I was born and bred in Upper Catherine St. Lived there from Mar 1967 – Dec 1980 (we moved house the day John Lennon was shot!). My memory is a bit hazy but our side of the street (circa 1975) went as follows (I think).
Catherine St of Peter Hughes
Places
Reunion Reflections
On Thursday night last, along with my sister Vera who nowadays lives in
Monaghan Row Residents 1975
A few Monaghan Row residents have remained in the same homes this thirty years or more – notably my dear friend
Newry Agricultural Show
Newry Agricultural Show is still held today. In the past it was held, in the Showgrounds – now Newry City F.C. complex – on the last Wednesday of June each year.
Dublin on Newry General Holiday
After that long train journey to
Cranfield Camp/Train Trips
Unlike today, when everyone expects a week or two away, in the 1940s holidays were unknown. So when the Bosco Club in Kilmorey Street decided to arrange a week’s holiday in Cranfield for its senior members (‘senior’ as in youthful but members of some years standing!), pandemonium broke loose. The arguments began as to who was and who wasn’t going!
Street Games
The Rag and Bone Man: There was money one time in used and cast-off clothing, domestic cloth or ‘rags’ as we called them. In my youth there was more than one ‘Rag Store’ in the town. There was one just down the street from us on The Dead Pad (
Dance Bands…
Showbands: We experienced the pleasure of live music from visiting bands at our dances and ceidhles. They would all be fronted by a vocalist and dancers would send up pieces of paper with song requests written on them.