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'The Two J's'
Talented cousins Joe and Jack Wright, amateur entertainers
about the 1920's.
They toured the County performing at various
events. Joe played the 'Toff' and Jack took the 'Tramp' part.
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Charles Lamb - 1893 - 1964
The famous Irish artist Charles Lamb, born and bred
in Bridge Street Portadown. This photograph was taken by the same
Joe Wright featured in the preceding photograph.
Charles's favourite spot for painting was
Connemara
and the west coast of Ireland. Some of his works hang in the Irish
National Gallery in Dublin. Our local hotel 'The Seagoe' have about three
of his works on permanent display.
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1967.
Locally well known 'Badger Hamill' having a
stroll in what was to be
the last sight of John Street A viewer in Canada
e-mailed the following:-
"It was nice to see Badger Hamill. My wife
figures she may have been the last person to have seen him alive as late
on that night she spoke to him sitting on Dominic Ward's steps. She told
him to go home and they parted
with him saying "God Bless you daughter". He was later found
dead in the derelict houses" |
Late 50's
Local postmen outside the sorting office at the
railway station. Some of these postmen's
names were; Johnston-Jack Berry-McLaughlin-Dick McClure-Dawson-two
O'Neill's & Jimmy Williamson top right. |
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March 1957 Ed Sinnamon of
Detroit sent this photo by e-mail. He took it whilst visiting
Portadown in 1957, Ed was in the US Army and stationed in Germany
then. His father was born in Portadown 1892 and left about 1914 to
settle in USA.
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About 1900
St. Mark's Church
Note the lower tower, the new tall tower was added in
the 1920's as a memorial to the fallen of the first World War.
The statue of Col. Sanderson has been moved to
the right.
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