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here’s a wide range of news and

the health service is under pressure. We

features in this, your first edition. We

also speak to the experts about helping

have local school pupils ready to take on

you find the right childminder for your

the business world. Many of you will have

little ones. Our resident historian Aidan

seen or heard of the remarkable event

Campbell takes a trip back in time to tell

coming to Stormont later this month;

us about Beaconsfield. Plus we have a

Red Bull Crashed Ice. It’s set to be a

local football round up from Alan Hall.

blinder and we have some local qualifiers

There are also a whole host of news

from East Belfast. We speak to Creative

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YOUNG EAST BELFAST ENTREPRENEURS DELIGHT SHOPPERS AT CASTLECOURT

Pictured L-R: Young Enterprise students Holly Patterson, Yasmin Naimi, Beth Docherty, Emma Rankin and Larissa Penton from Ashfield Girls’ High School show off their company ‘Flash Photography’ / Malcolm Corry, William Cheuk and Adam Hewitt from Campbell College show off their company ‘ Revive’ / Larissa Penton from Ashfield Girls’ High School and Adam Hewitt from Campbell College.

Students from Campbell College and Ashfield Girls High School delighted shoppers this week at Castlecourt Shopping Centre at a Young Enterprise Trade Fair event.

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o News DO YOU WORK / VOLUNTEER WITHIN THE YOUTH & COMMUNITY SECTOR IN EAST BELFAST? Would you like to build on your professional development? Book your FREE place on an exciting upcoming training programme.

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BELFAST CITY COUNCIL has heard that BT had been selected as the provider for the move that will include City Hall, Waterfront Hall, Ulster Hall, St George’s Market, Belfast Castle and Malone House. A further 113 venues will go live by the end of March including community centres, leisure centres, sports pavilions, Belfast Zoo and Smithfield Market.Other highlights of the council’s capital programme include the new Adventurers Learning Centre at the zoo and a new pavilion at Suffolk playing fields. Tenders have also been awarded for new pavilions at Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon and Waterworks Parks as part of a £15m pitches strategy. Work will also begin this year on the installation of 30 docking stations in the city centre for a public bike sharing scheme.

CASTLEREAGH BOROUGH COUNCIL’S Good Relations programme marked the 70th anniversary of Holocaust Memorial Day with a public event on Tuesday 27th January 2015 at the Council Civic Centre. Holocaust Memorial Day urges everyone to reflect on what can happen when racism, prejudice and exclusionary behaviour are unchallenged and how lessons from the past can play a part in our communities today. The date marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau as well as the 20th anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica, Bosnia.

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Experienced Planners from DOE Area Planning Team will now relocate to Lagan Valley Island, the headquarters building for Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council. From there they will work alongside future council colleagues while ensuring a normal planning service is maintained for the area covered by the new council. This marks another important step in the preparation for the transfer of planning to councils on 1 April 2015.

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EAST BELFAST EDITION #1 / FEBRUARY 2015

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ORIGINALLY SET UP IN SEAHILL 10

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length window so your pets can

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see staff at all times. Within easy

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their stay. The aim is to offer ‘home

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TAKE A STROLL AROUND STORMONT FOR THE MENINGITIS RESEARCH FOUNDATION Meningitis Research Foundation is commemorating its’ 25th Anniversary during 2015. “

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There is a £5 registration fee and

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we ask that you aim to raise £35

‘Stroll Around Stormont’ event

in sponsorship. Meningitis has

on Sunday 1st March 2015?

not gone away, MRF estimate that

The Foundation would like to

meningitis and septicaemia affects

encourage people to take part

approx nine people in the UK and

in this stunning walk on the

Ireland every day. They are deadly

Stormont Estate and help raise

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one in ten, and leaving a third of

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PHASE TWO OF THE GREENWAY IS GO! Work has now begun on the second phase of the £40 million regeneration project in East Belfast creating 16 kilometres of off-road paths for cyclists and walkers as part of a linear park. The first phase of the Connswater Community Greenway project was finished last year, and by late 2016 will be fully complete. Farrans Construction is now starting on sections of the route from Orangefield Park to Knock Dual Carriageway and Ladas Drive to Montgomery Road as well as at Connswater Retail Park and Holywood Arches, the location of the stunning new CS Lewis Plaza. Work on other parts of the route including from Beersbridge Road to Elmgrove, Cregagh Glen and Sydenham Bypass to Mersey Street, will be carried out later this year.

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EAST BELFAST EDITION #1 / FEBRUARY 2015

o News RED BULL CRASHED ICE TRYOUT DRAWS LOCAL DAREDEVILS

ICE ICE Baby

Mark Morrison from Dundonald skating to success at the Red Bull Crashed Ice Qualifiers – Ice Cross Downhill World Championships 2015— Belfast, 10/1/2015, Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Dan Sheridan

Winter weather and a nerve-wracking test track failed to deter the bravest of the brave as they battled for a place in the Red Bull Crashed Ice – Ice Cross Downhill World Championships 2015, coming to Northern Ireland later this month.

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negotiating 0.5m high jumps,

over 140 athletes, including

on sale, priced £11 for adults,

from around the country

a 0.5m underpass and bollards,

Dundonald lads Mark Morrison

£5.75 for children and £28 for

took part in the Belfast National

in the fastest time possible. Red

and Steven McMillen, will

a family of two adults and two

Qualifier at the Odyssey Arena

Bull Crashed Ice is an extreme

compete on a heart-pumping

children (including booking fee).

