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MY TOP 10
1. What do you love most about your job?
The variety, I have a wide range of corporate functions to manage on a day-to-day basis, but am also involved in the wider strategic planning and future vision for Armagh Observatory and Planetarium which is very exciting.
2. What has been your career highlight to date?
There have been many, but most recently being part of the team that brought the Moon to the Mall in Armagh in 2019 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of mankind’s fi rst steps on the moon.
That was a real team eff ort to pull off something very ambitious and well beyond anything AOP had done before. I am so proud that such as small team was able to deliver such a fantastic event.
3. What are your favourite hobbies/ activities outside of work?
I like to knit, particularly in the winter months. I’m also a big fan of a luxury hotel break!
4. What is your daily routine?
I get up around 6.00 am and go for a walk. I’m still mostly working from home and fi nd
CAROL CORVAN
Head of Corporate Services at Armagh Planetarium
that suits my needs well. I sometimes work into the evening although I try to make this an exception rather than the rule. I like my sleep so it would be unusual to fi nd me still up after 10 pm.
5. Do you have a fi tness regime?
No, except for the daily walk.
6. Do you have any tips for staying positive?
Get older! The older you get the more you can put things into perspective!
7. What do you think is the best thing about living in Northern Ireland?
I have never lived anywhere else so don’t have anything to compare it to, but I think the quality of life here is pretty good. I love Armagh and the early morning walking has really made me appreciate what a beautiful place it is to live.
8. What is your mantra or favourite quote that you live by?
I read this one recently and it really resonated with me.
As I look back on my life, I realise that every time I thought I was being rejected from something good, I was actually being re-directed to something better.
9. Who has been your biggest infl uence?
My parents, you truly don’t appreciate that when you are young, but I am so proud of their strong work ethic, honesty and strong morale compass and the sacrifi ces they made to make sure their childern got the opportunities they didn’t.
10. FAVOURITE
Movie: The Sound of Music comes to mind for some reason – it was my earliest memory of going to the cinema Band/Musician: There are so many, I like a wide range of music Book: Resilience: How to cope when everything around you keeps changing by Liggy Webb. That book came into my life when I really needed it! Restaurant: Digby’s, Killylea Holiday Destination: Anywhere by the sea Drink: Red wine Meal: My mum’s hotpot, I’ve never been able to make it like she did
Helens Bay Golf Club Lady Captain Linda McAuley with her family left-right Carol McAuley, Linda, Paul Wilson, Fiona Wilson, Jan Beaumont and grandchildren Abigail and Meghan Wilson.
Pamela Ballantine and Linda McAuley MBE who have been friends since the 70’s when they both worked in Downtown Radio.
LADY CAPTAIN’S DAY AT HELENS BAY GOLF CLUB
Linda McAuley’s ‘Ladies Captain’s Day’ at Helen’s Bay Golf Club started with bacon butties with the Green Staff at 9am and then an afternoon tea for friends and family, concluding with a wonderful buffet and prize giving, with prizes of silver jewellery from Helen Ainley Jewellery High Street, Holywood. This year Helen’s Bay Golf Club has fl ourished with three sponsored Open’s. Linda’s chosen Lady’s Captain’s Charity is ‘North Down Home Start’, a local community network of trained volunteers and expert support helping families with young children through challenging and diffi cult times.
. Grahame and Helen Fraser, June Cooke and Past President Robert Cooke.
Pamela Ballantine, Maris Steinberg and Carol McAuley.
Helen’s Bay Lady Captain Linda McAuley MBE with lady golfers celebrating the club’s 125 years with a wonderful golf day.
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. Sheevaun McAlister and Connie Wright.
Afternoon tea at Helen’s Bay Golf Club.
Arnie Wright and Charlie McAlister.
Afternoon tea guests including Pamela Ballantine at Helen’s Bay Golf Club. Left-right Isabella, Rachel, Michael and Arthur Andrews, Linda McAuley, Neil and Kelly Andrews with Abigail and Meghan Wilson.
zzzzPaul Wilson with Golf Club Lady Hon. Secretary Cecil Linehan.
