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Belfast Boards => Belfast History and Memories => Topic started by: moorsy on March 10, 2008, 04:29:25 PM
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Oul, d,Da Da Dempsey spits and stutters
His mangey dog lies in the gutters
White washed yards and outside lavies
Bookies crammed with greasy navvies
Shuffing home with batin dockets
Tappin mates with empty pockets
Ha,penny chews and pokes and sliders
Rusty prams make hand-made gliders
Cabbage bacon smelly nappies
The homely stench of Jean Mchaffies
Scores a, childer gettin, fed
Sardine packed to five a bed
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Mangle grinders washboard scrubbers
Spinners, doffers clad in rubbers
Body washers tick collectors
Mitchers duke the school inspectors
Scrubbed half-moons and shiny knockers
The heavy trudge of weary dockers
Poucey shawlies laughin singin
Chapel bells and washin wringin
Money lenders faces trippin
Countin,cursin tempers rippin
Josie,s man who likes to punch her
Staggers home in oily duncher
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Willie Wino hugs the lamp-post
Bares his soul and sings his utmost
Damns the pubs for closin Sundays
Yellowed blinds shut out the daylight
Pawns are bunged til friday pay-night
Drunken men are given batins
Annie Sweeny,s had her sixth son
Wee Ma Black has breathed her last one
Cobbled streets and Rag o, bone men
Gurnin weeins runnin pantin
Snattery noses piggin faces
Holey jumpers untied laces Belfast, my childhood :-\ :-\
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Brilliant poems moosry. That last one was sad but for some of us it all we knew. The poverty in some families was just terrible :(
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Kathleen, aye it was just as well we did,nt realise how bad of we were.
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I can remember when I first became aware of the differences. I and my friend had joined the choir and had been invited with the others for a tea at another members house. When I walked in my jaw hit the floor :o I had never seen anything like it before. Big spacious rooms ( in comparison to my parents little kitchen house that is ) and beautiful furniture. We had tea out of delicate little cups with matching saucers and the conversation was about the hostess last trip abroad. Now I had never been any further than Donaghadee so I was amazed. That's when I began asking questions such as how can they live like that and we can't. My mother told me to stay in school and get an education as this was something she was denied. She left school when she was 14 to go and work in the mill :(
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My gran worked as a doffer in the Linfield Mill, died way too young of pouce(lung disease) caused by dampness in the mills. She grew up in the Gorbels in Glasgow,tough life. Your mum was typical of the girls then,going to work in the Mills.
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Oul, d,Da Da Dempsey spits and stutters
His mangey dog lies in the gutters
White washed yards and outside lavies
Bookies crammed with greasy navvies
Shuffing home with batin dockets
Tappin mates with empty pockets
Ha,penny chews and pokes and sliders
Rusty prams make hand-made gliders
Cabbage bacon smelly nappies
The homely stench of Jean Mchaffies
Scores a, childer gettin, fed
Sardine packed to five a bed
WELL DONE MOORSY O0 so many memories in my head right now ;)
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THE WAY WE WERE.
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off ta school at the crack of dawn
stop at the bakery fer a wee cream horn
bertie,the watch-man has limped home
his wee coke fire sits all alone
cobblestones are be,in lifted
new street lamps are be,in fitted
the air raid shelters are all gone
nay much left from my ould home
a new day on Carmel st.
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Moorsy I'm really enjoying reading your poems. They bring back so many memories of the old days and your descriptions are very vivid.
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Kathleen, remember the watch-men in there wee sentry boxs when the corporation were fixing the streets. they sat there all night with the coke fires going. Mostly old soldiers.us kids loved to hang around before bedtime and listen to there stories about the war.
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I remember them well moorsy and when you mentioned about the new lamps being fitted I thought about one of my uncles. His job was to light the gas lamps. I can't remember what his route was but he did tell me many years ago. After that I think he went to work in Ross's lemonade factory.
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Moorsy
Kathleen, aye it was just as well we did,nt realise how bad of we were
Growing up in Belfast ( born 1942 ) In my naivety, I thought most of the
Western World lived the same kind of lives as us.
Unknown to me, Ireland had the lowest standard of living in Europe, at
that time, I suppose we were happy in our ignorance.
Most people did not have the money to holiday in Foreign countries, so
they did not know any better.
When I came to Canada in 1971, it was a case of Culture shock.
Even in the smallest Restaurant, each table had its own salt / pepper /
Ketchup / vinegar / paper serviettes, and " FREE " glasses of water :o
At lunch time, I would go to a nearby Greasy spoon type Chinese
restaurant still wearing wearing my overalls, and at the next table were
Business men with their briefcases and 3 piece suits.
Coffee was 25 cents a cup, refills 15 cents----------nowadays coffee is
about $ 2.2, with unlimited free refills.
There was less class distinction, and one did not need University entrance
qualification, to become a clerk / typist.
When you left School, one did not have to sign a form that you understood
that you could not return at a later date.
Night Schools are open until late at night, you can go back to school no
matter what age you are.
You can start an Apprenticeship at ANY age
Churches are for the people, none of this " having to dress up to go to
church ", you can see jeans / t shirts, and at Christmas Eve the young kids
might be wearing pyjamas.
It is a more easy going lifestyle here, with less of the " keeping up with the
neighbours."
At one time I had 4 cars, all taxed and insured, one car was only for taking
the dogs down to the [censored] for a swim. ;D ;D
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One of the fella,s in our street was a lamplighter.his family name was Symington,he had his route on the albertbridge rd. around templemore ave.
His brother Brian.runs the deaf & dumb institutsion on Wellington Place
Bloom,same age as myself,born in july. very true what you said.
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Ormeau bakery got no more horses
Dam,d electric carts now do their courses
but weest a minute, what,s that greetin
them clip clop sounds down by oul Ma Meekins
Its Maggie Rollins from sandy row
her oul nag an cart are movin slow
shoutin,singin her oul cart piggin
galer yer regs and left aff clothes
I,ll give ye a bob for yer bundle of those
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When I was a kid, during the Summer holidays, I would go with the
milkman with his horse and cart on the remainder of his rounds,
I helped delivering the milk to the houses, and as an added bonus for the milkman, I picked up any coal that was lying on the street from the coalmen's carts.
Sometimes he let me take the horse's reins. I thought that I was controlling the horse, but I think that old nag knew the route better than me. :-[
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BLOOM. Was there anything better than sitting up on the seat of the cart, looking down on your world on sat/morning then of to the pictures to see Hopalong Cassidy.
