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Solicitor, storyteller, writer and local historian Jack McCann was born in Ballymena during WW1 and shares his memories of the Broughshane Road in Ballymena, where he has lived for over 70 years.

Solicitor, storyteller, writer and local historian Jack McCann was born in Ballymena during World War 1 and shares his memories of the Broughshane Road in Ballymena, where he has lived for over 70 years. He talks of his childhood under Master Gregg, the local workhouse, the Hiring Fair and the Oul Lammas Fair, the first 12th July procession he ever saw, and the narrow guage railway.

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Wed 7 Oct 198711:20
BBC Radio Ulster

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  • Wed 7 Oct 198711:20
    BBC Radio Ulster