February 2011 Meeting - 'The Secret Listeners of Gilnahirk'

The Society's next meeting will take place on Monday 14th February 2011 when a talk will be given by George Busby on a secret Direction Finding listening facility in Gilnahirk during the second world war.

Please note: our meetings take place in the Committee Room in the Lough Moss Centre, Hillsborough Road, Carryduff and begin at 8pm.
Non-members are very welcome

November 2010 Meeting

The Society's next meeting will take place on Monday 8th November 2010. The talk will be given by Robert Corbett on the RNLI on the County Down Coast.

Please note: our meetings take place in the Committee Room in the Lough Moss Centre, Hillsborough Road, Carryduff and begin at 8pm.
Non-members are very welcome

October 2010 Meeting

The Society's next meeting will take place on Monday 11th October 2010 with a talk on the Belfast City Cemetery being given by Tom Hartley.
Tom is the author of the book 'Written in Stone: The History of Belfast City Cemetery'.
Written In Stone (The History of Belfast City Cemetery), By Tom Hartley, Published by Brehon Press, in hardback and now in paperback (ISBN-9-781905-474189)

Please note: our meetings take place in the Committee Room in the Lough Moss Centre, Hillsborough Road, Carryduff and begin at 8pm.
Non-members are very welcome.

2010/2011 Meeting Programme

Our new programme commences on Monday 13th September 2010 with a talk on the history of Ballygowan by Raymond Patterson.
Please note: our meetings take place in the Committee Room in the Lough Moss Centre, Hillsborough Road, Carryduff and begin at 8pm.
Non-members are very welcome.

News update

Hi folks,

1. A new article covering the Carryduff Umbrella Tree has been added to the Downloads section. Our thanks to Sam McFarlane for background information and to Sandra Gilpin (nee Johnston) for providing the photograph.
2. An article on the Society has been published in this week's edition of the South Belfast News (1st May 2010)

PICTURE ARCHIVE UPDATE

New photographs have been added to our Picture Archive section - can anyone identify some of the people in them?

News Update

The Society's Annual General Meeting was held on Monday 12th April 2010 and the following were elected for 2010/2011:
Chairman: John Cousins.
Tresurer: David Burnett.
Programme Committee: Gillian Hunt, Charlotte Murtagh & Rodney Maxwell.
Publicity Secretary: Gordon Hunt.

Thanks to Cecil Rutledge, our invited speaker, for providing 'Auld Yarns' about Carryduff.