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Childer back from school,the street is hivin,
Wee girls laughin,playin,jivin,
Freckles,ginger hair,and pigtails flyin,
Skirts tucked inta knickers,skipping rope,
Wee Sammy Reid, silly we dope,
Calls them names and gets bate up
Hopscotch squares.Sammy gurnin,
Boys playin marlies,fightin,cheatin,
Harried mothers yellin for their weens,
Front doors slam from til to shut,
to the want-in whine of a black stray mutt,
Quietness falls on Carmel Street,
Granda Brown can get to sleep
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Laying in bed on a Saturday morning, listening to mom and dad talking in the kitchen below and hearing the cups, plates and cutlery clattering as they got ready to set the table and cook breakfast. Finally the smell of fried bacon and eggs wafting up the stairs and you knew it was time to get up. Ahhhh bliss.
Another great poem there moorsy. I remember those days playing on the street. Dolls and prams.
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Who could stay in bed with the fry on?
I,ll give you one kathleen, look for the next one
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The miss Aikens shop is on the corner
Spinster sisters never takin
To ould now,for courtin,matin.
Were ye goin ma? I,m away to the bakery
can I come to,says her starvin wee son,
Kathleen McGimpsey there with her mum,
finishing off her paris bun.
Annie Armstrong,s grocery is aways piggin,
very little business fer that cheatin bizom
Fusco,s chippy is on the Ormeau
greasy fish an frizzeled pasties
I,d rather go to Pat McCaskey,s.
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You write them so quickly and so well ! Every one brings back a memory and Paris Buns were one of my favorites. They had that lovely crunchy sugary topping. Thanks moorsy, never had my name in a poem before :)
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MOORSY
BLOOM. Was there anything better than sitting up on the seat of the cart, looking down on your world
Until the horse lifted it's tail. :-[ :D
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MOORSY
Until the horse lifted it's tail. :-[ :D
Ah, the scent of nature,cleans the sinuses. My gran would run out to scope up the crap for her roses.
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I think that I have a funny sense of smell, the smell of freshly manufactured
horse manure, or road killed Skunk, never really bothered me too much. 8)
It must have been because of the Company I hung with. :-[ ::) :D
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Brilliant poems Moorsy
They so reflect what it was like to be living in poverty stricken streets of Belfast years ago. Thank goodness, times are not just as tough now although I recognised that there are still quite poor families yet.
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Ddstoney, I guess as one gets older ones thoughts go back to their childhood more and more. For better or worst.
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Great poems Moorsy O0 I enjoyed them all :) they bring back a lot of memories :) thanks for sharing them O0
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Reading these poems and the messages they give along with all the other threads on this forum, we could make a very successful soap opera based in Belfast, if not the whole of Northern Ireland and it doesnt all have to be about the troubles, just the day to day lives of ordinary people.
Dublin has Fair City and a few others, Scotland and England have had theirs, so why not Northern Ireland.
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Sandy Row WAS a soap opera. Just ordinary people going about their daily lives but always on the edge of some kind of drama. Small houses, big families, poor wages, close neighbours etc. I have more fond memories than not. Moorsy is doing a great job at recalling some of it.
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KATHLEEN, Did you know Jean Houston from Rowland st. by any chance ?
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No I don't recall a Jean Houston. I used to chum about with a girl called June Nellins who lived in Rowland Street and she had a brother called Steven. They lived at the very top of Rowland Street in a brick house, not a whitewashed one. I can remember my mother taking me to visit her friend May Millar who lived there and she had a very large family, ten children or something like that living in one of those little houses. My mother always called her by the affectionate name of " Wee May."
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KATHLEEN, Jean lived in #71 three brothers John, Sammy, and Billy, also a younger sister,name unknown who would be about 42 now.
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No I'm sorry moorsy I don't know them. The names don't even ring a bell.
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KATHLEEN, Ah, these lost loves are hard to find :-[ :(
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Was Jean a girlfriend at one time moorsy ?
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KATHLEEN, Love of my life.
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Moorsy Jean has now got your Email addy!
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HARRY, Thanks a million, Take to you soon buddy.
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Easter time we went to the coast
salty air and fish & chips
99,s an ice cream sliders
T.T. races on the monday
Point to points on a sunday
Sneak in the trains at Portrush station
Betterin the sand dunes for a sleep
Duke the guards till 1 o,clack
til they punch the time clacks an go away home
Hang around the jukebox at the arcades
Shirelles and Motown were all the rage
chat up the girls and hope to click
find a spot thats dark and get a cuddle
Jean an Eva are watchin the clack
their B&B closes at 12 o,clack
Big Sids workin at the Metropole
steals us grub an a battle of Mundies
give yourself a lick at the lavies
dont stink to bad for the next wee lassie
Tuesday night its back on the train
bummin an blowin on the way hame
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Who,s that wandering by ould man Dover,s
ouch, its Sammy Seaweed that comin over
half a brain is all he,s got left
since the cattle ran him over
happened at Easter one fine day
Sammy got tossed and down he lay
cattle goin to market ran away
on the embankment that fateful morn
and poor sammy ,s got a different life to-day.
Sammy seaweed McClory. 1940-1982.
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Eva likes your poem Moorsy ;D ;D
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Well I like Eva :-* Which one did she like,the one about Portrush????.
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We were talking one day of the Shankill,
About schooldays and when times were hard,
Jawboxes,coalholes and sculleries,
Every year you whitewashed the yard.
Mutton dummies and sleeves on blankets
Bath tubs and front of the fire
Guiders and swinging on lamp posts
Bikes you could take out for hire.
Everyone remembered their wireless
and oilcloth on every floor
you didn't lock up when you went to bed
There was no key for the big front door.
You went to "Wee Joe's" to see pictures
We all played football in the street
If you went for a day to the seaside
That was a special treat
Yet we all agreed on one question
That we enjoyed those days long ago
When we never went far from the Shankill
And our spirits were never low.
So you see although we're all scattered
It's not hard to understand
You can take the man away from the Shankill
But not the Shankill away from the man
ALBERT HASLETT.
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The one about portrush Moorsy. the year before we got married we went to a guest house in Portrush with her g/father as chaperone.
went to a dance in The Arcadia on the saturday night as it was on to midnight we got a front door key off the landlady, anyway we arrived back at the house after the dance and a wee curt, got the key in the door but little did we know the owners son had put the snib on before he went to bed
i think we woke half of Portrush hammering on the door before they eventually they let us in.
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Some of those ould landladys were right biddys. Didnt know first hand as we never would spend our dough on somewhere to sleep. We caught on to the trains,and it was great for a while until the word got around,and it turned into Sodom and Gomarra.then one night some apaches set fire to a carriege and that was the end of that,the G.N.R. moved the trains down to Portsteward to sit overnight.But being wee [censored] we soon found a shed by the harbour to kip in, only thing it stunk of fish!!.We always tried to hook up with any birds staying in the caravans on the west cliffs no matter what they looked like. I remember 3 birds from Derry,what a wild night :P :P :P
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Brilliant poem by the way Harry.
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Harry did Jean ever tell Eva about the Elvis picture being stolen???
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tell me more Moorsey, Eva Is now A born again christian and has been involved with the Church for many years, i'm still the same reprobate she married all those years ago.