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Shootout at Stormont, this

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Belfast has been selected as one

month. Each contender was

steep turns and vertical drops in

television audience and up to

of the four stops to host this

tasked with proving their skills

a timed battle involving speeds

40,000 local spectators over the

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RECORD TONNAGES ‘BULKED UP’ AT BELFAST HARBOUR Trade figures released by Belfast Harbour show that it handled a record 23 million tonnes during 2014, up 46% since the recession’s low point in 2009.

Overall tonnages rose by 1.6%, driven by strong growth in bulk cargo which accounts for over 40% of throughput at the Harbour. Trade sectors which grew particularly well included stone exports (18%), industrial and domestic coal (20%), paper products (33%) and steel (38%). A record 476,000 freight vehicles also passed through the Harbour during 2014 (up over 2%), while container traffic improved by 2.9% to 125,000 units.

The level of new car imports also rose by 10% to 48,000, its highest level since 2007. The Harbour’s animal feed sector performed well, rising 3.3% to a record 2.2 million tonnes, while scrap exports rose 14% to a record 373,000 tonnes. Cement tonnages also improved, increasing fivefold to 79,000 tonnes. This was, however, from a small base and total cement tonnages remain less than one third of pre-recession levels. Ferry passenger numbers remained steady during 2014 at 1.4m while cruise

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EASTSIDE ARTS APPOINTS FIRST ARTS MANAGER

East Belfast Partnership is delighted to announce the appointment of Anthony Toner as their first EastSide Arts Manager.

Anthony has over ten years’ experience of arts management, based at Flowerfield Arts Centre in Portstewart, where his responsibilities included programming of the annual arts festival, organising the centre’s year-round concert programme, re-development of the schedule of creative classes, management of the centre’s marketing activities and technical responsibility for events. In addition, he has almost twenty years’ experience in journalism, working as a reporter for a number of local weekly titles in NI, and as editor of The Chronicle in Coleraine. Anthony is also active as a singer songwriter, having released six critically-acclaimed albums of original material. His song ‘Sailortown’ remains one of Northern Ireland radio’s most requested songs and he has toured extensively. His album Sing Under the Bridges was shortlisted for the inaugural NI Music Prize in 2013. In addition, he has published a number of pieces of short fiction and has written scripts and music for several theatre productions. Anthony and his wife, writer and theatre director Andrea Montgomery, who is Artistic Director of Terra Nova Productions, live in East Belfast. They are passionate about the ongoing development of the area and the key role of arts in its regeneration.

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EAST BELFAST EDITION #1 / FEBRUARY 2015

o News WINTER WOOLLY WALK FOR LOCAL CHILDREN WITH CANCER A DELIGHTFUL DANDER

All For A Great Cause

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ancer Fund for Children fundraiser and mum to

KICK off those winter blues and rally the family together for Cancer Fund for Children’s Winter Woolly Walk at Belfast’s Lagan Towpath. The is a fantastic family day out and a great way to raise funds for the charity which provides practical, emotional and financial support to local families affected by cancer.

two young boys, Naomi

Braithwaite, from East Belfast,

hands and fun family activities on

explained that this year, the

the day,” Naomi added. Locations

charity is hoping to raise £25k by

include The Lagan Towpath in

holding the walk at seven special

Belfast, Tollymore Forest Park in

locations across the province. “We

Newcastle, Lurgan Park, Antrim

are hoping that 500 families will

Castle Gardens, St Columb’s Park

take part and will be able to raise

in Derry/L’Derry, Castle Coole

about £50 each to help us reach

in Fermanagh and Drum Manor

our total. £25k could provide a free

Forest Park in Cookstown.

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Biryani Specialities

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Chana Bhaji (chick peas) Saag Panir (spinach & Indian cottage cheese) Chana Panir (chick peas & Indian cottage cheese) Mixed Vegetable Bhaji

Side Dishes

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Tandoori Appetisers

All Tandoori dishes are marinated in yoghurt, our own mixed garam massala, herbs and spices, fresh coriander, ginger, garlic and mustard oil. This delicately flavoured tandoori dish is then barbecued in a clay oven (tandoori), served with salad.

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Vegetable Chicken Lamb Prawn Chicken Tikka Lamb Tikka King Prawn

Classic Dishes

£2.90 £3.20 £3.00 £3.30 £3.80 £6.00 £6.20 £7.20 £7.20 £7.30 £7.60 £9.00

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Dhansak - Hot sweet and sour cooked with pineapple and lentils.

Dupiaza - Medium strength dish cooked in aromatic sauce with diced onions, tomato and fresh coriander.

Rogan Josh (hot, medium or mild) - each dish is cooked in a

blend of spices carefully selected by our chef and topped with spicy fresh tomato, onion and scallion sauce Korma (mild) - cooked with almonds, coconut powder and fresh cream, slightly sweet.

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Chicken Bhindi (medium) - cooked with Okra, fresh garlic and £7.40 ginger with medium spices.

Boiled Rice Pilau Rice Fried Rice Mushroom Rice Vegetable Rice Special Fried Rice Keema Pilau Peas Pilau Prawn Pilau

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If you have any food allergies, please inform our staff prior to ordering - there are several mild / medium dishes, which contain nuts / nut powder.

