APPARENTLY Squinter’s old pal, the Sunday Independent columnist Eoghan Harris, received a death threat at the weekend. Well, he didn’t receive it – somebody answering the phone at O’Reilly Towers fielded it on his behalf.
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Moving out, moving on
DANDERING along the streets of the city with fat black clouds overhead about to burst, Squinter comes across this cautionary pictorial tale.He’s going to leave it to you to work out where this is, what’s going on here and who’s involved (or who used to be involved) – it’s not hard, there are a couple of big clues, although the squirrel logo is just plain confusing.
Attempt to bring 1971 team back together
A photograph recently discovered in a local house has led one Newtownabbey man to embark on a quest to find where the players in his renowned school football team are now.Danny McLoughlin played left-back for the Stella Maris Primary School team in 1971, a year the school made history by having its first and second teams defeat all comers before competing against each other for the Newtownabbey Schools’ Cup.
Getting away from it all
With the price of food on the increase, more and more people are taking the plunge and growing their own.Whether it’s a raised bed or a row of potatoes at the bottom of the garden, it seems that more of us are growing our own vegetables. But what if you want to go further but your garden is just not big enough? In that case the only alternative is an allotment.
Bredagh claim junior football title in style
BREDAGH lifted the Down Junior Football Championship with a comprehensive 4-10 to 0-9 victory over Dromara at a damp Pairc Esler on Sunday.
How a life lesson finally got through
I’m a slow learner – always have been. Things have to happen to me before I can grasp a concept, you must hit me over the head with an example before the message gets through. So, in the words of Max Bygraves, let me tell you a little story.