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From the Horsey hill to Shaws bridge
along the Lagan is were I lived
Botanic gardens,kings bridge
annadale side,brick clay hills
soup factory,stranmillis college
people earnin,people learnin,
The towpath starts on Bladen side
sense of history now forgotten
Clydesdales once were pullin barges
loaded down with Ulsters commerce
all the way from Lisburn town
Canal began at 1st locks
made a grand wee fishin spot
jam jars hangin from a string
for holdin guggys newts and things
Tayto crisps an sasparillo
bacon sandwiches ma had made us
kept us out til supper time.
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Brill Moorsy, I had forgotten about the soup factory and Horsey Hill.Were Guggies wee fish called gudgeons?.The brickies was the place for catching newts and The Minnowburn for red breasted stickelback spricks.
I remember helping my brother assemble a collection of specimens for his Senior Certificate Biology.Caddis fly larvae, longboatmen, frogs, toads, newts, water beetles, tadpoles, up to forty different species, and all available to catch along the towpath. I wonder if these species still thrive there. Fishing for rudd and roach at the first lock with a piece of dought on a hook.There was a monster pike seen occasionally near the first lock and estimated to be about thiry pounds weight .I saw it once slow moving and so big it was scary.
Stories about lighter horse kicking a bargeman to death.The playing fields at Botanic, the wee sort of strange rockery garden at Botanic, the tropical ravine with the carp pond and where bananas were grown during the war.Getting chased by Parkies for carrying on.Do you remember the wee punt on a rope to get across to the Boat Club past the Stranmillis Locks?
A mate and I were locked ina big barge which was run aground on the Lagan on the Annadale Embankment.We were in it catching elvers when someone slammed the hatch down and locked it.Darkness came and we became frightened.Our cries for help were heard by soemone who came and let us out and gave us such a telling off for being there anyway. Got whacked at home for being late.The mate was a Kevin Magee born in Canada and who perished in the Chinook helicopter crash on the Scottish Coast.Last saw Kevin about 1963.
Our playground was like yours from the Holy Land to Shaw's Bridge and Minnowburn and ther biggest adventure park in the world at Belvoir.I remember going to Newforge and swimming in a big pond caused by flooding, and geeting dry in time for going home without my folks knowing. .
If my parents had known I was any of these places I would have been grounded permanently....happy memories of South Belfast as we each have of our own area of the City.For some strange reason you would some times find bullets around Minnowburn and Shaw's Bridge and I know of someone finding a German WW2 Luger pistol around there.
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O.K. lets see G.,
Guggys were gudgeons,and the minnowburn had salmon in it at one time,I never seen any,but we caught brown trout under the bank by tickling them lots of times,put them on a stick and cooked them whole over a wood fire. Never heard of the big pike but a remember the punt to the boat club,up a bit from the lock. do you mind the low fence along the bank just below the lock? thats were we fished. The soup factory was maybe the first in the world to make powdered soup.
One summer night at the brick works I went head first into the pond while trying to catch newts. Totally covered in mud and soaking I started home,before I got there the mud had dried and I freaked kids out as I made my way through the Gardens.My ma would,nt let me in and made me take a bath in the back yard.I even mind the brick yards on the ormeau side of ridgeway st.
We didnt go to ormeau park much as the Gardens were our playground
Big Sam the parkie was forever chasing us in the "Puzzle Walks"and from the "Doggie Box",the shelter at the bandstand.Do you mind those awful football pitches covered in cinders.?
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Does anyone remember going to see " The Mummy" in the museum at the gardens. Wasn't she supposed to be an Egyption princess or something like that ? I used to love looking at her in her glass coffin :D
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G/day Moorsy and G,we used to come over to the brickfields from the Woodstock rd, as it was the best place to catch newts we knew.and my first job was in Ridgeway st , I see you are in Winnipeg my oldest son lived there for a few years,married a girl from Arborg. reckons it took him two years to thaw out when he came home. cheers Alanb.
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Hi Kathleen,happy Easter,did you go to the Boardwalk to see the parade?
I remember the "mummy" always gave it a look when we went there There used to be movies for kids on sat/mornings.Do you mind the big Irish Elk exhibit,it was the equivalent to dinosaurs today.huge thing.There was a great exhibit of the Korean War when it was on.
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Hi Naumai, I have a cottage near Arborg,close to Gimli,up there all summer.
The brickworks clay was played out quickly and built on first on the ormeau side
Annadale school was build on them later.
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The Mummy....yip, a Methody boy put a note in the glass case...."here lies the body of Willie John;his bicycle stopped and he went on"....we were banned for a year....I remeber the puzzle walk in Botanic Gardens we had a lunchtime smoking den until the parkie saw the smoke coming out of the top....names in book ..I told him my name was Joh Cobb the water speed champion , my mates were Michael Hailwood, Brian London and Tommy Dickson and we all lved in Hyde Park off the Malone Road...strange our parents never received the letter he threatened to send to them about our misdemeanour ;D
The changing rooms in Botanic were stark and I can still remember the clatter of leather studs on the concrete ramp running down to the pitches.A wet swollen caser would knock you out if you headed it.the cinders were horrendous and I am sure many a Belfast lad carries some cinder under the skin of a knee or shin.I havr part of Glasgow in my knee from cinders at Ruchill Park footie pitch.
I went to some films on a Saturday morning at the museum.I liked the dug out canoes, the big war canoe and the hole you looked through to see the colorado beetles.
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Hi moorsy and G. Happy Easter to you both ! No moorsy I didn't see the parade, I'm up to my eyes with cooking preparations for tonight's family dinner and I still have to hide the eggs for the grandkids. I have a vague memory of that Irish Elk. One thing I do remember was that huge marble statue of " The Thinking Man" at the entrance. Beautiful ! And all the lovely paintings in the art galleries. My friends and I used to spend hours in that museum and then walk around the gardens always ending up in the "hot house" as we called it. Lovely palm trees and lush foliage.
G. you crack me up with your recollections ;D
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Kathleen, the names we gave to the parkie. Michael Hailwood was a world champion motor cyclist, Brian London was a boxer, and Tommy Dickson was a Linfield player ...the oul parkie wasn't the brightest star in the firmament. ;D
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Moorsy
Growing up in Belfast ( born 1942 ) In my naivety, I thought most of the
Western World lived the same kind of lives as us.
Unknown to me, Ireland had the lowest standard of living in Europe, at
that time, I suppose we were happy in our ignorance.
I wonder how much has changed.
There's still great poverty in Ireland despite the Celtic Tiger.
www.belfastforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,766.msg156461.html#msg156461
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Christopher,just read your sites on poverty,the numbers are scary,in a so called welfare state yet! What is considered "the poverty line"? Are many people still immigrating to-day?.
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Hi G. Saying brian London was a boxer could be argumental.
I think the dugout canoe was from the Solomon Islands,and the mummy,s name was Takiburi.