Set Meal for 4 - £36.50

1x Chicken Tikka, 1x Vegetable Pakora, 1x Onion Bhaji, 1x Meat Samosa, !x Chicken Tikka Massala, 1x Chicken Balti, 1x Lamb Bhuna, 1x Chicken Jalfrezi, 1x Aloo Ghobi, 1x Mushroom Bhaji 4x Pilau Rice, 2x Nan & 1x Coke Bottle

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Shatkara Chicken – very famous Bengali dish, shatkara (Indian Lime) £7.40 cooked with traditional herbs and spices Honey Tikka Massala (mild) – Chicken marinated in yoghurt cooked in £7.40 a rich tomato based sauce with a touch of cream and honey Garlic Chilli Chicken (fairly hot) – cooked in a fairly hot thick sauce, £7.40 with lots of tomatoes and freshly chopped garlic and green chillies Chicken Rezala – Chicken Tikka cooked with fresh onions, green £7.40 peppers, green chillies in a thick sauce with ginger Shahi Chicken Korma £7.40 Chicken Tikka Chilli Massala £7.40 Chicken Jal Jal (fairly hot) – cooked with sliced fresh ginger, garlic, onion, pepper, tomato, green chillies & coriander with Worcestershire sauce £7.40 Chicken Achaari – cooked in chef’s home made spices, hot mixed pickle £7.40 with sweet and sour sauce Kashmiri Chicken Tikka Massala (mild) – Chicken Tikka cooked in a special Massala sauce with fruits and spices £7.60 Chicken Methi £7.60 Chicken Milli Jilli - Cooked with Chef’s own spices and mixed £7.60 pickle and vegetables Chicken 65 Cooked with Chef’s own homemade spices (med – hot) £7.60 Lamb Pasanda (mild) – Cooked in a very mild creamy sauce £7.90 with almonds and cashew nuts.

Lamb Bhindi (medium) – Cooked with okra, fresh garlic and ginger with £7.90 medium spices Shatkara Lamb (medium) – very famous Bengali dish, shatkara £7.90 (Indian Lime) cooked with traditional herbs and spices Lamb Jal Jal (fairly hot) – cooked with sliced fresh ginger, garlic, onion,

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Jumuna Jumbo King Prawn – Onion, green pepper and tomatoes

£7.90

barbecued in a charcoal clay oven, cooked in a savoury medium hot sauce with fresh herbs and spices

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Punjabi Massala Specialities

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Special Jalfrezi Dishes (mild, medium, hot)

Jalfrezi dishes are prepared in a spicy sauce with strips of fresh green peppers, onions, green chillies & ginger giving this dish a distinct taste

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Special Karai Dishes (mild, medium, hot)

Served with Vegetable sauce

Sheek Kebab Tandoori Chicken (on the bone) Chicken Tikka Lamb Tikka Tandoori Mixed Grill Tandoori King Prawn

Chicken Tikka Shazlek Lamb Tikka Shazlek Mixed Shazlek Jumbo King Prawn Shazlek

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Tandoori Shazlek Specialities

pepper, tomato, green chillies, coriander with a dash of yoghurt & Worcestershire sauce £7.90

Garlic Chilli Lamb (fairly hot) – cooked in fairly hot thick sauce with lots £7.90 Lamb Rezala – Lamb Tikka cooked with fresh onions, green peppers, £7.90 green chillies in a thick sauce with fresh ginger Lamb Achaari – cooked in Chef’s home made spices, hot mixed pickle £7.90 with sweet and sour sauce Lamb Tikka Mushroom Dupiaza – cooked with mixed Indian herbs, £7.90 fried cubed onions and mushrooms Lamb Tikka Chilli Massala (hot) – Lamb Tikka cooked in a spicy hot

If a preferred dish is not on the menu, we will be glad to provide it if possible, please ask.

Shazlek is the prepararion of lamb, chicken or king prawns marinated in yoghurt and our own mixed spices, then barbecued in a tandoori clay oven witrh onions, green peppers and tomatoes. The Shazlek is traditionally served on a sizzling hot plate and accompanied with nan bread, salad and medium curry sauce.

of tomatoes and freshly chopped garlic and green chillies

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All main dishes include Basmati Rice or Nan Bread with Poppadoms.

PLEASE NOTE: SOME DISHES MAY CONTAIN NUTS.

1x Onion Bhaji, 1x Chicken Pakora, 1x Lamb Bhuna 1x Chicken Jalfrezi, 1x Mushroom Bhaji, 2x Pilau Rice & 1x Nan

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OPENING HOURS

Sunday - Thursday: 5.00pm -11.30pm Friday - Saturday: 5.00pm - Midnight

“Creative Cooking” Creating your own dishes to suit your taste. Please do not hesitate to ask.

Set Meal for 2 - £19.50

House Specialities 25.

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Rice

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Mushroom Omelette Chicken Nuggets Fried Chicken Chicken Omelette Fried Scampi Chicken Maryland All Basmati Rice

Served on Nan bread or Chips with salad & choice of sauce

Vegetable Kebab Curry Chips Massala Chips Doner Kebab Chicken Pakora Kebab Chicken Tikka Kebab Doner on Chips

Delivery: 028 9047 3888

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Vegetable Balti Chicken Balti Prawn Balti Lamb Balti Chicken Tikka Balti Lamb Tikka Balti Jumbo King Prawn Balti

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The

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finest indian cuisine

spices with the taste of methi leaf (fenugreek) to give this dish a unique taste.

