well i had family in woodstock street !! the croys who then went on to live in willofield drive when the trouble started
yes my grandfathers sister she lived there for many yrs up until her husband died then she went to live in bangor but she was there for many yrs i can remember my randa collecting me from school and him calling in to visit her husband was well known on the woodstock rd as tommy croy i think he was a builder i also had relatives that lived up that way until the 70's the thompson's mamie thompson was the eldest daughter ? im nearly sure she had a brother and a sister
should i comment on the status of your memory lol last time i was as subtle as a flying brick naw i dont even know much about them my self tbh lol but i mentioned it because they came from the area there were the murrays as well 5 brothers there was !
im not 100 % sure but i know names owen ,terry,jerry,tony,jim prob not in that order but there father was tom murray and mother maggie nee mcconville
class reg p7 69.colin donnellyrobert semplepaul oharavincent weirthomas mcculloughbrian collinsdanny o reilly colmn colemanclem mcilhattontony rutherfordgerard turleygerard murraydavid carlisle francie rehilltony mcloughlinjohn marksjoesph reaaiden corriganbrian grantgeberial mcguigianmicky oneiljoe beattiegerry christianterrance dawsonpaul graceydesmond mulligankenny eccleskevin mcanallypeter scottbilly mcmullanbrendan mullandanny burns ?martin halliday ? 33 names there. 2 at the end isnt 100%. we alway reckoned on about 35 or so in the class so there abouts.
i can recall someone saying that there house got blew up and two of them went to live in willowfield drive with the other aunt that wud have been jim and tony they then moved to twimbrrok when the trouble kicked off
im sure its not the same murrays as was in my class. i may have known these other murrays or of them if they lived up our end around the start of the troubles. but id need to know were they lived b4 the dr. as for twinbrook . it was fav spot for many after been put out. we went up and checked it out ourselves but my folks decided against going there.
know i think they lived in the strand then woodstock street ill have to ask the oul fella !!!
more than likely not 100% sure i think yer bad memory is rubbing off lol