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;D Moorsy, do you remember one fight when London's brother and others got in the ring and started a better fight than the one people paid to see.....indeed,London did not quite float like a butterfly ;) :D
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Kathleen, the names we gave to the parkie. Michael Hailwood was a world champion motor cyclist, Brian London was a boxer, and Tommy Dickson was a Linfield player ...the oul parkie wasn't the brightest star in the firmament. ;D
Oh G, you are awful. But I like you :D
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Indeed I do G. I watched Henry Cooper spar in a gym around the Old Kent Rd in London once.
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Brian London was on the canvas so much he had a cauliflower bum. ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Goin,back is hard to do
after a long while especially true,
cause memories,ye want to keep.
We hadna much,its why we left
that dull and dreary town
the only thing we had was youth
to overcome what we missing out.
The T.V. brought in all these places
where there was hope
for futures bright
Where we right or were we wrong?
Everybody sings there own song.
Visitin,not like livin there
but the Town ,shes lookin better.
and God bless all who stayed there.
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Moorsy
We were happy in our ignorance ( of the rest of the World )
I enjoyed myself in Belfast, but I am glad that I now live in Canada.
Religion / class / ethnicity / sex, in Canada is of no consequence.
I really enjoy your " Poems " you seem to catch the down and dirty, nitty
gritty, Belfast.
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BLOOM.
Moorsy
We were happy in our ignorance ( of the rest of the World )
I enjoyed myself in Belfast, but I am glad that I now live in Canada.
Religion / class / ethnicity / sex, in Canada is of no consequence.
I really enjoy your " Poems " you seem to catch the down and dirty, nitty
gritty, Belfast.
BLOOM, Like I say,when T.V.started showing what was out there.we wanted more. thanks for your comments.
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Some interesting things about the "Gardens".they were private at one time and a admisson charge was levied. In 1864,eleven people ascended in Mr Coswells 100 feet high balloon "Britannia" the largest in the world at the time.
Thousands filled the gardens in 1867 to witness an ascent by William Hodsman,the first man to cross the Irish sea by air.It took over six hours to inflate the balloon.
A "spectacular"took place on september 1st 1885. The entire gardens were illuminated with over 20,000 crystal lamps and fireworks at dusk and entertainment by the Royal Inniskillings band.
A lady parachutist drew a large crowd in 1891. and there was dancing in the Exhibition Hall.
The Gardens were purchased by the City in 1895 for 10,500 pound and opened as a public park.
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Moorsey,
Thanks for your poems, enjoyed them very much, has brought back so many memories to us on the bf.We were all poor but we were all in the same boat, I still to this day think I had a great childhood in Ligoniel, we may have been poor but that didnt' stop us from using our imagination and what imaginations we all had. None of us had toys we played with what ever we could find and had fun. We used to go camping over the fields, our tent was 2 potato bags from the green grocers which we sewed together, ofcourse it didnt' help keep us dry when it rained, but we thought we were the goats toe, we had a tent !
Todays world has changed for our children and grand kids, no matter where we live the future generations cannot live as free as we did and I think that is a shame.
Keep the poems comming,
Cathy
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Cathy, Thanks for the comments,very well put! We did have a great childhood,and I realize that more and more. "The goats toe"?? I hav,nt heard that one before,good one!
Watch for another poem coming soon.
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THE TRAMS.
Ould Double Decker Trams,
clinkin and clankin
this way an that
were rails will take them
they could go in each direction
without even turnin round
big round noses comin at ya
one light and a big cow-catcher
wee sign for were its goin.
Live wires were sparkin
goin up the hills
one got tired of crawlin along
ran down the hill at Skegonill
shops on the Shore road
finally stopped it
Drivers sittin pullin levers
conductors up and down the stairs
cant mind when they stopped
and the trolley buses came along
quiet as mice after the Trams
you could fall asleep
to the end of the line.
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Do any of you remember the "runaway tram"?? I cant mind if any people were killed in the accident.
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http://www.stenlake.co.uk/books/344.htm
Anybody interested in the old trams might try this book,lots of photos of the old girls.
service stopped in 1954.
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moorsys poems reminded me so much of growing up in ardoyne in the 60s it was true we did not know how poor we were. i lived with my granny who to my mortal shame went round in a black shawl i would love to see her and her shawl now, its funny i could not wait to leave but its a time and place i love to remember. its so nice to see others share these memories.
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the Buses.
trolleys and noisy diesels
double-deckers and twenty seaters
green and red buses
transporting people
explore your city
on a sunday
ride the bus up to the zoo
the trolleys go to far greencastle
greens and reds to the kings hall too
cherryvalley! get the single decker
it goes in front of city hall
ride the oldpark
up the mountain
walk along the hillfoot road
get the cave-hill down again
the gasworks to waterworks
was my favorite
across the city
south to north
sandy row seen it through
across the falls it went
over the shankill
down the crumlin
duncairn gardens too
it went to dunmore
for dog races
hopeful faces,tip sheets reading
most were gloomy
all the way home
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"moorsy"
just read your thread and it was brilliant, I think you should put all these poems into a book, it would be great. O0
I hope when you return from the cottage you will write more, your poems brought back so many memories. Do you remember putting the Black Lead on the old fireplaces. The one that always got me in big trouble with my Aunt, who lived next door, was the Cardinal Red on the front doorstep. I used to always walk on it before it was dry, and she would yell at me. My husband and I were just talking to our daughter the other night about the half moon washed around the front of the door, why did we do this? :idiot2: I came from a large family and I know it was rough but we still had a lot of happy times.
Val O0 O0
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vAL,THE ONE THAT ALWAYS GETS ME IS THE COALMAN,WALKING THROUGH THE HOUSE WITH THE SACK OF COAL BRUSHING UP AGAINST THE WALLS,AND THE LITTLE BOX WITH THE NETTING FOR KEEPING THE BUTTER AND MILK ETC COOL.
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Hi "moorsy"
your right, we used to get so many bags of Coal and a couple of bags of Slack and then he would go next door to my Aunt's and drop off a couple of bags for them, as they looked after us when my Mother died. It was put in the "coal hole" under the stairs. ;D ;D
I have heard others talk about the little box with the net but I honestly don't think we had one, I must ask my brothers. We had a little cupboard in the kitchen/living room were some things were stored and we had a pantry in the scullery. Then when the Kitchen cabinets came out my brother knocked the wall down between the scullery & pantry and made it bigger.
Val :)
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Moorsy,
So glad you have started your poems again, you are very talented...please don't waste it.
The poetry has made, the old Belfast we all knew and loved, come alive again. looking forward to the next Poem.... Thank You ...NG
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THANKS, MONTROSE AND VAL FOR YOUR COMMENTS. MY GOD I HAD FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE BAGS OF SLACK!! AND THE COAL-HOLE UNDER THE STAIRS. WE ALL HELP WITH MEMORIES. most of these memories are set in the 50s.
