Laurencetown Community Story Walk

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Location: Craigavon, Banbridge, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

A story walk for, with and by the community of Laurencetown, as part of a collaboration between the LLTCA, RCSSD, Innovating Knowledge Exchange and Artie Annie.


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Going to School

Listen to our short story of what the community centre was like when it was just a school building. …

Christened twice

Enjoy this funny story of how a family ended up christening their daughter into two different denomi…

Riding a tractor to school

Some things stand the test of time. In this case, 60 years on, people still remember when a student …

Events that brought the community together

From Gaelic football, to sports days and a Sunday night céilí. We look back at memorable moments tha…

The Railway

Before the railway in Laurencetown was closed in the 1950s it used to be the best way to get around …

Helping others abroad

In this story you will hear about how members of a local church went abroad to help people around th…

Summertime for school students

Listen to how during the summer months, the students from local schools went on a mini bus to pick f…

Allen the Hen

Allen is a very notorious chicken. We hope you enjoy hearing about her recent antics that coursed ha…

The story of Margaret Barry

Listen to Paddy Barry as he tells the story of his mother's wonderful music and colourful life.

Using a washing machine for Calf milk

Everyone in the 50s was after the latest electrical gadgets that would make life easier. Some wanted…

The old playground

Where the community centre car park is now used to be the playground for the old school. It would be…

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