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Newal Road, BALLYMONEY, BT53 6HD

And finally my third family home (No.8 Newal road) although I never actually lived there. It was my Mothers home until her death in the early 90's. I visited this house several times a week and spent a great deal of this time in the garden and I'm proud to see that it is still quite attractive after all this time.

Entrance to the Robinson Memorial Hospital and also to the recently built Health Centre.

Presbyterian Church.

Trinity Church at the Roddenfoot, Ballymoney built in 1885. It is known locally by the older generation as Armours Meeting House after the illustrious Rev. J. B. Armour, who was minister from 1869-1925.

Main entrance to Robinson Memorial Hospital. This was a cottage hospital erected by funds donated by Samuel Robinson who had emigrated to America and was a founding member of the American Stores Company. The hospital was opened in 1932 and is now (due to cutbacks and centralisation in the Health Service) a geriatric hospital. A Health Centre has now been built to the right of the site providing general health services to the surrounding community.

The B62 Ballymena Road in Ballymoney.

The B62 runs over the rail line and the Ballymoney burn at this point.

This is all that remains of Duffins poultry store, my Father's business until his death in the early 70s. The white building at the left is a recently constructed Elim Church and has no connection with the factory. The partially demolished building on the right was the cold store which had the refrigeration unit in a small lean-to at this end. The main building was used for storage and packaging of poultry for export to England and to retail outlets throughout N.Ireland. The flat roofed building at the far end was the "killing and plucking area" and also where the live chickens etc. were stored until time of execution.

A lengthy MPD set pulls away from Ballymoney station with a return Portrush - Belfast "Sunday School" excursion. The MPDs were built by the Ulster Transport Authority between 1957 and 1959, mostly converted from locomotive hauled coaching stock.

The bridge over the burn carries the B62 formerly the main road South to Ballymena and beyond. Incidentally we always referred to the bridge as the "Coo Bridge" in our best Ulster Scots accent. I also said I was going "up" to Belfast even though I was going South? and going "down" home on the return journey.