<![CDATA[Lurgan Mail - Community]]> Feed http://www.lurganmail.co.uk/community Copyright 2012, Johnston Press Plc http://www.lurganmail.co.uk/community/inlm_community_feed_1_1361663 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:42:57 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 <![CDATA[First panto]]> http://www.lurganmail.co.uk/first_panto_1_3535559

LURGAN Operatic Society decided early in 1989 to stage its first ever pantomime that year.

]]> 1.3535559 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:41:49 +0000 <![CDATA[Andrew moving to church in Lisburn]]> http://www.lurganmail.co.uk/andrew_moving_to_church_in_lisburn_1_3535517

MR Andrew Faulkner, assistant minister of Hill Street Presbyterian Church, Lurgan, has received the call to become the new minister of Sloan Street Presbyterian Church in Lisburn.

]]> 1.3535517 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:37:25 +0000 <![CDATA[New arts committee]]> http://www.lurganmail.co.uk/new_arts_committee_1_3510861

THE Craigavon Arts Committee was formed in February 1967.

]]> 1.3510861 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:12:15 +0000 <![CDATA[Wasted 246 police hours]]> http://www.lurganmail.co.uk/wasted_246_police_hours_1_3486761

WHEN his girfriend left him an Aghalee man drew up a daft plan, a court heard in 1978.

]]> 1.3486761 Wed, 8 Feb 2012 09:34:17 +0000 <![CDATA[Happy days for Daniel]]> http://www.lurganmail.co.uk/happy_days_for_daniel_1_3486762

YOUNG Daniel Madden was a happy boy in February 1978.

]]> 1.3486762 Wed, 8 Feb 2012 09:33:58 +0000 <![CDATA[Shower had to be quick]]> http://www.lurganmail.co.uk/shower_had_to_be_quick_1_3486740

SOCCER players had to shower quickly after matches in Lurgan Park in 1967.

]]> 1.3486740 Wed, 8 Feb 2012 08:31:24 +0000 <![CDATA[Revival of skateboards]]> http://www.lurganmail.co.uk/revival_of_skateboards_1_3486727

THE revival of the skateboarding craze in 1989 prompted police to issue a warning.

]]> 1.3486727 Sat, 4 Feb 2012 09:18:14 +0000 <![CDATA[New look leisure centre re-opens]]> http://www.lurganmail.co.uk/new_look_leisure_centre_re_opens_1_3459149

THE new look Craigavon Leisure Centre was officially re-opened by the Mayor, Samuel Gardiner, in January 1989.

]]> 1.3459149 Wed, 1 Feb 2012 09:15:44 +0000 <![CDATA[A draughts revival]]> http://www.lurganmail.co.uk/a_draughts_revival_1_3459147

THE game of draughts was making a revival in Lurgan in 1967.

]]> 1.3459147 Wed, 1 Feb 2012 09:15:15 +0000 <![CDATA[Letter threat]]> http://www.lurganmail.co.uk/letter_threat_1_3459142

A GHOULISH letter containing a death threat was circulating in Craigavon on 1978.

]]> 1.3459142 Wed, 1 Feb 2012 09:14:40 +0000 <![CDATA[Lyn selected]]> http://www.lurganmail.co.uk/lyn_selected_1_3459141

A WARINGSTOWN Girl Guide was selected to sing with an Ulster choir in London in 1989.

]]> 1.3459141 Wed, 1 Feb 2012 09:14:20 +0000 <![CDATA[Sunnyside are formed]]> http://www.lurganmail.co.uk/sunnyside_are_formed_1_3459137

THE Sunnyside football club was going strong early in 1967 after forming just before Christmas.

]]> 1.3459137 Wed, 1 Feb 2012 09:13:56 +0000 <![CDATA[Not keen on ‘the water’]]> http://www.lurganmail.co.uk/not_keen_on_the_water_1_3459134

TAKING to the water did not go down too well with members of Lurgan Chamber of Trade in 1967.

]]> 1.3459134 Wed, 1 Feb 2012 09:12:47 +0000 <![CDATA[Deaths in the community]]> http://www.lurganmail.co.uk/deaths_in_the_community_1_3463597

Francie McEvoy

]]> 1.3463597 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[Museum could be consigned to history]]> http://www.lurganmail.co.uk/museum_could_be_consigned_to_history_1_3459097

CRAIGAVON Museum could be consigned to the history books.

]]> 1.3459097 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:59:43 +0000 <![CDATA[Council in ban mix-up]]> http://www.lurganmail.co.uk/council_in_ban_mix_up_1_3442202

MEMBERS of Craigavon Council banned a world championship event from taking place in the borough in 1978.

]]> 1.3442202 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:34:52 +0000 <![CDATA[It must have been some hangover]]> http://www.lurganmail.co.uk/it_must_have_been_some_hangover_1_3442194

OVER the years there have been many suggestions for a cure to a hangover.

]]> 1.3442194 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:32:57 +0000 <![CDATA[TV show is knocked out]]> http://www.lurganmail.co.uk/tv_show_is_knocked_out_1_3442200

CRAIGAVON missed out on the chance to take part in the popular TV show ‘It’s a Knock-Out’ in 1978.

]]> 1.3442200 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:32:33 +0000 <![CDATA[Thieves put lives at risk]]> http://www.lurganmail.co.uk/thieves_put_lives_at_risk_1_3442192

GAS meter thieves in the Kilwilke estate were putting householders lives at risk in 1978.

]]> 1.3442192 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:31:53 +0000