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design & print by NI Print 028 9062 2225

Special Balti Dishes (mild, medium, hot) Our Balti specialities are prepared with a blend of special authentic herbs and

Prepared in a medium hot, spicy sauce with a strong flavour of garlic and green massala garnished with fresh spiced vegetables

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o The Arts CREATIVE EXCHANGE :

GEORGE ROBB - TOWNSHIP

EAST BELFAST ARTISTS BRIGHTEN UP THE CITY & BEYOND “

C

LESLEY CHERRY

“

As we hibernate under the grey skies of winter, four acclaimed East Belfast artists are working hard to add a touch of colour to our lives by creating and exhibiting artworks locally, nationally and internationally.

STEPHEN MILLAR & PAUL MOORE

Thread and Belfast Exposed galleries. Last year

South Africa that George has photographed for

Lesley Cherry won a prestigious ACES Award

the past ten years. George will continue building

(Artists Career Enhancement Scheme) from the

this body of work for a future solo exhibition as he

Arts Council Northern Ireland. This allowed her to

prepares for another trip to Cape Town.

reative Exchange is an East Belfast

undergo a mentorship programme and funded the

charitable visual art collective that

creation of pieces for her forthcoming solo show

the work of another two Creative Exchange

provides studios for 14 artists at their

‘Repeat Patterns’ taking place at the Golden Thread.

artists, Stephen Millar and Paul Moore, who

home in the Portview Trade Centre on the

She will display artworks with wallpaper and text,

collaborated on the production of a short film

Newtownards Road. Once a year the collective get

which record and hide, hand-written stories. Lesley

titled ‘Rat’. It engaged the public to explore positive

together to deliver the dynamic “Art in the Eastside”

also uses children’s toys and educational tools, to

relationships to sound and has been selected to

Billboard project that dominates the streets of East

create thought provoking phrases and comment.

be presented in the R-Space gallery ‘Visioning’

Belfast and has attracted international attention.

This recent work will also be represented at the

weekender on 6th & 7th of February 2015. The

It is a colourful array of work from artists in the

SCOPE Art Fair, New York in March.

trailer for the film can be viewed now on vimeo

collective alongside other talent from all over the

George Robb will be exhibiting photographs in

world. When they are not working on Art in the

Belfast Exposed photographic gallery in a group

Eastside, they are beavering away in their studios

exhibition ‘Documenting Change’. This work

creating work to exhibit in local, national and

examines and documents alternative perspectives

international galleries.

of culture and places. He has a strong relationship

If you’re in Belfast city centre in February 2015,

with landscapes and through his work shares the

pop in and see the work of artists Lesley Cherry

journey of changing values. For this exhibition he

and George Robb with exhibitions running

be showing work from the ‘Township” series which

throughout the entire month in the Golden

is based on a small township near Cape Town in

In addition, you do not have to go far to see

http://vimeo.com/116965727

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The housing body has had to spend the five figure sum on removing graffiti from its property in the various estates it is responsible for across the borough.

While much of the graffiti can be put down to common vandalism, some of it has also contained sinister threats against named individuals and to express support for or opposition to various paramilitary groups.

Local DUP MLA Alex Easton MLA has expressed his ‘shock’ at the mounting cost of the graffiti, which emerged in response to a question he put to Department of Social Development Minister, Mervyn Storey, at Stormont.

It was revealed that during the financial year 2012 to 2013 the Executive spent £43,267.15 on graffiti removal around the borough and during the year 2013 to 2014 this rose to £45,080.23.

Mr Easton said he was ‘deeply shocked’ to discover that the Executive had spent over £88,000 on removing graffiti from its properties across North Down over the last two financial years.

He added, “At a time when departments are struggling to find money with cutbacks, the last thing the Housing Executive needs to be doing is having to waste money removing graffiti put there by silly individuals who are costing the ratepayers of North Down a lot of money.

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in a ‘home from home’ setting. If you opt for a

your search, it is worth taking time to visit a

childminder, make sure he or she is registered

number of childminders and research. NICMA’s

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o The History Man A LITTLE HISTORY

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OUR RESIDENT HISTORIAN AIDAN CAMPBELL TAKES A STROLL ALONG THE KNOCK ROAD THAT TAKES HIM BACK THROUGH TIME TO THE STORY OF BEACONSFIELD

“

As I was walking along Knock Road one day, near the Comber Greenway, I noticed that the builders had demolished a derelict large house called ‘The Orchard’.

It was on an expansive site, surrounded by large trees (which have also gone) just next to Knockcastle Park and they are now building several new houses on the site.

Belfast & County Down Railway, Knock Station, 1895

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The Orchard, Knock Road, 2007

he original house was built around

‘Beaconsfield’ in 1895

the time of the First World War and the first occupant was James A Duff

‘Dundela’, 95 Knock Road,1925

“By 1893 Beaconsfield was the Home of the Hurley family and they stayed until around 1909. Fred Hurley was a wealthy tea merchant with premises in Waring Street, Belfast.”

M.P. There is a very interesting interview with

the air was cleaner and their gardens were

Crawford’s of Crawfordsburn) and she lived

a young Margaret Molyneaux in my Knock

much more spacious.

there until her death in 1960 at the age of 94

local history book about Mrs Duff. Margaret’s

Access, and transport, to Belfast was also

years. Beaconsfield then lay derelict for a period

family were neighbours of the Duffs on Knock

improved when the Belfast & County Down

until a 1961 newspaper article reported that

Road in the 1920s and lived in a house called

Railway was completed and passed through

the Marie Curie Memorial Foundation (now

‘Dundela’, previously on a site at the entrance to

Knock in 1850. The horse tramway was

Marie Curie Cancer Care) had bought the site

Knockcastle Park.

extended to Knock Depot, opposite S.D. Bell’s, in

and planned to demolish the house with a view

Just across Knock Road, on the corner of

the early 1900s. The roads were not so good in

to erecting a nursing home for cancer patients

Kensington Road stood another large house

those days. Originally Knock Station was known

on the site. In June 1965 the Belfast Telegraph

called ‘Beaconsfield’ which in the 1920s was the

as Ballycloghan Halt. Ballycloghan being the

announced that the Marie Curie Foundation

home of the Gordon family. The householder

local townland name for the area.

will ‘this month open its first home in Belfast’.

