Very interesting, I was brought up on Beersbridge Rd, near Woodstock Rd. From 1942 ‘till 1953. Then to Castlereagh. Left in 1965 for Australia, sadly never been back. It is a very changed city. Thank you.
Hi James. You've been away quite a while now. The city has very much changed. Lots of the old building and even streets are gone or been rebuilt. The Troubles 'fear' has largely gone too. Unfortunately it has been replaced in too many city centre spots by drug and alcohol abuse. I have a lot of Belfast street walk about videos, particularly of east Belfast. I hope they bring back a few memories for you. Best wishes from the Belfast Castlereagh hills.
@@TomMcClean thank you Tom. I have always tried to keep up with N.I. News. I still had one sister there at Braniel and we were very close, she came over here a few times. Sadly she is now gone. The troubles deeply saddened me but I am glad that things are better now. I have had a great life here in Australia, been retired now for 17 years. I fondly remember my young life, never to be forgotten. Love your vids.
Many thanks James. We live on the Middle Braniel road and we look down over it on every pram walk I do. I had a sister too. we lost her 13 years ago through suicide. Yes the Troubles have died away but we now have the very people behind most of them in Stormont in control and controlling our city hall. It is a farce but the little people like me can do nothing. Anyway I have had a good life too. Thanks for your encouragements! everyone needs encouragement! lol Best wishes from the Belfast Castlereagh hills.
@@TomMcClean Hi Tom, I also had a sister who suicided aged 49. She was bi-polar and lived in Brisbane. I remember riding my bike around those roads in the Castlereagh Hills. I would imagine there are a lot more houses there now. I know what you mean about the people in Stormont. What can one say! I could never get over the destruction of the “troubles” the Co-op sticks in my mind, some cinemas, even the railways were targeted. So sad to read about it all and see it on tv news. Best wishes to you & yours. Jim.
Ah James we are both members of a club we never would want to be in. Yes indeed green fields are being pushed back all the time by new houses. The Troubles were dreadful. I have a mate whose dad and his work mate were shot dead for delivering building supplies to a police station. I regularly bike past a betting shop where 6 were shot on the Ormeau road. We are in a better place now but drugs alcoholism and suicide is taking so many lives. I hope you don't mind but I'm sending you the link to the video tribute I made for my sister. My Sister Maye's Suicide ruclips.net/video/_tRXZ9w9RB4/видео.html
Thanks for taking me along to East Belfast! I’m not familiar with a lot of your local celebrities, but I didn’t need to be to enjoy the tour. It was great just to see the architecture, the streets, the traffic, the cars, etc. I see people parking halfway on the sidewalk. That would get you a ticket here. It was great to see The Hollow! I love that kind of stuff. You are really getting your money’s worth with that new hip. An hour and a half tour... Good work, Tom!
Yes this is inner Belfast Greg. As said in the video all the older back to back, two up two down, houses would have housed Harland and Wolff shipyard workers back in the day. Yes these narrow street mostly have no back gardens or garages. Car owners park wherever they can get a space. ( They are bringing in tacketing for this in the city centre but it won't work here. ) They have narrow back alleys, some don't even have that but their back walls are attached to someone elses back wall! Some people love this rabbit warren, communal type living. You get whole family generations living very close to each other and children running in and out each others houses. Yes the hip was a bit tired at the end! lol
@@TomMcClean I can't say it would be my ideal living set-up. A little too close for comfort for me. No place to park my THREE motorcycles either! Are we spoiled or what??? Rhetorical question... I know the answer to that one. It was really interesting for me to see everything though. Again, many thanks for taking me and your other viewers along for the tour!
I was brought up in a terrace house like this only a little larger and it had a garage and back garden out the back and a bathroom. You couldn't get a car in the garage really but i had my motorbike in there when I called at home. 'My boyhood home 8 Windsor Tce., Banbridge' ruclips.net/video/UnyM2Z4Ys6c/видео.html My father was a small primary school head master but he died when i was 10. He had bought the house so there was no mortgage repayment to pay each month so we survived on Government benefits and his pension, for which i am very grateful.
Hi Tom.Really found this so interesting,what a good idea these tour's are (well done Peter),it's such a shame that a number of people get forgotten the amount of Titanic graves that are unmarked for example it's nice to think that at least on this type of tour they get a mention,and what good value may it long continue.Cheers C & A
Somany fascinating stories of ordinary yet extraordinary people Chris. The tour type business really got into its stride about 5 years ago. Now because of the virus everything has been really badly knocked back as regards tourism. Many places of interest never opened up for the summer at all with associated jobs all gone. This is one of the few tours going ahead.I have known Peter for 6 years now. He knows his stuff.
I hope this gives you a bit of a taster as to what you might expect on such a tour Leo. Part of the fun is meeting other folk on the tour and having a chat. East Belfast has had a wealth of interesting people live there over the years. i love delving into their stories. Best wishes from Belfast
Very interesting, I was brought up on Beersbridge Rd, near Woodstock Rd. From 1942 ‘till 1953. Then to Castlereagh. Left in 1965 for Australia, sadly never been back. It is a very changed city. Thank you.
