Jack L headed off to Amsterdam one summer at the age of 18, living in a tent on campsites for nearly six months whilst busking and working in fish factories. “At one stage I ended up losing the tent and […]
Read more →
The annual mass for deceased members of Brugh Pádraig leaders and chaplins was held in St Andrew’s Community Centre on the 1st of November 2013. A large number of past members of the youth club turned up, it was the […]
Read more →
Last year in the February March issue of NewsFour I wrote about a planned 50th year club re-union between Brugh Pádraig Youth Club (under 16 Football Team) and St Clare’s Boys Football club in Manchester. This was to mark the […]
Read more →
It being the time of year where people have sworn themselves to new habits, the word meditation gets bandied about quite a bit. Resolutions may come and go as January blends into later months but advocates for this ancient practice […]
Read more →
For some people, getting off the couch to do exercise can be one of the hardest things to do so NewsFour went out in search of something fun to get you back on track with your new year goals. Belly […]
Read more →
It’s a Long Way to Tipperary was one of the biggest hits of World War I. The tune was written in 1912 by disabled songwriter Harry J. Williams from Warwickshire and Jack Judge, a music hall performer from West Bromwich. […]
Read more →
William Bonney aka Billy the Kid was born in New York of Irish parents in 1860. Both parents died young and Billy was shipped to relatives in Arizona at 14 years of age. These relatives did not know, or want […]
Read more →
The emergence of the consumer began during the 18th century, with the introduction of luxury goods such as tea, cotton and tobacco. People became customers and certain streets in a town or village became retail areas. Shops began to evolve […]
Read more →
If you’ve passed by Stella Gardens recently you’ll have noticed a significant crack in the Dodder flood wall. With the recent flooding, this has led to water seeping through. As a result, the council has installed sandbags to defend the […]
Read more →
Regal House was first opened as a cinema in the 1920s. As a one-room cinema it wasn’t very big but the Regal was the place to be on a Saturday. There were queues of people outside the cinema, all waiting […]
Read more →