James Gordon was Permanent Secretary at the

By 1893 Beaconsfield was the Home of the

The new facility was called ‘Beaconfield Nursing

Ministry of Agriculture in the newly established

Hurley family and they stayed until around

Home’ (somewhere along the line the ‘S’ was

Northern Ireland government. Beaconsfield was

1909. Fred Hurley was a wealthy tea merchant

dropped from the name) and is now known as

one of the older houses on Knock Road, built

with premises in Waring Street, Belfast. He

‘Marie Curie Hospice’ which will celebrate its

for an insurance agent called Joseph Millar in

was born in Dublin and had come to Belfast

50th anniversary in June 2015.

around 1869. There were many large villas built

in the 1860s. The family were members of

in the Knock area after the 1850s. Following

the congregation at the newly built (1896) St

The Great Famine of 1847 the population of

Columba’s Church of Ireland on King’s Road.

Belfast increased dramatically as people came

The ownership of the grand house changed

to the city looking for work and many wealthy

on several occasions during the 20th century

business owners moved out of town and built

and in 1935 it became the home of Miss

new villas on the hills surrounding Belfast where

Alice Maud Crawford (apparently one of the

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Royal Irish Rifles close to St Quen-

wounded and practically single-

Sam Carrigan and Brian Wilson

tin, Edmund was caught up in the

handed, he maintained his position

found themselves increasingly

German Spring Offensive and was

until another section could be got

inspired as they unearthed de-

killed in action at Grugies in Picardy.

to his help. On two occasions, with

tails of the personal history of old

He was posthumously awarded the

two NCOs only, he got out on top

Campbellian Edmund De Wind, the

Victoria Cross for his actions on that

under heavy machine gun and rifle

posthumous recipient of the Vic-

day. Reflecting on the story, Sam

fire, and cleared the enemy out of

toria Cross, the highest and most

Corrigan said, “We’ve always been

the trench, killing many. He contin-

prestigious award for gallantry in

aware of the story of Edmund De

ued to repel attack after attack until

the face of the enemy. Edmund

Wind, for the school is immensely

he was mortally wounded and col-

was born in Comber in 1883 and

proud of the leadership and cour-

lapsed. His valour, self-sacrifice and

was educated at Campbell Col-

age he showed – but it was only

example were of the highest order.”

lege before emigrating to Canada

when we went into the detail of his

Edmund’s body was never recov-

where he worked for the Canadian

life that we began fully to under-

ered but he is remembered on the

Bank of Commerce in Edmonton.

stand just how exceptional he was.”

Pozieres Memorial at the Somme.

In 1914 he enlisted to serve in the

The Citation which accompanied

His name can be seen at the foot of

Canadian Expeditionary Force and

the award of the Victoria Cross to

a pillar at the West front of St Anne’s

fought at St Eloi, Ypres and the

Edmund De Wind reads, “For most

Cathedral in Belfast and Mount De

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A SPORTING CHANCE

SCHOOLCHILDREN AT THE HEART OF BELFAST SPORTS AWARDS

SCHOOL CHILDREN are set to be at the heart of

“We hope too that in highlighting their thoughts

the 2015 Belfast Sports Awards in City Hall.

using their buzzwords to name the various tables

They are being asked to say what sport means to

it will reinforce for guests the benefits they and

them so their responses can be used to name tables

sport give to the community every day. “Getting

at which nominees will sit during the prestigious

children involved in regular sport at an early age is

ceremony on 27 March. The awards recognise

important because once the habit of being active

the contribution and massive difference local

is established it usually lasts into adulthood. Sport

volunteers make to the life of local sports clubs.

has tremendous benefits for society - it boosts

Behind the scenes staff - including coaches,

mental and physical health, provides discipline,

teachers and volunteers - are central to the

teamwork, leadership skills and creates friendships

success of the athletes who go onto win fame or

all while having fun. We are delighted to recognise

fortune. They also contribute to making Belfast a

those unsung heros and heroines who really make

fitter, healthier city with a wide range of sporting

a difference in a young athlete’s life and everyone

activities. Increased youth participation in sport

nominated for the awards, even if they don’t win,

is a major factor in the Council’s aim to achieve a

is making a difference and that’s what’s important,”

healthier city which is why we are encouraging

added Councillor Mallon. The 2015 Belfast Sports

young people to think about the Belfast Sports

Awards takes place at the City Hall on Friday, 27

Awards. Lord Mayor, Nichola Mallon, said: “We

March. Nominations close on Friday, 20 February.

wanted to encourage young people to really think

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100 Dee St, BT4 028 9073 2331 Little Stars The Salvation Army 110 Cregagh Road Toys/snacks/craft/music. £1.50 per family. 10am12 term time for 0-4 years. 028 9045 4466.

Sydenham Parent & Toddler Mon 10-11.30 £1 per family Inverary CC BT4 1RN 028 9047 1456 St Finnians 10-11.30. Cregagh Park, 028 9079 2793.