Prize winners back row left to right; Dianne Foster, Iris Taylor, Diane Quinn, Barbara Edwards, Lana McCart, Caitlin Donnelly, Ruth Cochrane, Jean Johnston. Front row; Lady President Iris Graham, runner up Jane Allen, Lady Captain Linda McAuley, Winner of the LC Prize Lynda Whitley, Handicap Secretary Liz Jackson.
Graham Brownlow, David Ginty, Ann-Marie and Simon Stuart.
Lisa Hannigan plays the Open House Festival at Bangor Castle’s walled garden.
LISA HANNIGAN AT OPEN HOUSE FEATIVAL
Irish singer-songwriter Lisa Hannigan played a fully-seated solo show in the beautiful and intimate surroundings of Bangor Walled Garden on Monday 16th August during the Open House Festival, which ran a host of sell out events throughout August. She was also supported by local singer, Lou Price.
. Ross and Clare Calwell.
Local singer/songwriter Lou Price from Bangor opens the show at the walled garden venue.
Fiona Keane and Sean Maguire.
Ignacio Ravelo, Donna Collins and Michael Ravelo.
Carina Carausu and Gabriella Statia. Kateryna and Russell Houston and Adele Shaw.
Rodney Ringland and Clare McStay. Music lovers Clare, Rebecca and Amy.
Julie Turtle Mackie (Helen’s daughter) and John Wilson Foster (editor). Tracy Hamilton (Helen’s granddaughter) and Julie Mackie.
Midnight Again - The Wartime Letters of Helen Ramsey Turtle was launched on Saturday 21st August at The Cottage, Mahee Island from where many of these letters were written during WW2. It was fi tting that many of the guests at the occasion had wartime links with the Turtle family, and a warm welcome was extended to them by Helen Ramsey Turtle’s daughter, Julie Mackie.
That these letters survived the Battle of the North Atlantic and were meticulously kept by Helen’s mother and sister in Colorado is remarkable. That they made the return journey across the ocean 50 years later is equally so. This publication is the result and it brings to life a Northern Ireland culture rarely depicted and with the bonus of seeing it through the prism of an American eye.
‘Midnight Again’ is presently available from Blackstaff Press (www.blackstaffpress.com) and will soon be available from all booksellers.
Mary Lee Turtle Jackson (Helen’s daughter) with Claira and Fleur Jackson (Helen’s granddaughters), Lorca and Shiva (Helen’s great grandchildren).
Alexa Mackie, Trinity Firth (Helen’s great granddaughters) and Steffi Firth.
Julie and Paddy Mackie with their children Lee Mackie, Tracy Hamilton, Tara Traill, Kerry Mackie. (Helen’s grandchildren). Joy Phillips, Bunty Portig, Ann Hamilton, Marilyn Fitchie.
Peter Boyd, Heather Boyd, Virginia Boyd. Julie Turtle Mackie, John Wilson Foster (editor), Wendy Dunbar (book designer) and Paddy Mackie.
Belfast Born & Blended
Summer Graduations
This month Ulster Tatler features a selection of graduation photographs taken by photographer Marie Allen.
Aisling Rath from Armagh graduated from Queens University Belfast with a 2:1 Hons Degree in Business Management Aisling brought her pet dog Buster to her photo shoot.
Sian Ritchie from Portadown graduated from Queens University with a First class Masters degree in Pharmacy. Dr Mary Jenkinson from Portadown has graduated from Dundee University with an MBChB. Mary has taken up a post as a doctor in England.
Natalie Greer from Gilford graduated from Queens Univerity with a First Class BSc Honours in Accountancy. She will be continuing her studies with a Masters in avanced Accountancy.
Zoe White from Portadown graduated from Queens University Belfast with a 2:1 BSc Hons degree in Geography. Zoe has also graduated from UU with a PGCE in Geography and has taken a teaching post in Scotland, she is pictued with her pet dog Tobey. Lewis Jenkinson from Portadown has graduated from Bangor University with a BA in Childhood and Youth Studies, and a PGCE in Primary Education.
