Newry News and Irish Fun
Of a Friday and Saturday night you wouldn’t want to leave the ‘Pass. They were here in droves! Women from Ballyargan, Glenn, Tyrone’s Ditches, Tannyokey and Drumbanagher – ALL in the ‘Pass for their groceries – in ponys and traps or walking or on bicycles. Ah, a sight for sore eyes.
One night I was standing at the corner when Jim Pat McSherry came down the street, whistling.
From the early 40s onwards there was a great craze for ‘pitch and toss’. We played it in the ball alley nearby and the fellas pitched and tossed there till dark.
During my all too brief visit to Newry in 2005 I had an even briefer visit to Edward Street.
Later on, during the war, I joined the Home Guard. In the Home Guard they gave me a rifle and bullets as part of my outfit.
I had to work too! One of my early jobs was to ‘walk’ cattle.