Wandsworth Mums & Chums 10-11.45am. Wandsworth CC. £1 26a Belmont Church Rd. 07903 674698

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Mersey St Presbyterian 028 9065 7025 St Donards Church 10am-12 Bloomfield Avenue Tel: 028 9065 2321 £1 for adults. Tea/coffee/juice Strandtown Baptist Tots 10.00- 11.30am (term time) Strandtown Baptist Church, 1 Clonallon Court BT4 2AB Tel: 028 9080 8380 £1 per adult Tots & Co 10.15- 11.45am (term time) Cregagh Methodist Church £1.50 per family (incl juice/snack & tea. 28-30 Cregagh Rd. 028 9045 7564

WEDNESDAY

Busy Bees 10 -11:30am Knock Methodist Church, Knock Road. Tel: 028 9065 3413 Orangefield Baptist Church 10.30-12. 37 North Road, BT5 5NE smallTALK @ orangefield 10-11.45am O’field Church & Community, 464 Castlereagh Road 07745 076911 orangefield.org.uk St Colmcille’s Parent & Toddler 10am term time St Colmcille’s Parish Hall (opposite Tesco’s) in Ballyhackamore. Men looking after young children welcome.

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THURSDAY Bloomfield Methodist Church 10-11.30am £1 per family Grand Parade 028 9065 8946.

Cregagh Mums & Tots 10-12pm Cregagh CC. Mount Merrion Avenue.

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FRIDAY

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CLASSES & EVENTS

MONDAY Ballyhackamore Library 1-3 Eastleigh Drive 028 9050 9204 Books R Us 9-11 yr olds reading group (third Mon of month) 3.30-4.30 Knit & Natter 2-4pm Bedtime Stories 7pm. Me Time (Last Mon of the month) For busy women 7-8.

Bean Blessed Bloomfield Ave Congregational Church Tea/ coffee, scones, pastries. 10.30-12 Harding Memorial Rainbows 4-7yrs Mon 6pm Brownies 7-10yrs Monday 7pm Guides 10-14yrs Mondays 7pm.

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Orangefield Baptist Ladies Coffee Morning 1st Mon of month 10.30am 37 North Rd 028 9065 7876 Skainos Building skainos.org Badminton 2-3pm. Crosslinks - Cross Community Arts 7-9pm 14-21 yr olds. Contact Andy Hill.

Strand Cinema & NI Stars Holywood Road, BT4 .nistars.com Singing & dancing 7-8pm Wandsworth Community 028 9065 1668. Children’s Drama Academy 5-6pm. Children & Teens carnival drumming 6.30pm-7.30pm. Aerobics 7-8pm. Combat 8.159.30pm

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Compass Womens Group 7-9pm Zumba 12.30-1.30pm Wandsworth Community Playclub 3-4 yr olds 10am-12.

Painting for Pleasure 11am-1pm Kids Irish dancing 5-6.30pm, Aerobics 7-8pm. Appreciation of Art 7-9pm.

Wasps seniors group last Tues of month 2-3.30pm

WEDNESDAY

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Belmont Tower www.belmont-tower.co.uk Art classes 10am-1pm. Baby Sensory Classes 7-13 mths Thurs 10-11am 0-7 mths Thurs 11.30-12.30 Yoga with Sharon 6-8pm Mindfulness Courses 6.30-8.30pm Senior Citizens Luncheon Club Midday @ Ballymac Centre. Hot lunch & social time. alison@ballymac.org Skainos Building skainos.org Vibe Academy - Weekly streetdance. p1-p4 3.304.30pm P5-P7 4.30-5.30pm 1st yr+ 6.45-8pm. £6 per class. Lisa 07736 315420. Compass Mens

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o Local Football ALAN HALL’S

LOCAL FOOTBALL ROUND UP

CLIFTONVILLE 1 • GLENTORAN 1

BALLYWALTER REC 2 • SIROCCO WORKS 3

A SUPERB piece of last gasp opportunism from in demand starlet Jordan Stewart gave Glentoran a well deserved point from Saturday’s Danske Premiership tussle with Cliftonville at Solitude, ensuring the EastEnders remain in fifth, just three points behind the reigning champions. Reds skipper George McMullan was perhaps relieved to see yellow and not red for a challenge from behind on Jordan Stewart. Then on four minutes, Barry Holland’s name was noted for a cynical challenge on Jude Winchester.

Thankfully things cooled down a little after that frantic opening and in the opening quarter there was little between the sides; Martin Donnelly, Cliftonville’s match winner in the League Cup Final a week earlier, dancing in field only to shoot straight at keeper Elliott Morris at the near post.

It was Cliftonville, without a league win since mid December, who took the lead on 19 minutes; the prolific Joe Gormley chasing onto Donnelly’s searching pass and while Morris darted off his line, the striker got their first, grabbing his 32nd goal of the season with a delightful first time lob.

Glentoran could have cancelled that out when Stewart nodded a Niall Henderson corner down for Danny McKee, whose point blank effort was blocked by Ronan Scannell.

The Glens upped the pace in the second session; Holland crossing for McKee, whose header was tipped over by home keeper Cherrie. Stephen Gordon, too, came even closer but Cherrie saved well with his feet.

Cliftonville, nonetheless, could have stitched it all up when Gormley again got round the wrong side of the visitors defence but Morris stood up well, making the save. Sean McCarron, off the bench for his Reds debut, almost made an immediate impact but Morris was again alert to the danger, flinging himself to his left to make the save.