Molly Liggett from Portadown recently graduated from Queen’s University with Joint BA Honours in History and Politics. Molly is due to start her PGCE at Queen’s Univeristy in September. Tyler Fry from Tandragee graduated from Queens University Belfast with a 2:1 BSc Hons degree in Biochemistry.
Sarah-Jayne Gowdy from Tandragee graduated from Ulster University Coleraine with a First Class Masters degree in Pharmaceutical Bioscience. SarahJayne has taken a post at Almac as an Analytical Chemist.
Holywood Golf Club Lady president Ethne McMullen and Lady Captain Audrey Gibson.
HOLYWOOD GOLF CLUB LADY CAPTAINS DAY CHARITY COFFEE MORNING
On a bright and sunny Thursday the Lady Captain Mrs Audrey Gibson and the Lady President Mrs Ethna BarbourMcMullan hosted over 70 members and friends which included Lady Captains and Lady Presidents from County Down golf clubs to a joint coffee morning at the Club. Their respective charities are Marie Curie NI and Storehouse. The following day the LC Audrey held her golf day, dinner and prize giving. Eventual winner was Paula Denver.
The North Down Golf Club Lady Captains left-right Heather Noble (Clandeboye), Lorraine Lindsay (Carnalea), Claire McNally (Kirkistown Castle), Susan Stockton (Blackwood and Mahee), Holywood Lady Captain Audrey Gibson, Karen Cooley (Bangor) and Shirley Devlin (Scrabo).
. Gavin McGuckin from Marie Curie pictured with Holywood Lady Captain Audrey
Gibson and North Down Golf Club Lady Captains Heather Noble (Clandeboye),
Claire McNally (Kirkistown Castle), Lorraine Lindsay (Carnalea), Susan Stockton (Blackwood and Mahee), event host and Holywood Golf Club Lady Captain Audrey
Gibson, Karen Cooley (Bangor) and Shirley Devlin (Scrabo).
Carole Nesbitt, Patricia Doherty, Hayley and Jayne Doherty-Clarke. North Down Golf Club Presidents left-right Valerie Montgomery (Bangor), Hilda Keys (Donaghadee), Iris Graham (Helen’s Bay), Ethne McMullen (Holywood), Denise Elliott (Carnalea), Terry Crothers (Royal Belfast) and Joan Martin (Blackwood and Mahee).
Joan Pepper, Ruby Jordan, Dorothy McKillen and Sheelagh Davidson. Past Lady Captains of Holywood Golf Club left-right Brenda Alderdice, Rosemary Orr, Eileen Paterson, Anne Megarry, Frances Gilmore and Doris Thurley.
Keith McConnell, Jacky Dougan and Graeme Kelly.
ULSTER TATLER INTERIORS NETWORKING DRINKS
Ulster Tatler Interiors held a small outdoor summer drinks party in August. The outdoor soiree took place at Whalley Fine Art in their stunning courtyard area. Industry experts were in attendence and enjoyed drinks on a lovely summer evening.
EVENT PARTNER
Chris Sherry and Fearghal McAdam.
. Joanne Chambers, Stephen Whalley, Emma Miller and Jessica Rodgers.
Graeme Kelly, Donna Collins and Adam Collins. Julie Carson and Linzi Webb.
Pauline Bishop, Fearghal McAdam and Colleen McStravick. Holly McCallister, Mark McCallister and Valerie Robinson.
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MAKE A LASTING IMPACT WITH A REGULAR DONATION
A stroke, heart attack or debilitating long term chest condition can be devastating and lifechanging for both the person affected, as well as for those who care about them. Currently one in five people in Northern Ireland are living with a chest, heart or stroke condition, which means thousands of local people could benefit from Northern Ireland Chest Heart & Stroke’s care support services every week.
The charity relies on public donations to fund its care and prevention services, so making a small regular donation by monthly direct debit could help make an immediate and positive difference to people’s lives right here in your community. For example, giving a regular gift of £5 per month, the price of a couple of coffees, will help fund two home visits by one of our Family Support Coordinators. They can offer support and guidance to a family after a loved one has suffered a stroke, heart attack or needs respiratory support.
