BALLYMONEY STRING ORCHESTRA_4283
Here in Ballymoney during a rehersal in 1937 is the Ballymoney String Orchestra.
Back Row: Robert Nutt, Tommy McLaughlin and Bob Fannin.- - - - - - -- - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - --
Front Row: Ronnie Wilson, Mr. Boreland, Robert Colgan, Fred Morrison, Jim morrison, James Ennis, Sinclair Lannigan, Robert Cameron Dorothy Forster and the conuctor Patric Stevenson.
Missing members from the photograph are Hugh McCurdy Hamilton and Eileen Louden.

The conductor, Patric Stevenson lived in George Hutchinson's Manor House on Main Street until the outbreak of WWII when he went into the RAF and served as a radar mechanic
He is probably better known as an artist who was also secretary-administrator of RUA, (Royal Ulster Academy of Arts) then its president in 1959.
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, Ulster Museum and Waterford’s public gallery hold examples of his paintings
He also taught Ronnie and Robbie Cameron to play the violin at his home on Main Street Ballymoney.

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It's the 1940's and this is Leo O'Neil on the family''s ice cream tricylce out and about selling their home made sliders.
Sarah Harris remembers " In the 1940's and 50's O'Neil ice cream was delivered in a horse drawn carnival style cart where we bought our 6d sliders". In todays money 2.5p 17/9/2024.

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We're here on Main Street Ballymoney outside O'Kane's bar which in later years became Central Bar and Molly's Bar. Inside the pub besides drinkig alcohol you could also play billards.
Mr. O'Kane also seemed to be an auctioneer going by the posters stuck up outside.