Martin Donnelly, too, hoisted a left foot effort over the bar when he might have done better.

Meanwhile, Eddie Patterson rang the changes, bringing Curtis Allen and Fra McCaffrey off the bench, with Allen coming close to making his mark with a left foot drive that zipped just the wrong side of the far upright.

The Glens were now building up a head of steam and Cliftonville had Cherrie to thank, after McKee got onto the end of Johnny Addis’s long throw. However, Glentoran weren’t to be denied, when , right on the 90, Stewart, back from a loan spell at Middlesborough, showed just why he is in demand, dinking the ball over the defender before prodding it wide of the helpless Cherrie.

Glentoran; Morris, Kane, Burney, Scullion (McCaffrey), Stewart, Henderson (Nelson), McAlorum, Addis, Gordon (Allen), McKee, Holland. Subs (unused), McCullough, Hogg.

A DRAMATIC injury time strike from Kurtis Hanna takes Sirocco Works out of the 1b drop zone after Saturday’s ‘six pointer’ against Ballywalter Rec at Davidson Park. Ballywalter are now in the bottom two, two points and two places beneath Sirocco who have also three games in hand. There is another crunch game next Saturday, when Sirocco entertain bottom club Dunmurry Young Men. While Sirocco had the wind at their backs in the opening half, it was Ballywalter who drew first blood on 20 minutes. Back though, came Sirocco right on half time, with Nathan Jamison, grandson of Glentoran legend Johnny ‘Stumpy’, scoring direct from a corner.

After the turnaround, Sirocco were largely hemmed in their own half, as Rec made better use of the elements and it was no surprise when the home side regained the lead, first to react after the initial attempt had careered off the crossbar.

That looked to be that, though Sirocco had a plausible penalty appeal turned down before Ian Mannus hammered in an equaliser ten minutes from time. Things, too, were going to get even better when Kurtis Hanna scored that injury time winner, cutting in from the left before rifling the ball into the far corner of the net.

Sirocco Works; Reid, Bridgenhal, Jamison, M Graham, Cassidy, Stewart, Hanna, Mannus, Forsythe, Lyons (Frame), Acheson (A Graham).

Sub (unused) Johnston. Sirocco Seconds lost 3-4 to Grove United Seconds at Tullycarnet.

Gareth Rainey, Sam Branston, and Wayne Boyce were their marksmen.

EAST BELFAST 5 • MALACHIANS 6 (after extra time & penalties)

EAST Belfast crashed out of the Clarence Cup, unluckily losing 3-4 on penalties, after Saturday’s clash with Premier Division side Malachians at a bitterly cold East Park ended up at two a-piece at the end of extra time.

There was perhaps a sign of things to come after just six minutes when Luke Wilson went down inside the box. Referee Ian Banks pointed to the spot but David Wright’s spot kick was saved, comfortably enough, by keeper Magill. East were certainly the better side but were out of luck when they struck post and then bar in the same goalmouth scramble as Mals struggled to clear their defensive lines.

On 32 minutes, Malachians had their first pot on goal, East netminder Jake Halliday doing well to keep out a rasping effort from Kelly.

It was the North Belfast side, too, who snatched the lead against the run of play two minutes from the break; Hawkins heading in McAtee’s right wing corner.

That goal seemed to spark the visitors into life and they almost increased their lead, with

EAST’S LUKE WILSON GOES DOWN IN THE BOX a Kelly volley that whistled just over.

East almost bounced back just after the turnaround when they were awarded a free kick on the six yard line after what Mr Banks classed as a deliberate back pass.

Malachians managed to survive that one though it was no surprise whatsoever when East levelled matters on the hour; the EastEnders’ best player Stephen Garrett leaving three defenders in his wake before drilling a sweet left foot drive into the bottom corner of the net. And so into extra time where East Belfast forged ahead for the first time, with Wright arching a header over the advancing Magill.

East could have confirmed their place in the next round had Davison’s chip not thudded off the bar with keeper Magill beaten.

Instead, it was Malachians who provided the sting in the tail drawing level five minutes from the end of extra time when Downey volleyed in at the far post.

And so into the dreaded shoot out where Malachians keeper Magill was the hero, saving the fifth penalty at match point for the home side, and then taking scoring Mals fifth kick.

It thus went into sudden death where East blazed theirs wide and Malachians scored, to earn a quarter final trip to Crumlin United.

BANGOR 3 • DUNDELA 1 THERE was no shock result as Championship 1’s top and bottom clubs locked horns on Saturday at the Bangor Fuels Arena, Bangor coming out 3-1 winners, and, with PSNI drawing at home to Armagh City, it means that Dundela are now four points adrift at the foot of the table.

However, as assistant manager Paul Foy reflected afterwards, “We’ve got some of the teams just above us in the next few weeks so those matches will be crucial and the players we’ve picked up on loan from Linfield, like PJ Murray and Dale Patton, signed on Friday, should help us. It’s a very young team now,

but sometimes I think that’s the better way to go. Here, if we had held onto one-nil at half time, we would have had a chance in the second half, but it was two defensive mistakes that cost us. Then we needed to score first in the second half, but we didn’t do it!”

Bangor had the breeze at their backs in the opening session, and new Dundela keeper Macauley Cairns, on loan from Ballymena United, did well to push Andy Hall’s swerving effort over the bar.

