GRANGE HOUSE 4142
Here in the gardens of Grange House off Old Grange road Ballymena in the 1940's. Even though World War II is raging theses people decided to have a party ! We have amongst the civilians four service men with one on a bike, there is a bike lying next to him and I would say the second service man from the left it is his.

GALGORM ROAD 4069
As you can see the people in this photograph are much sharper except for the lady hurrying over the road with a bag in her hand, could she be the young lady of the house or a servant returning with thing asked for.Opposite him is the driver standing up on his cart staring back at the man on a bicycle probably muttering to himself " Those contraptions will never be popular." On in front of him is a lady all dressed up as if she's going for a car ride with her flowered hat tied down and carrying a blanket. We now come to right hand corner of the street and this shows life is not the same for everyone. These two little boys could be brothers are well dressed but are in their bare feet. This most likely means the parents are just about able to pay for them to go to school and wearing shoes but can't afford another pair for them to go out and play in. Can you imagine what it must have been like in the winter months in your bare feet!

Taking these two photographs one after the other the photographer has had to go up onto the railway bridge at the end of the street.

GIBSON 4143
This is Church Street next to Church Entry, Ballymena and standing outside William Gibson's pub is a lady I presume is one of the Gibson Family. Next door is McDowell's footware shop which in the early 1950's bought the pub and turned it into a footware shop until the late 1970's.

GALGORM SCHOOL 4145
This is Galgorm School for Girls in 1878 which was on the Galgorm Road outside Ballymena.

GALGORM SCHOOL 4146
This aerial photo of Galgorm School for Girls was taken in 1949.

BOY AND GIRLS SCHOOLS 4147
Here we are just outside Ballymena heading towards Ahoghill and in the distance there looks to be a couple of houses with their chimneys smoking and the gable end of the first one shows that it is a Pub. Now across the road from it is a white building this was the Girls School. Coming up the road the first building looks like a Church, beside it is the Boys School attached to the back of the school are the toilets.

GALGORM ORANGE HALL 4149
This is a Sunday School being held in the Galgorm Orange Hall Ballymena.
Now I have names here can you place them on the photograph, if you can please let me know - - -- -- - by email (len.kinley@hotmail.com) and I will send you a copy without the watermark.- - - Jim Lynch, Tony Greer, Hazel Warnock, Edwin Kilpatrick, Cynthia Campbell, Christine ?, Raymond Kilpatrick plus younger brother, Carol Nicholl, Lorraine Nicholl,
Trevor Galloway and Philip Galloway.

Back Row : left Teacher Unknown, Roy Hutchinson, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown and Teacher Unknown.
Third Row: Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown and Unknown.
Second Row: Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown and Unknown.
Front Row: Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, David Hutchinson and Unknown.

GARFIELD PLACE 4151
This is Garfield Place, Ballymena in 1912 and at the bottom of the street is a large wall and trees behind it. What they are celebrating with the flags out can be two-fold, they
could be celebrating Winston Churchill coming to Bangor Co. Down to review the Warships just ofshore before WWI. Or is it about the over 500,000 people who signed the Ulster
Covenant. Now one of the flags has Welcome on it, now it you know the real reason email me and I will send you a copy of the photo without the watermark.

GARFIELD PLACE 4152
Here we are at Garfield Place just off Broughshane Street in Ballymena 60 years on it's now the 1970's, no people only cars and on the right the first car is a good old Austin Mini. Over the wall at the end of the street are Housing Executive houses the ones that can be seen are numbers 1 - 3 - 5 - 7 and 9 are in Granville Drive. Now the Patricks they lived in the house next to the wall but which side I don't know, Also Alex & Annie Millar along with Lily McWilliams lived at number 31 also living in the street were the Campbells, Blacks, Allans, Moffits, Bankheads, Laws, Agnews, Dawsons, Telfords, Steels, McCleands, Heggartys, Adairs. You paid your rent to Paddy Owen and in the 70's was around 50p a week.

GUY'S SCHOOL 4154
Very imposing looking on here High Street in Ballymena is Guy's Free School although over the coming years the pupils loved it. A Master Hamill attended Guys School around 1910. He then 'graduated' to Millar's Academy, went the first day and said he wasn't going back because it was for 'sissies' but he did end up doing well.
This School along with others were founded and endowed by the late John Guy for the education of the youth of the poor of the town

GUY'S SCHOOL 4155
Here in Ballymena around 1958 it's time for the pupils of Guy's School to have their annual photograph.

Back Row: Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown,- --Unknown, Unknown, and Teacher Miss Crawford.

Middle Row: Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown,- Trevor OHara, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, and Unknown.

Front Row: Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Iris Agnew, Jill Harkness,- - - - - -Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown and Unknown.
Also here but not placed yet are Jeanette Burch, Glen Murray, Jim Montgomery and Janette Liegh, Liz Weir and Dawn Flemming.
Now if you can place any of the pupils above or know any of the unknown pupils names please let me know and I will give you the photo without the watermark. len.kinley@hotmail.com

GUY'S SCHOOL 4156
Mr. Lieth Headmaster was the Headmaster of this Guy's School in the 1950's in Ballymena.
A Mr Gourley was another Master who taught in a classroom called the Clockroom.
Here we have the pupils having their photograph taken for their parents.

