The Day Christies Went Up

The Day  Christies Went Up

By Paul McCann

I was standing outside Stewarts supermarket the day Christies was blown up . A large crowd stood opposite the Christie’s , People told wee Annie  in the Ok Stores to get out case their was a bomb next door   in Christie’s but she wouldn’t move . Eventually Security forces had to carry her out of the shop

just in time as shortly afterwards the bomb exploded lifting the roof and demolishing the shop .

We weren’t allowed to cross the road for some time . When we finally were told we could go over the road  we realised that things would never be the same again . There was a fear now that walked the streets and people started to look over their shoulders when they walked .

Shortly afterwards my family and I emigrated to Australia .

I returned a few years later and looked around at the front of the Crumlin Road , Stewards had closed and things felt a lot different ..

A terrible thing had happened to our lives but the people of Ardoyne had a great strength to keep going regardless .

The End

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