For NI Chest Heart & Stroke, knowing they have a reliable income enables them to make plans to provide support to local people who need their help now, or in the future.
If you would like to help, you can set up a regular donation online today at https://nichs.org.uk/make-a-donation/recurring/ or call on 028 90 320184 for help to set up a direct debit over the phone.
Your legacy of hope and care - a gift in your Will.
A gift in your Will could not only help your loved ones but can leave a legacy of hope for generations to come. In Northern Ireland four in ten adult deaths are caused by chest, heart and stroke illnesses. We’re working hard to change this by funding life-changing research and caring for those who are affected by devastating health conditions every day. We’ve been helping local people for 75 years, and with your help we can continue to be there for people who need us now, as well as those who will need us in the future. Please visit nichs.org.uk/giftsinwills for further information on leaving a gift in your Will to NICHS or call us on 028 9032 0184.
Preventing, Supporting, Caring and Rebuilding across Northern Ireland.
Registered with the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland NIC 103593
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. Mandy Little and Graeme Kelly.
Maria and Maeve Sherry. Stephen Whalley and Paul Mason.
Chris Sherry and Penny Smyth. Gemma Johnston and Jessica Rodgers. Ben Bishop, Pauline Bishop and Fearghal McAdam.
Adrian Bailie and Ann Swann.
zzzzGraeme Kelly and Melanie Harrison.
Graeme Kelly and Des Ewing. Chris Sherry, Caroline and Andy Rea.
Lisa Thompson, Donna McCormick, Arlene Gormley and Cathy Gormley-Heenan.
FEEDING DREAMS CAMBODIA FUNDRAISING EVENT
Caithlin Nolan and mum Nuala Walls. Arlene Gormley, Clare McKinney and Cate Conway.
Local business woman, Clare McKinney recently held a fundraising event in Babel Bar for the charity – Feeding Dreams Cambodia. Over 70 guests were treated to prosecco and pizza, with hosts Cate Conway and Victoria Square’s personal stylist, Katherin Farries on hand to talk all things fashion and styling. There were pop-up shops from We are Paradoxx, Vermillion Clinic and Accessories by Elite. A total of £3000 was raised for Feeding Dreams Cambodia, which will bring vital aid to extremely poor families in the slums of Siem Reap Cambodia.
Suzie Oliver, Claire Poots and Carol Young.
Trish Lindsay, Kathy Cummings and Pamela Harrison. Cate Conway and Victoria Square personal stylist Katherin Farries. Bullitt Hotel general manager Andrew Carson with Clare McKinney.
Olwyn Thomas, Louise Fullerton and Denise Strong. Modelling fashions from Victoria Square are Victoria Farries, Catherine O’Brien, Christine Patterson, Karen Hewitt and Sandra Daly.
ON WITH THE SHOW!
The 152nd Balmoral Show in partnership with Ulster Bank will take place from Wednesday 22nd September to Saturday 25th September 2021 at Balmoral Park, Lisburn.
As Northern Ireland’s largest agri-food event, it promises to be four fun-filled days out for all the family.
Shop ‘til you drop and browse the wide selection of trade stands, watch livestock compete for prestigious Balmoral titles, tantalize your taste buds and enjoy the best of local produce in the NI Food & Drink Pavilion or dress to impress by entering the Best Dressed competition judged by Cool FM’s Melissa Riddell.
Visitors can also look forward to the return of many family favourite’s including the Children’s Farm, Downtown Show Stage, Healthy Horticulture Area as well as enjoying some of the new attractions on show such as the RAF Parachute team and Polo Exhibition.
Come along and visit the show, whether you’re from the city or countryside, a first-time visitor or repeat show-goer, it is an event that is not to be missed.
Tickets are available to purchase online at www.balmoralshow.co.uk. Please note this year tickets are day specific only and must be purchased prior to the Show. Conditions of entry can be found online at www.balmoralshow. co.uk.
