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Category: The 1940s

Posts in this category refer to articles in the 1940s when Britain was at war and while rationing made life was tough, people tried to carry on life’s normal. But it was anything but knowing you could have been invaded by Germans and their war machine at any time.

Benburb Priory opened

davidacheson7 The 1940s Leave a comment 14th Nov 202321st Nov 2023 1 Minute

Fantastic Sports Carnival in Moy 1947

davidacheson7 The 1940s Leave a comment 26th Sep 2023 1 Minute

1949 Blackwatertown Sports 2

Text adapted from Dungannon Observer

davidacheson7 The 1940s Leave a comment 23rd Sep 202323rd Sep 2023 1 Minute

1949 Blackwatertown Sports Part 1

Ad Dungannon Observer. Text slightly adapted from Dungannon Observer.

davidacheson7 The 1940s Leave a comment 23rd Sep 202323rd Sep 2023 1 Minute

Drama at Inish performed in new Parochial Hall in 1940

Adapted from a report in Dungannon Observer plus additional information

davidacheson7 The 1940s Leave a comment 17th Sep 202317th Sep 2023 1 Minute

Robert Johnston retires

Robert A Johnston was headmaster of Moy Regional Primary School during the 1930s and the start of the 1940s. His fingerprints were over much of Moy during that period such was the respect he was held in. His wife was a teacher too. Parents and pupils held a retirement social for him a presented him with a gold watch and a substantial cheque. Many people made speeches extolling his virtues.
davidacheson7 The 1940s Leave a comment 14th Aug 202314th Aug 2023 1 Minute

Moy School 1945

Moy Public Elementary School - or Moy Regional Primary School as it is better known had its older pupils pose for a photograph with the school headmaster George McQuade. One of the young students George Spotswood would go on to represent Ulster at rugby and become a top official within the Irish Rugby Football Union and world rugby! I also discover that George's schoolfriend in Moy was Andy Crawford who went on to become President of the IRFU

Photograph courtesy of Lila Jackson

davidacheson7 The 1940s Leave a comment 12th Aug 202314th Aug 2023 1 Minute

Collegeland Annual Sports 1940

Collegeland held their Annual Sports on Sunday 26th May 1940. A case of 'life goes on as normal' despite the war gripping the nation. Each village in those days appeared to have their own sporty Summer Sunday with money raised going to the parochial funds. A ceili would usually follow in the evening.

Original article and advertisement originated in the Dungannon Observer 1940.

davidacheson7 The 1940s Leave a comment 12th Aug 202312th Aug 2023 1 Minute

Kimmitts

The name Kimmitt was not a local name I recognised so I did some research on the family of Robert who had been born in Moy. He moved to England, became Mayor of Ealing - his two sons went to Campbell College. This article shows his wife's obituary.
davidacheson7 The 1940s Leave a comment 28th Jul 202310th Aug 2023 1 Minute

Social Events

I often wondered what impact the war had on the social lives of the people of Moy, Charlemont and District. For Catholics it looks like life carried on as normal whereas across the religious line Protestants were a little more war-wary and didn't live it up while their kith and kin were out fighting for their lives on foreign battlefields. They saved their powder for when the war was won!
davidacheson7 The 1940s Leave a comment 20th Jul 202310th Aug 2023 1 Minute
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  • Fancy Dress Parade 1967
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