As winter closes in and Christmas draws ever closer you can feel the good will and excitement in the city even as the weather gets colder and the rain heavier.
There has been snow on higher ground on the outskirts but I haven’t heard talk of a White Christmas as yet.
The Christmas Market is in the grounds of the City hall and getting busier by the day while the shops echo to the sound of Christmas music and the bars and restaurants cope with Christmas functions. Continue reading “Belfast again”
October has been very good this year which I hope will make the Winter seem shorter.
These photographs were taken in Belfast around the end of October and early November. They could be used to illustrate Autumn in the city, although that was not my aim at the time. Continue reading “Autumn”
Rinty Monaghan was Belfast’s first World Boxing Champion. He was the first boxer from the city to win a world boxing title becoming flyweight champion in 1948.
John Joseph Monaghan was born in 1918 and he became known as Rinty because of his love for stray dogs and after Rin Tin Tin, the famous dog actor. He had 66 fights winning 51, drawing six and losing nine.
A statue of him by Alan Beattie Herriot has recently been erected in Cathedral Gardens, Belfast, not far from where he grew up. Continue reading “John Rinty Monaghan”
Its been three weeks since my last post! Time flies!
At this time of year I’m aware of winter approaching and tend to save image processing for the cold dark days ahead and that means I’m not at the computer as often as I should be. Here are a few photographs taken in Belfast last week during the unusually good weather. Continue reading “Sunny September”
Portrush Air Show was held over the weekend 5-6 September 2015. The main attractions were the Red Arrows (always well received) and a Vulcan Bomber from the cold war era. This is the Vulcan’s last season as spares are becoming difficult to source and manufacturer support is being withdrawn. This particular aircraft, XH558, is the only flying Vulcan in the world. Continue reading “Air Waves Portrush”