Cairns distinguished himself again with further saves to defy Hall and Paul McDowell, while, at the other end, the unmarked Stephen Gourley just failed to get enough on a header. It was Bangor, though, who broke the ice on 14 minutes, with Duns caught out by having nobody at the near post, allowing Richard Gibson to head in a Hall corner from just four yards. Meanwhile, in what turned out to be his Dundela swansong before making another return to his old haunt at Ballyclare Comrades, Andy Simms drove one just inches over the bar. Dundela were so close to going off just one goal down but just one minute from the break, Bangor nabbed a second, with McDowell first to react after the initial attempt had been blocked.

The Seasiders went three up on 54 minutes; the Duns troubles starting when keeper Cairns was dispossessed trying to manoeuvre the ball onto his more favoured left foot. The East Belfast side couldn’t quite clear the danger and it was left for referee Stephen Gregg to point to the spot after David Gibson brought down his namesake Richard inside the box.

McDowell tucked the resultant penalty into the bottom left hand corner of the net.

There was some consolation for Dundela when another one of their loanees, Kyle Dillon from Crusaders, pulled one back three minutes from time. Dundela: Cairns, Thompson, Collins, Gibson, Keenan (73 Feher), Gourley, Jones (53 Jackson), Ferguson (58 West), Dillon, McClelland, Simms. Subs. not used: Halliday, Murphy.

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o H&W WELDERS 3 • LOUGHGALL 0 HARLAND and Wolff Welders inch their way up to second slot in Championship 1, after Saturday’s 3-0 victory over Loughgall at Tillysburn Park. While the Welders were always comfortable, with keeper Michael Dougherty forced into just one save all afternoon, they made hard work of it at times thanks to a mixture of wayward finishing and in particular, some excellent goalkeeping from Loughgall’s new number 1, Symon Ferguson.

With the strong wide at their backs, it was the Shipyardmen who launched the early attacks, though it was nine minutes before they had their first real pot on goal’; a free kick from midfield anchorman Craig Harris safely gathered by Loughgall keeper Ferguson.

A minute later, it took a timely intervention from full back Mark Carson to prevent the unmarked Michael McClellan getting onto the end of Mark Magennis’s right wing cross.

The Welders were now starting to spark into life but it was keeper Ferguson who showed his ‘mettle’ with a fine save to deprive Ryan Deans, while Scott Davidson rifled one just the wrong side of the left hand post. On 16 minutes, though, the Welders were in front, though it’s a goal that Ryan Deans won’t know much about as Mark Stewart’s clearance bounced in off his head; Ferguson having initially brought off an excellent save to foil McClellan. There may have been a slight suspicion of offside though the second last ‘defender’, the keeper must have been level

with goalscorer Deans. A minute later, Deans was almost on the scoresheet again, and had he gone down under a hefty challenge, Mr McIlwrath could well have been pointing to the spot, but the ex Carrick Ranger stayed on his feet, forcing Ferguson to save with his legs.

The resultant corner, swung over by Magennis, saw what was surely one of the best saves Tillysburn will see all season.

Meanwhile, Rainey’s radar wasn’t quite on cue, steering another shot wide, while Ferguson had to be vigilant again, to prevent Deans getting onto the end of Davidson’s right wing cross. Harland and Wolff were having their best period of the match, but still only had that one fortuitous goal to show for it, as Dean fizzed another one just wide.

Loughgall’s first meaningful moment came on 38 minutes when Dougherty raced out of his box to prevent Warren Mullan fastening onto a Wesley Boyle pass. The Shipyardmen cruised further ahead on 43 minutes. A good advantage initially by the referee, after Magennis had been hauled back but Paul Dickson seemed to have overrun the ball before he went down rather easily under the challenge of Carson inside the box. While Ferguson guessed right and dived right, force overcame anticipation as McClellan slotted the ball into the bottom left hand corner. On 56 minutes, man of the match Ferguson kept the Shipyardmen at bay, with a fine reflex save from Rainey, following a left wing corner from Magennis. Rainey, too, should have done better two minutes later, being crowded out

A FREE KICK FROM CRAIG HARRIS (NO 4) RUNS THROUGH TO KEEPER FERGUSON

after a fine interlink between Davidson and McClellan opened up the Loughgall defence.

With the Irish Cup tie at home to Glenavon coming up this Saturday, manager Smyth was surely hoping for another goal to put this one to bed, but again the Welders were struggling to land the knock out blow; Magennis cracking one wide of Ferguson but also the wrong side of the left hand post.

Loughgall flickered into life with a Ross Black free kick just over and then a nice turn and shot from Boyle which finally forced Dougherty into action, tipping the ball over the bar. The Welders came even closer on 75 minutes when Scott McMillan nodded a Magennis corner against the bar. Three minutes later, however, it was done and dusted; the goal of the match from McClellan, dinking the ball nicely over the helpless Ferguson, after a defensive clearance had

been hoofed back by Harris. Yet it still wasn’t quite working for Rainey as he screwed another opportunity wide of the post. It was his last real effort as he was replaced by Chris Middleton who would have made an instant impact but for another save from Ferguson.

Fellow substitute Sammy Devine, too, almost marked his appearance only Ferguson made a well timed challenge outside his box. So comfortable enough then for the Welders and an important three points. Next Saturday, it’s back to Tillysburn for the Irish Cup visit of holders Glenavon which will be played to a finish. Kick off 1.30.

H&W Welders; Dougherty – Dickson, McMurray, McMillan, W Armstrong – Magennis (Devine), Davidson, Deans, Harris – McClellan (M Armstrong), Rainey (Middleton).

Subs (unused) Simpson, Beattie.

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