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"moorsy"
what about "coal brick" ? Hope you have a great summer at the cottage, do some writing while your there. ;D ;D ;D
Val
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WOO!! Coal-brick! thats another one, I can see them now,steaming on the old horse and cart.
will be around for another week as I have another wedding next sat/day.
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Great, then we will have more poems. ;) O0
Val
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BELFAST GREYHOUND TRACKS
When I was young
and liked a bet
two belfast dog tracks
is were I went.
Celtic Park,
once the home
of football greats
and Belfast Celtic
Memories of games
that stirred the passions
blowing in the wind
from Divis mountain
like battin dockets
from the dog races
The only excitment
left in the Park
cheered and cursed at
is the dogs.
The other side of town
is Dunmore Stadium
hidden away near Limestone rd,
greyhound meetings
wed/day & sat/day
Celtic Park is mon/day ,friday.
Nothin fancy about these places
falling down stands
and crumbling terraces
desperation reigns supreme
Bookies and Punters
need each other
hate each other just as keen
Eastwood, McAlevey Lawton
and a dozen more
There they stand
with their guarny faces
up on their stools
chalk in hand
beside their blackboards
setting the odds
The bookie ready with his eraser
to change the odds
in one quick swipe
watching each other down the line
like vultures waiting for the pickings.
The clerk,his mind
is like a machine
yer man was good
at sums in school
figuring odds and
losses and profits
for the night. ...cant afford a single slip
The Tic-Tak man
with his white gloves
sending messages across the track
from the bookies pitch
on the other side
a signaling system all his own
A sharp mind
was what was needed
and plenty of luck
aye, that too
to leave the races
with a profit
and that applies
to the bookies too
Even if you won
you might be lucky
to get paid out
by the bookie
The whinin voice
and the hard luck story
they,d make you wait
till their in the dough.
This is the end ( Jim Morrison )
GOODBUY MY FRIENDS.
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Moorsy,
So glad you have started your poems again, you are very talented...please don't waste it.
The poetry has made, the old Belfast we all knew and loved, come alive again. looking forward to the next Poem.... Thank You ...NG
How fantastic to be able to write like that. .Dont stop. .How about a book??
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Moorsy
I hope you haven't gone back to the cottage without saying "Bye" to us.
Val ;) ;)
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Hi VAL, NO JUST RECOVERING FROM ANOTHER WEDDING, I WILL BE AROUND FOR A WHILE YET. :coolsmiley: :coolsmiley:
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Great. ..too much bending the elbow and burning th candle at both ends. ;D ;D
...Val O0
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both weddings had open ( free ) bars all night O0 O0
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Isn't that usually the way it is.... ???
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BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? DIDNT SEE ANYONE DRUNK OR MAKING A FOOL OF THEMSELVES. i DONT THINK ITS USUAL FOR THE BAR TO BE FREE ALL NIGHT, MAYBE IN RICH ONTARIO BUT NOT HERE. WHEN MY FOUR DAUGHTERS WERE MARRIED THE BAR WAS,NT OPEN EXCEPT BEFORE DINNER.
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Cheapo !! just joking, with 4 daughters I can understand why. ;D but I have to say that any weddings I have been to its an open bar. Your right though, I don't think people drink as much or they drink more responsibly, if that makes sense.
Talk to you again, Goodnight moorsy,
Val O0
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HI Moorsy,
I don't know if you are back at the cottage again, regardless, I hope you are writing some more of your Belfast verse. I know some of us are patiently waiting for some more.
Hope you enjoyed your summer. O0
Val :) :-* ;)
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Hi Val, how are you ? . I,m to busy at the moment to write. been making lots of cottage signs all summer, custom made for whatever people want, and now I have started putting to-gether an exhibition of paintings for showing during the winter and spring.
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Hi Moorsy,
you are multi-talented, do you have a website for viewing your work. My youngest brother is an artist. I have some of his paintings. Do you paint landscapes or people. I hope we get a chance to see some of you work on here. You will be sorry you answered me, do you make your cottage signs for people out of the Province?
Val ;D
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Val, no website, work home ,sportmen, and craft shows. Just finished a Mallard pair in acyrilic,but do oils as well. Mostly street and wild fowl, thats were the money is. People are hard but will work from photos. DO SIGNS FOR ANYWHERE. Had a booth in the Colusium at the EX. in T.O. a few years ago but it was so expensive.
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Hi Moorsy,
I am sure the Ex. was expensive, you will have to take some photo's and post them for us, who knows you may get some clients. I would love to see them.
Val. O0
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Val, tried my hand at carving Totem Poles with a chain saw while at my cottage, but they ended up like popsical sticks. Just could,nt master it. Maybe next summer. [
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Val, tried my hand at carving Totem Poles with a chain saw while at my cottage, but they ended up like popsical sticks. Just could,nt master it. Maybe next summer. [
Geez, do you have all of your fingers??? With your talent I'm sure you will, now I would be in line for one of those.
Val O0
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SO FAR VAL I STILL HAVE ALL SIX.
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:idiot2: :idiot2: :idiot2: :idiot2: ::) ;D
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HEY !!!!! ..I,VE GOT FEELINGS YOU KNOW.
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Sorry. ... :-*[ ;) ;D
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read your poems morrsy loved them brought back such memories ,ie paris buns /coal brick etc as an old timer born in 1938 i recall much of the poverty but also as cathy bell said some of the warm &happy memories from way back ,2 up 2 down outside loo how did we ever cope ?,i was a mill girl from aged 14 to 18 ,i have moved on a bit since then but still recall my days at mill with fondness ,all great girls we were all in the same boat so to speak ,i like cathy was a wee ligoniel girl then a crumlin rd lass :-\ though i now live a wonderful full life i guess i always will be a wee belfast girl made good ;D
anyhow once again great poems and great memories
marg
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THANKS MARG FOR YOUR COMMENTS, MY GRAN WAS A DOFFER AND TOLD ME MANY STORIES.
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Good Morning Moorsy,
are you trying to confuse us with another 'Dunderin' Thread?
Val O0
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Val ! just got back from the cottage. what are you talking about.???
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Moorsy,
Welcome back. .I thought I was crackin' up but when I posted that, there was two "Dunderin In" threads beside each other. I checked and there is another one on the second page posted by, no other than, "moorsy".
Now who is crazy ? : ;D
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ME NO NO. ??? ??? ??? ???
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Yes, yes. ...did you check it out. ...Val ::)
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CARMEL STREET 1950
Cobble stone streets,empty of cars
gas street lamps along the street
lamplighters ladder to fix the mantle
a pool of light on a winters night.
Wee front gardens at parlour houses
iron railings gone for world war tanks
streets with concrete air-raid shelters
steel blast doors and iron shutters
stink of [censored] and god knows what.
Dark damp houses all in rows
four small rooms with peeling paper
gateleg table,couch, and sideboard
coalhole underneath the stairs.
