Railway Memories.
BOWMAN, Terence (Editor).
Newcastle: Mourne Observer, 1991. 82 pages. Illustrated. Booklet.
Former employees and passengers recall the `golden years’ and ultimate demise of the Belfast and County Down Railway and the Great Northern Railway.
‘Railway Memories’ comprises a series of interviews with former railway employees and some of their passengers, who recall the ‘golden years’ and ultimate demise of the Belfast and County Down Railway and the Great Northern Railway. The articles, including humorous anecdotes and poignant memories, appeared in the Mourne Observer newspaper between January and June, 1991.
CONTENTS:-
FOREWORD by Gerry Cochrane
(Downpatrick and Ardglass Railway Company)
END OF AN ERA IN NEWCASTLE:
Joe Hanna
ONCE A RAILWAYMAN, ALWAYS A RAILWAYMAN:
Willie Bryans
CLERK IN CROSSGAR AT 14:
Tom Magill
UNUSUAL START AT BALLYNAHINCH:
Seamus Madden
MANY TEARS OVER RAILWAY’S CLOSURE:
Barney Blaney
HARDEST AND ROUGHEST WORK WAS AT ARDGLASS:
Joe Clarke
ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY AT DOWNPATRICK:
Bobby Savage
A DOWNPATRICK RAIL ENTHUSIAST:
Brian Quinn
PASSENGER’S WARTIME MEMORIES:
Ken Powles
BANBRIDGE MAN’S 32 YEARS WITH THE GNR:
Barney Morgan
THE CURSE ON THE SCARVA LINE:
Sandy Gibson
THREE NEWRY BROTHERS:
Liam, Jim and Raymond Magee
CHILDHOOD FUN AT NARROW WATER:
Joe Rocks
KATESBRIDGE STATION AND ITS AMERICAN VISITORS:
John Magennis
WE NEVER DREAMED THE RAILWAY WOULD CLOSE:
Mickey Meade
STILL RECOGNISED BY FORMER PASSENGERS:
Sidney Wilson
FOND MEMORIES OF A BANBRIDGE PASSENGER:
Joe Clements
NEWRY PALS WOULD DO IT ALL AGAIN:
Mickey Boyle and David Brown
The Belfast and County Down Railway network Derailment at Newcastle
The Great Northern Railway network
Interviews: 1, 3-5, 9-18: Amy Dempster; 2, 6-8: David Telford
ISBN: 0951783300
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