An Extract of Reflection

The meanderings of a muddled mind

Wednesday, 26 April 2017

Fifty Years of Belfast Life (1866-1917) part 42

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By “THE MAN IN THE STREET.” XLII While I was looking over a file of “The Ulster Echo” for 1892, to refresh my memory regarding the Uls...
Wednesday, 19 April 2017

Fifty Years of Belfast Life (1866-1917) part 41

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By “THE MAN IN THE STREET.” XLI If the riots of ’86 were a revelation of savagery and brutality on the part of the people and, I will a...
Tuesday, 11 April 2017

Fifty Years of Belfast Life (1866-1917) part 40

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By “THE MAN IN THE STREET.” XL My mind and my inquiries are still associated with 1886. I have now to refer to one of the darkest of th...
Wednesday, 5 April 2017

Britain's Foes

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Our homes in these Western Islands, the land of the brave and the free, Are encompassed by mountains and rivers, and valleys delightful...
Sunday, 2 April 2017

Templepatrick Graveyard, Donaghadee, Co. Down

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Last year I made a little visit to Templepatrick graveyard which is on the seaward side of the road from Donaghadee to Millisle. Although...
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Wednesday, 29 March 2017

Fifty Years of Belfast Life (1816-1917) part 39

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By “THE MAN IN THE STREET.” XXXIX “The earth moves, nevertheless,” Galileo reported to have said after he had compulsorily declared to ...
Sunday, 26 March 2017

The Dying Soldier's Thoughts

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Out on the battlefield, thickly strewn with dead! Ere the twilight fades to night, a soldier sinks to rest; Hush! he speaks, tho’ low ...
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