If you haven't listened to Little Bangor Stories, here's a small clip from our latest episode which features Denis Neill and I flicking through some of the pages of the final Bangor Street Directory..but we didn't get very far before his stories started!

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Fifty-five years ago the last ever edition of the Bangor Street Directory was published. It's a mine of information and a snapshot of how our city was at that moment in time. One man who remembers it - and all the stories - is Denis Neill, ex-estate agent and brilliant raconteur!

Music credit - Shane Ivers Silvermansound.com

The last street directory of Bangor which was published circa 1970 is an amazing document - local historians, genealogists and the curious all love its contents which were perfect for nosy neighbours of the time. Retired estate agent Denis Neill and I get together over its pages...

Acquired from private ownership during World War II, Bangor Castle has seen hundreds of elected representatives debating and thousands of wedding guests over the years - here are the memories of two former councillors as we walked around its stunning Chamber...but this isn't a political podcast!

It wasn't always just tea and biscuits. Former councillor Ian Sinclair remembers invites to the Mayor's Parlour at Bangor Castle after the North Down Borough Council meetings finished.

The full episode coming very soon!

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A little taste of our next episode where I wander through the Council Chamber at Bangor Castle with two former councillors - Ian Sinclair and Karen Douglas - and Karen remembers what it was like to wear the Mayor's chain of office.

More at https://www.littlebangorstories.co.uk/

It's 1971 and in Bangor, Northern Ireland, teenagers are gathering for the most unique disco the town had ever seen...Campbell and Archie tell me all about it!

Music: They Come At Night by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Lumber (verb)

- to kiss, to snog, to shift another person, perhaps in a clumsy teenage fashion. Archie and Campbell, the stars of our next episode - set in a 1970s disco - explain how it was done…..