Stone sink under scullery window
one cold tap with squeeking handle
lino floor and an old gas cooker
never room to swing the cat.
White-washed yards and outside toilets
candle and matchs for at night
radio times to clean your [censored] with
big long chain to flush the loo.
Coal smoke hanging in the air
sooty fogs on winter nights
turns the snow to black from white
chills your body to the bone
Outside the houses
your would,nt know
that its christmas time
in five more nights.
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Nice to see you back Moorsy and in brilliant form with that poem O0
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KATHLEEN !!! .HOWS MY FAVORITE McGIMPSEY. KEEPING WELL I HOPE.
ARE YOU IN THE MOOD YET FOR XMAS ??. FINISHED MY SHOPPING YESTERDAY, I THOUGHT !!. FORGOT I HAD,NT BEEN TO THE LIQUOR STORE. HAVE TO HAVE MY HARVEY,S BRISTOL CREAM AT CHRISTMAS.
STOCKED UP ON YORKSHIRE SAUSAGE,POTATO BREAD,SODAS ETC. AND GOT A GREAT PLUM DUFF.
MERRY CHRISTMAS, MOORSY.
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Brilliant Moorsy - as per usual :) :)
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thank you moorsy for the great poems who needs tv when we have memories like this
all you have written are vivid in my memory bank some sad some happy some in glorious technicolor &sepia but never the less by god we lived it it we came through it maney off us better people imo ,
thanks for the memories
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Merry Christmas to you too Moorsy :smitten: It's good to see you back on the forum again and writing your wonderful poems ! They always tug at my heartstrings and bring back lots of memories. You are a very gifted writer.
The family gifts are all bought and wrapped now and I have to do my big Christmas food shop this Saturday for the turkey etc. I've stocked up on the Cadbury's Milk Tray and Roses ;D. .you know just the essentials for a chocoholic like me ::)
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THANKS D & D,
REMEMBER I USED TO MAKE MONEY GUIDING THE CARS ROUND SHAFTSBURY SQUARE WHEN THE PEA SOUPS WERE REAL BAD.
AND THAT DAMN SQUEEKY BLOODY TAP, I CAN STILL HEAR IT !!!!.
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K2, YOU MUST LIKE CHOCOLATE AS MUCH AS ME, WONDER IF IT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE RATIONING,WHEN YOU COULD,NT GET IT.
SHOPPERS HAD A GOOD DEAL ON THEIR TINS OF QUALITY STREET LAST SUNDAY. ON FOR $10.99 INSTEAD OF $ 16.99. THEY WENT LIKE MAGIC. ALSO JACOB,S CRACKERS WERE $5.00.
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Hi Moorsy,
you are back in great form, tugging at our heart strings. Did you get your Harvey's Bristol Cream, that is the only drink I ever remember in the house at Christmas and I never liked it.
I am trying to picture you guiding the cars round Shaftesbury Sq. :D ;D
Did you get all your orders filled, I am sure you will glad of the rest. ;)
A very Merry Christmas to you and your family, and a Prosperous New Year. :angel: :angel:
Val :smitten:
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K2, YOU MUST LIKE CHOCOLATE AS MUCH AS ME, WONDER IF IT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE RATIONING,WHEN YOU COULD,NT GET IT.
SHOPPERS HAD A GOOD DEAL ON THEIR TINS OF QUALITY STREET LAST SUNDAY. ON FOR $10.99 INSTEAD OF $ 16.99. THEY WENT LIKE MAGIC. ALSO JACOB,S CRACKERS WERE $5.00.
Moorsy,
Jacob's crackers are 2 for $5.00 in Dominion now called Metro. I went to Jones St and got a tin of Roses for $24.95 and all the British stores were selling them for $34.95.
I forgot to ask, do you remember the EE sweetie coupons. ;D
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Moorsy,
Jacob's crackers are 2 for $5.00 in Dominion now called Metro. I went to Jones St and got a tin of Roses for $24.95 and all the British stores were selling them for $34.95.
I forgot to ask, do you remember the EE sweetie coupons. ;D
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HIYA VAL, MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU TO. I,M TALKING ABOUT A TIN OF JACOBS, IS IT A PACKAGE YOU MEAN AT $2.50 ??
SO YOU WERE AT MY OLD HAUNT IN BRONTE,GOOD LITTLE STORE IS,NT IT.
HAVE NEVER SEEN ROSES HERE, K2 GOT SOME AS WELL. CANT REMEMBER THOSE COUPONS.
FUNNY THING ABOUT HARVEYS SHERRY, WHEN I WAS ON MY OWN,A FRIEND FROM LEEDS INVITED THREE OR FOUR OFF US OVER FOR XMAS DINNER AND EVERY ONE OF US ENDED UP BRINGING BRISTOL CREAM !!.
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Moorsy,
Jacob's crackers are 2 for $5.00 in Dominion now called Metro. I went to Jones St and got a tin of Roses for $24.95 and all the British stores were selling them for $34.95.
I forgot to ask, do you remember the EE sweetie coupons. ;D
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HIYA VAL, MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU TO. I,M TALKING ABOUT A TIN OF JACOBS, IS IT A PACKAGE YOU MEAN AT $2.50 ??
SO YOU WERE AT MY OLD HAUNT IN BRONTE,GOOD LITTLE STORE IS,NT IT.
HAVE NEVER SEEN ROSES HERE, K2 GOT SOME AS WELL. CANT REMEMBER THOSE COUPONS.
FUNNY THING ABOUT HARVEYS SHERRY, WHEN I WAS ON MY OWN,A FRIEND FROM LEEDS INVITED THREE OR FOUR OFF US OVER FOR XMAS DINNER AND EVERY ONE OF US ENDED UP BRINGING BRISTOL CREAM !!.
Moorsy,
sorry that was packets, I have never seen a tin. That store is fantastic, it was worth the drive although my husband wasn't so sure, I spent nearly a $100 that day. Of course he saw all the different bars of toffee so he had to get a couple of each but they didn't count. Now he wants to go Back for more of the Liguoice toffee because our one doesn't have that. You know everything they sell is at least 50c or better less than the other stores.
That is funny everyone of you bringing the Harvey's, I think every house in Belfast probably had a bottle of that at Christmas.
My husband say's he thinks I am older than I say because I tell him about the ration books and the sweet coupons. I remember well because my Aunt lived next door and if you went for a message for her, one time you would get thruppence and the next time you would get the coupon, then you could go and buy sweets. ;D
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Val, loved the highland toffee bars, and always picked up dairy flakes to make my own 99s.
loblaws sell the tins of Jacobs,you get a whole mix of crackers.
There was another british store called Mortimers in Waterdown,that also had a bakery and butchers, dont know if its still there or not.
Across Lakeshore from Jones,about a block to the right was a butcher that sold all the belfast breads etc.
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Moorsy,
we went down Bronte and then made a left at Lakeshore and Jones was the next street on the right, I think, I don't drive but what I remember. Now which way when we come out of Jones St ?
