BALLYMENA FIRE ENGINE 4130
Parked at the back of the Fire Station in Castle Street is Ballymena's first
petrol driven in Fire Engine in 1934 and everyone is so proud to have it.
Standing in the fire engine from the left are A. Montgomery, W. Griffith,
C. Irwin, W. Cairns and J. Cathcart the driver.
Standing in front of the fire engine from the left are J. Forsythe. D. Wilson.
H. O'Neill and C. Forsythe who was the Town Foreman and the Chief Fire Officer.
J. Forsythe who is holding in his right hand a piece of equiptment that opens
or closes the flow of water, while in his left this piece allows two hoses
to be connected to it.
By the way all the Firemen were Council Workers.
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FLAMINGO BALLROOM
4136
This is a sight you don't see very often at the Flamingo, not a person
in sight over to the right is where the girls sat and the boys on the left.
When you got up to go and ask a girl for a dance the ballroom seemed a mile
wide and when you got there your heart was pounding hoping that she would
say yes when you asked her. There was also a seated balcony and a Milk bar.
FLAMINGO BALLROOM
4138
This is what you have waited for all week to get on the dance floor
with a girl or a boy in your arms. It looks like the band on stage could be
Frankie McBride and the Polka dots. There was milk bar where you could get
milk shakes, lemonade of all different tastes but best of all was Sammy Barr's
hotdogs they were lengendary. It's said that when the Dixies Showband arrived
up from Cork their first request was " Sammy
Barr's hotdogs please."
FLAMINGO BALLROOM
4137
In 1960 the Flamingo Ballroom opened and here are the lads standing
outside waiting to go in for hopefully a dance with the girl of their dreams.
The flamingo always got the stars to appear here. As you can see the poster
shows that the ' Rocking Berries on the 24th April and on the 30th April it
was the Seekers'. When the Flamingo closed 20 years later it was used as a
Church Hall for the Wellington Street Presbyterian Church and a Youth Club
on a Saturday Night a great place to meet up.
FLAMINGO BALLROOM
4139
People couldn't belive it when this poster went up outside the Flamingo
Ballroom, the Rolling Stones are coming to Ballymena !!
FLAMINGO BALLROOM
4140
This is the Cossacks showband back in 1965 at the Flamingo Ballroom
and in 1964 they played here with the Rolling Stones the headliners.
The Flamingo Ballroom did not serve alcohol instead they had a Milk Bar.
FLAMINGO BALLROOM
4141
Yes they're here in 1964 at the Flamingo ballroom in Ballymena the
Stones and here in the Milk bar we have Bill Wyman and Mick Jagger. Now the
policeman behind Mick is looking at him and wondering " Is he going to
give me his autograph or should I be checking his bottle of lemonade for alcohol
".