Back Row: Robin Miller, 8th from the left is Mr Seamus James Greenwood was a gentleman and a fine Christian. He went on to be principal of Stranmillis College and was a very able preacher.

Middle Row: we have Rosemary Allen, Dawn Fleming, Marion McKinney, Dorothy Blacker, Elma - McCurdy but I don't know where they are sitting.

Front Row: First on the left Tommy Barr wearing a knitted jumper and glasses.- - - - - - -- - - --

These pupils are in the photo but can't place them, Barry Cowan when he grew up became a well known TV broadcaster, Donald Avery, Miller, James Agnew who was in the canadian RAF in later years, Mervyn Davidson, James Murray, Tommy Kerr and James Surgenor,

Guy's free school is supported by a bequest of the late John Guy, Esq.; the school-house was built at an expense of between £400 and £500, and the master has a house and garden rent-free; there also ten other public schools, the master of one of which, the diocesan school, receives a salary of £120 per annum: they could afford instruction to about 850 children. In ten private schools about 400 children are taught, and there are nine Sunday schools.

GUY'S SCHOOL 4157
Another yearly photo shoot Guy's School in Ballymena, the year is unknown at the moment.

Back Row: Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown,- Unknown, Unknown, Unknown and Teacher Miss Annabell Moore.

Middle Row: Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Elizabeth Taylor, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, and Unknown.

Front Row: Unknown, Unknown, Bobby Cattrell, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, - - - -Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, and Unknown.

Now if you know any of the unknown pupils names please let me know and I will give you the photo without the watermark. len.kinley@hotmail.com

GUY'S SCHOOL 4159
All smiles for the Annual Guy's School photograph in Ballymena for this is Miss Welsman's Class and don't the Girls look nice in their best clothes and the Boys look really smart.

Back Row: Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Roberta Crawford- - - - - - -- - - -- (Gold), Valerie Patterson, Doreen Ramsey (McCosh), Dawn Barr,Unknown, Unknown, - - - - - - - -Unknown, Unknown and Unknown. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Middle Row: Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, - - - -- -- - --- Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown and Unknown. - - - ---Front Row: Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, George Barr - - - - - - - (wearing long trousers), Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown and Adrian McBride.

Now these are the names of pupils who are known but not known where they are in the row.

Back Row: George Clark, Benny Adams, Elaine Gilmour, Vivienne Surgenor, Brian ?, Kenneth ?, Marcus Ramsey, George Buick.

Middle Row: Jacqueline Dickey, Sally Hannah, Jennifer Birch, Barbara McWhirter, Joan Hunter, Wilma Bonnar, Janet Leith, Irene Larkin, Sylvia Service, Jennifer Gribben, Murine Bankhead, Norma Gilmour and Margaret Thompson.

Front Row: Dessie Rock, Crawford McClintock, Thomas Marcus, Grieben Gilmer and Alan Clark.

GUY'S SCHOOL 4158
Here in Ballymena on High Street from Wellington Street we have on the Right we have Gilmore's Shop and on the left is Guy's School. Further down the street still on the left is a Barber's Shop over to the right is a Morris Minor car with a man cleaning it.

GUY'S SCHOOL 4160
- -This school photograph taken in !959 at Guys School is of Miss Crawford's Primary P3 class

Back Row: From the left, David Carson, Gordon Smyrell, Ian Wilson, Ian McFall, ? Esler, - - - - - - - - - - -- -- - Unknown, Donald Lynn, Dennis Rock and Samuel Workman..

GREENVALE STREET 4161
It's the summertime here Greenvale Street, Ballymena in 1947 and the children are all smiles for not only the camera but because the school are closed for the summer holidays.

GRACEHILL VILLAGE 4163
It's a wonderful happy day for one and all for it's V.E. day 1945 and this is part of the celebration parade being held in Gracehill Village. These two performers were well known in Gracehill as they always performed at the village fair. They are called John Weir and Bill McClure, behind them is a little five year old peeping round to see what they are doing. His name is Bob Moore and today 1st May 2024, Bob this year will become 84 years old. The lady behind him with her hand at at her throat is his Mother Mrs.. Moore. Bob was hoping his mother would let him stay up late for they were lighting a large bonfire at Fairyhill. the lady next to Bob's Mum has a black diamond patch on her sleeve this is to signify that she is in mourning for a loved one.

GALGORM CASTLE 4164
This is a photo Galgorm Castle whch you don't often see a side view showing the rose garden area. The castle was owned by the Chesterfield's and the O'Neills.

GALGORM CASTLE 4162
This Galgorm Castle just outside Ballymena in it's heyday.

KING GEORGE V PARK 4165
These lively lads having a game of footie and enjoying it helped by three adults.