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Do you remember the Name of the butchers or the street and we could find it with the GPS.
By the way Deke was asking about you, have you seen his thread on Exiles, "Around the World"
maybe you can post some pictures of the 'Peg.
Val O0
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Moorsy,
we went down Bronte and then made a left at Lakeshore and Jones was the next street on the right, I think, I don't drive but what I remember. Now which way when we come out of Jones St ?
Cant remember the name of butchers, it would be a right turn out of Jones onto Lakeshore and on the left side just before the Harveys restaurant,before Nelson st.
look for P.M.
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HAPPY FESTIVE TO ALL U CANUCKS .YANKS ,AUSSIES .NZEALANDERS.IN FACT TO ALL THE PEOPLE ON OR NOW OFF BF THE MOON
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HAPPY FESTIVE TO ALL U CANUCKS .YANKS ,AUSSIES .NZEALANDERS.IN FACT TO ALL THE PEOPLE ON OR NOW OFF BF THE MOON
Same to yersel Moon O0
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HAPPY FESTIVE TO ALL U CANUCKS .YANKS ,AUSSIES .NZEALANDERS.IN FACT TO ALL THE PEOPLE ON OR NOW OFF BF THE MOON
Merry Christmas right back at you Mondog. 30c today, but I'm sure your getting reports from Rockingham :)
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HAPPY FESTIVE TO ALL U CANUCKS .YANKS ,AUSSIES .NZEALANDERS.IN FACT TO ALL THE PEOPLE ON OR NOW OFF BF THE MOON
thanks Moon, and to you and yours. have a great next year. ;) ;)
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HAPPY FESTIVE TO ALL U CANUCKS .YANKS ,AUSSIES .NZEALANDERS.IN FACT TO ALL THE PEOPLE ON OR NOW OFF BF THE MOON
Thanks Moon and Merry Christmas to you and yours O0
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DEKE !. HOW,S YOURSELF. THINGS A JINGLING IN KINGSTON???
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU.
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Hi Moorsy,
it's about time we had another verse for Dunderin Ins. ....what about it.
Val O0
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Hi Moorsy,
it's about time we had another verse for Dunderin Ins. ....what about it.
Val O0
i got nothing in mind just now val. :-[ :-[
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That's when I began asking questions such as how can they live like that and we can't.
Those were great questions to ask. Did you ever have a chat with local traders who granted their customers some credit ... butchers, chemists and newsagents? Most of them would have told you that the people who lived in big houses in up market areas were the ones who took the longest to settle their accounts. They may have settled those of the city centre department stores as they needed to show their faces in such places to keep up appearances but the small local traders tended to come further down the list.
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Those were great questions to ask. Did you ever have a chat with local traders who granted their customers some credit ... butchers, chemists and newsagents? Most of them would have told you that the people who lived in big houses in up market areas were the ones who took the longest to settle their accounts. They may have settled those of the city centre department stores as they needed to show their faces in such places to keep up appearances but the small local traders tended to come further down the list.
you got that right christopher,i had a friend who done terrazzo floors in the star of " the pink panthers" new house ( you know who that was ) and he never did get paid.
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i got nothing in mind just now val. :-[ :-[
Just thought I would bring it forward for new members to read as they are so good.
Val O0
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Oul, d,Da Da Dempsey spits and stutters
His mangey dog lies in the gutters
White washed yards and outside lavies
Bookies crammed with greasy navvies
Shuffing home with batin dockets
Tappin mates with empty pockets
Ha,penny chews and pokes and sliders
Rusty prams make hand-made gliders
Cabbage bacon smelly nappies
The homely stench of Jean Mchaffies
Scores a, childer gettin, fed
Sardine packed to five a bed
moorsy,
I found you! Maybe we can revive the Holyland. Eileenov :)
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moorsy,
I found you! Maybe we can revive the Holyland. Eileenov :)
AH, if only Eileen. :-*
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I am bringing this forward for PG to read.
Val
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I am bringing this forward for PG to read.
Val
Thankyou very much Val - that was very thoughtful O0
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My Pleasure. .Goodnight PG, I am off to read for awhile.
I don't have your stamina or age :D
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Mangle grinders washboard scrubbers
Spinners, doffers clad in rubbers
Body washers tick collectors
Mitchers duke the school inspectors
Scrubbed half-moons and shiny knockers
The heavy trudge of weary dockers
Poucey shawlies laughin singin
Chapel bells and washin wringin
Money lenders faces trippin
Countin,cursin tempers rippin
Josie,s man who likes to punch her
Staggers home in oily duncher
Moorsy - what a talent you have - wow! This poem is brilliant, it really does paint a picture. Thanks very much for sharing them with all of us. O0
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My Pleasure. .Goodnight PG, I am off to read for awhile.
I don't have your stamina or age I m off too now - i just came online again when i read that post of yours about the cottage plaque :D Goodnight. :)
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Kathleen, remember the watch-men in there wee sentry boxs when the corporation were fixing the streets. they sat there all night with the coke fires going. Mostly old soldiers.us kids loved to hang around before bedtime and listen to there stories about the war.
a bit late in answering moorsy but better late than never eh. my da was one of those watch men but he was on a "project". he was a miner in england and fell down a shaft and could not work for yrs. then they had this project and he became a "watchman" sitting around the coke fire. they took photos of him and i have to say they were good.
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THANKS, MONTROSE AND VAL FOR YOUR COMMENTS. MY GOD I HAD FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE BAGS OF SLACK!! AND THE COAL-HOLE UNDER THE STAIRS. WE ALL HELP WITH MEMORIES. most of these memories are set in the 50s.
once again moorsy, our coal was kept in the kitchen in the corner. this was when we lived in a cottage on the glen rd. when we moved to turf lodge my mammy would keep the fire burning all the time to heat the water boiler behind the fire place. she would use slack to keep it going at night.
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moorsy, just finished reading from start to finish and there's a memory in every poem. maybe when you're old and grey :D you could put them all in a book ? those were "happy days" as paddy reilly sings, but i'm glad i have indoor toilets and nice soft tissue to use instead of papers, don't have to worry about coal bricks, but sure miss the good bread. :( :D
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(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l258/harrydunn_2006/lakes2009040.jpg)
A dry outside loo note the toilet paper hanging on a nail on left.
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(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l258/harrydunn_2006/lakes2009040.jpg)
A dry outside loo note the toilet paper hanging on a nail on left.
hi harry, our toilet was outside but it was not a dry one. it was bad going out at night because it was round the back of the house among trees and when the wind was blowing your imagination went into overdrive. :o :o :D
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Heres a wee poem by James young about slums....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBUP0M4AS0U
A brillant and very well written poem,he really paints a good picture.
It`s also very sad.
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Heres a wee poem by James young about slums....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBUP0M4AS0U
A brillant and very well written poem,he really paints a good picture.