Hi James. You've been away quite a while now. The city has very much changed. Lots of the old building and even streets are gone or been rebuilt. The Troubles 'fear' has largely gone too. Unfortunately it has been replaced in too many city centre spots by drug and alcohol abuse. I have a lot of Belfast street walk about videos, particularly of east Belfast. I hope they bring back a few memories for you. Best wishes from the Belfast Castlereagh hills.
@@TomMcClean thank you Tom. I have always tried to keep up with N.I. News. I still had one sister there at Braniel and we were very close, she came over here a few times. Sadly she is now gone. The troubles deeply saddened me but I am glad that things are better now.
I have had a great life here in Australia, been retired now for 17 years. I fondly remember my young life, never to be forgotten. Love your vids.
Many thanks James. We live on the Middle Braniel road and we look down over it on every pram walk I do. I had a sister too. we lost her 13 years ago through suicide. Yes the Troubles have died away but we now have the very people behind most of them in Stormont in control and controlling our city hall. It is a farce but the little people like me can do nothing. Anyway I have had a good life too. Thanks for your encouragements! everyone needs encouragement! lol Best wishes from the Belfast Castlereagh hills.
@@TomMcClean Hi Tom, I also had a sister who suicided aged 49. She was bi-polar and lived in Brisbane. I remember riding my bike around those roads in the Castlereagh Hills. I would imagine there are a lot more houses there now. I know what you mean about the people in Stormont. What can one say! I could never get over the destruction of the “troubles” the Co-op sticks in my mind, some cinemas, even the railways were targeted. So sad to read about it all and see it on tv news. Best wishes to you & yours. Jim.
Ah James we are both members of a club we never would want to be in.
Yes indeed green fields are being pushed back all the time by new houses.
The Troubles were dreadful. I have a mate whose dad and his work mate were shot dead for delivering building supplies to a police station. I regularly bike past a betting shop where 6 were shot on the Ormeau road.
We are in a better place now but drugs alcoholism and suicide is taking so many lives.
I hope you don't mind but I'm sending you the link to the video tribute I made for my sister.
My Sister Maye's Suicide
ruclips.net/video/_tRXZ9w9RB4/видео.html
Thanks for taking me along to East Belfast! I’m not familiar with a lot of your local celebrities, but I didn’t need to be to enjoy the tour. It was great just to see the architecture, the streets, the traffic, the cars, etc. I see people parking halfway on the sidewalk. That would get you a ticket here. It was great to see The Hollow! I love that kind of stuff. You are really getting your money’s worth with that new hip. An hour and a half tour... Good work, Tom!
Yes this is inner Belfast Greg. As said in the video all the older back to back, two up two down, houses would have housed Harland and Wolff shipyard workers back in the day.
Yes these narrow street mostly have no back gardens or garages. Car owners park wherever they can get a space. ( They are bringing in tacketing for this in the city centre but it won't work here. )
They have narrow back alleys, some don't even have that but their back walls are attached to someone elses back wall! Some people love this rabbit warren, communal type living. You get whole family generations living very close to each other and children running in and out each others houses.
Yes the hip was a bit tired at the end! lol
@@TomMcClean I can't say it would be my ideal living set-up. A little too close for comfort for me. No place to park my THREE motorcycles either! Are we spoiled or what??? Rhetorical question... I know the answer to that one. It was really interesting for me to see everything though. Again, many thanks for taking me and your other viewers along for the tour!
I was brought up in a terrace house like this only a little larger and it had a garage and back garden out the back and a bathroom. You couldn't get a car in the garage really but i had my motorbike in there when I called at home.
'My boyhood home 8 Windsor Tce., Banbridge'
ruclips.net/video/UnyM2Z4Ys6c/видео.html
My father was a small primary school head master but he died when i was 10. He had bought the house so there was no mortgage repayment to pay each month so we survived on Government benefits and his pension, for which i am very grateful.
Hi Tom.Really found this so interesting,what a good idea these tour's are (well done Peter),it's such a shame that a number of people get forgotten the amount of Titanic graves that are unmarked for example it's nice to think that at least on this type of tour they get a mention,and what good value may it long continue.Cheers C & A
Somany fascinating stories of ordinary yet extraordinary people Chris. The tour type business really got into its stride about 5 years ago. Now because of the virus everything has been really badly knocked back as regards tourism. Many places of interest never opened up for the summer at all with associated jobs all gone. This is one of the few tours going ahead.I have known Peter for 6 years now. He knows his stuff.
Good Stuff love
Many thanks SOFU! Best wishes from Belfast Northern ireland
Thanks for this video Tom. It is informative and interesting.
I hope this gives you a bit of a taster as to what you might expect on such a tour Leo. Part of the fun is meeting other folk on the tour and having a chat. East Belfast has had a wealth of interesting people live there over the years. i love delving into their stories. Best wishes from Belfast
Lovely video 👍
So much of interest in almost every street a story Andy.