favourite TV programs. In this particular episode Rick visited a group, maybe team is a better word, of boys and girls specializing in skipping. Like so many … Continue reading
Posted in Belfast Social History, family
Tagged Belfast, boys, football, fun, girls, healthy, playgrounds, Schools, skipping, we made our own fun.
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No Sex Talk Today,Its Sunday!!!!
Its Sunday and raining so no top down drive to church this morning. The Mini will have to stay in the garage. Linda is one year and a day older than yesterday, but I think she had a good birthday … Continue reading
Sex 1950 Sex 2014
With the 2014/15 school year just beginning it made me think back to my own school days which began in 1944. At six years of age I had no interest in girls and that continued until I was approximately eleven … Continue reading
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Tagged autographs, boobs, fashion, girls, imagination, knickers, love, mystery, national geographic, Nude, parents, school, Sex, uniforms
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Budge is so Cute!!!!!Girls Soccer 1976
Yesterday on Face Book I came across this old photo of Budge receiving the “Female Athlete of the Year” whilst at Saint Augustine University in Camrose Alberta. Seemingly a friend, Kristine Mosher found the old newspaper clipping while going through … Continue reading
Posted in family, Prince Edward Island, veterans
Tagged boys complaining, could beat the girls, crude goal posts, cut the grass, Eliot River, first with CSA, girls, hillis oil stars, Hunter River merchants, lots of fun.1976, no parents, push mowers, soccer, ties, toms townies, Winsloe Brit knits
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How Times Change!!!
All those years ago when I saw an old guy driving a racy convertible I use to think how it was wasted on him. I could imagine girls fighting over me if I had a car like that. Well fast … Continue reading
Posted in family, vehicles, veterans
Tagged cell phones.antiques, convertible, girls, gone with the wind., old guys, strange animal, yesterday
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A Belfast Weekend in the 1950’s
In the days of my youth, growing up in Belfast my greatest memories were those of the weekends. Friday was payday, fish and chips for supper, best shirt and tie, money in my pocket and off to the local dance … Continue reading
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