It`s also very sad.
no words needed. :( :(
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Moorsy, I just love these poems. Val brought this thread to my attention. I enjoyed reading it from start to finish. Loved the poems and enjoyed the conversation between other members. It's a great wee thread, pity to leave it buried among the others. I understand you're very busy, but you must have a collection somewhere that you've written over the years. Can you share some more with us? I'd love to read them.
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Moorsy, I just love these poems. Val brought this thread to my attention. I enjoyed reading it from start to finished. Loved the poems and enjoyed the conversation between other members. It's a great wee thread, pity to leave it buried among the others. I understand you're very busy, but you must have a collection somewhere that you've written over the years. Can you share some more with us? I'd love to read them.
i agree with you Shazza, makes me all goosey reading it all. memories good and bad.
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Moorsy, have really enjoyed reading your poems, what memories they bring back, whether you lived on the Falls or Shankill, we were all in the 'same boat' But happy memories.
You are so talented, keep them coming
Look forward to reading more
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Moorsy, have really enjoyed reading your poems, what memories they bring back, whether you lived on the Falls or Shankill, we were all in the 'same boat' But happy memories.
You are so talented, keep them coming
Look forward to reading more
hi OSMG, you're right about moorsy being talented, hopefully he will have time again to bring it to light and share it with us.. ;)
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Thanks for all your comments folks, much appreciated.
When you leave a place where you were brought up and dont see it again for a long time, 40 years in my case, your memories dont change.
They stay in a time warp, of the way things were,of the friends you had. The years I remember are from the 50s and 60s ,the growing up years mostly for me,and so the thread is set then.
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Thanks for all your comments folks, much appreciated.
When you leave a place where you were brought up and dont see it again for a long time, 40 years in my case, your memories dont change.
They stay in a time warp, of the way things were,of the friends you had. The years I remember are from the 50s and 60s ,the growing up years mostly for me,and so the thread is set then.
:clapping: :clapping: :-*
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Just thought some people might like to see this again. Dunderin Ins were wee old falling down row houses that were all over belfast at the time.
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Just thought some people might like to see this again. Dunderin Ins were wee old falling down row houses that were all over belfast at the time.
MOORSY MY LOVE, DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT'S BEEN SINCE YOU'VE GRACED US WITH YOUR PRESENCE ON HERE, TOO LONG BUT YOU MUST HAVE FORGOTTEN TO PUT THE LINK IN. LIZ XX
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hi liz, its been 10 years since this was on, do you remember all the old crowd?
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hi liz, its been 10 years since this was on, do you remember all the old crowd?
YES I DO BUT MOST OF THEM HAVE GONE OVER TO FB. AND SOME HAVE PASSED ON WHICH WAS SAD. IT'S REALLY HARD TO BELIEVE IT'S BEEN GOING FOR 10 YRS. THE TIME HAS GONE SO QUICK AND SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED . I LOVE IT WHEN AN OLD FRIEND POPS IN, EVEN TO SAY HALLO BUT SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TRYING TO KEEP IT GOING WITHOUT OUR "FRIENDS" BUT I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE ONES WE HAVE AND KNOW THAT IT'S HARD SOMETIMES GETTING THE TIME TO COME ON. I'M RAMBLING AGAIN HA. ANYWAY LOVE I'M ALWAYS GLAD TO SEE YOU. LIZ XXX
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thanks Liz, hav,nt heard from Val for a while.
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thanks Liz, hav,nt heard from Val for a while.
MOORSY YOU'LL FIND HER ON FB. SHE COMES ON ONCE IN A WHILE. LIZ XXX
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MOORSY YOU'LL FIND HER ON FB. SHE COMES ON ONCE IN A WHILE. LIZ XXX
well liz face book is a big place could you narrow it down a bit.
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well liz face book is a big place could you narrow it down a bit.
MOORSY, YOU'RE ASKING THE WRONG PERSON. WHY DO YOU THINK I'VE NEVER GONE ON. I USE TO GET LOST AND THAT WAS WITH PEOPLE TRYING TO TELL ME HOW TO USE IT HA. SOME TIME AGO AND I DON'T KNOW HOW BUT I STARTED GETTING "FRIENDS" POSTING FROM FB. I NEVER CLICKED ON BECAUSE OF SCAM EMAILS BUT I GOT ONE FROM MY DAUGHTER , STILL NEVER OPENED IT AS I HAD GOT EMAILS FROM FAMILY BEFORE AND THEY WERE NOT FROM THEM, I NEVER CLICKED ON THEM AS YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF I HAD. ANYWAY I'M TELLING YOU ALL THIS FOR A REASON, I HAD THEM FOR A WHILE AND THEN ONE DAY I CLICKED ON MY DAUGHTER'S AND IT OPENED TO HER PAGE? THEN I GOT ONE FROM MY NEPHEW BUT THE OTHER ONE'S I NEVER DID. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WOULD GET IN TOUCH WITH VAL UNLESS YOU GO IN AND TYPE HER NAME . I WILL TRY AND SEND YOU THE ONE I GET AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. LIZ XXX
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It is funny how some threa/ds gone to limbo and then months, in this case years later it is resurrected/It was a trip down memory lane to read all the posts. I haven't been on the BF for quite a while other than having a browse, have not posted much. Years ago I was on it every day.The forum is not the same or as popular as it once was due to the likes of Facebook and others, never liked Facebook.It is amazing the amount of history and memories this is on this place. I trust it keeps on going.Growing up in Belfast in the 1940s, 50s & 60s was something special, I didn't know it then but I do now.
Manitoba
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It is funny how some threa/ds gone to limbo and then months, in this case years later it is resurrected/It was a trip down memory lane to read all the posts. I haven't been on the BF for quite a while other than having a browse, have not posted much. Years ago I was on it every day.The forum is not the same or as popular as it once was due to the likes of Facebook and others, never liked Facebook.It is amazing the amount of history and memories this is on this place. I trust it keeps on going.Growing up in Belfast in the 1940s, 50s & 60s was something special, I didn't know it then but I do now.
Manitoba
THANKS MANITOBA, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU JUST SAID. FB TOOK AWAY A LOT OF OUR "FRIENDS" AND I ALWAYS WELCOME THEM TO COME BACK AND DROP A FEW LINES JUST TO LET US KNOW THEY ARE STILL ALIVE HA. I KNOW I LAUGHTED BUT WHEN WE DON'T HEAR FROM SOMEONE IN ALONG TIME, WELL WE JUST WONDER AND THEN SOMEONE COMES ON AND TELLS US THE SAD NEWS. I OFTEN WONDER IF THEY THINK THEY HAVE SAID IT ALL BUT THAT'S NOT TRUE, WE LIVE EVERY DAY AND THERE'S ALWAYS SOME LITTLW TIP BIT FROM THEM THAT WE NEVER TOLD OR NEVER HEARD. ANYWAY I SEEM TO BE RAMBLING AGAIN HA. LIZ XXX