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Abuse in The Work Place - The Hidden Problem By Paul McCann Abuse can take many forms . It is a crime and often it goes unnoticed and unpunished . To...

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Reporting The Truth

By mcscraic on Sun, 25 Sep 2016

Reporting The Truth By Paul McCann Jesus died on the cross before journalism ever could report what happened and yet the story was told . Imagine how...

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The Purpose Of Life

By mcscraic on Sun, 25 Sep 2016

The Purpose Of Life By Paul McCann What makes me who I am in essence is a context of cultures in my own lifestyle . Other areas that could have an...

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Charlie’s Tall Tale

By mcscraic on Sun, 16 Oct 2016

Charlie’s Tall Tale By Paul McCann https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0hWM_cATws Evening came and the streets lights came on around the harbour . Rain...

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Charlie's Retirment Struggle

By mcscraic on Sat, 12 Nov 2016

Charlie At The Dole Office By Paul McCann https://youtu.be/vr3MiuYwJmI Charlie - “Its only me . “ Midge - “Where have you been now Charlie ,.I’ve...

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Bo Bo And The Roses

By mcscraic on Tue, 09 May 2017

Bo Bo And The Roses - By Paul McCann https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPNz1LVH3TQ&feature=youtu.be It was early one August morning as Bo Bo...

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The Woman With The World At Her Feet

By mcscraic on Tue, 06 Jun 2017

The Woman With The world At Her Feet By Paul McCann . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47dIN5JYUJA . Hanna had grown up a popular girl around the...

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Bo-Bo Goes To College

By mcscraic on Sat, 10 Jun 2017

Bo-Bo Goes To College By Paul McCann . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7AUAt3Krkg . Bo-Bo was always as busy as a bee with running the show at...

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Bo Bo's School Days

By mcscraic on Sun, 13 Aug 2017

Bo Bo’s School Days By Paul McCann https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YePIOcVM0Q4 , It was Bo Bo and Charlies last year at school and all the teachers...

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Jays Christmas Dinner

By mcscraic on Fri, 24 Nov 2017

Jay’s Christmas Dinner By Paul McCann Jay dropped out of school when he was 16 . His Father had a few connections around town and he was able to...

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Bo Bo And The Street Kid

By mcscraic on Tue, 19 Dec 2017

Bo Bo And The Street Kid - By Paul McCann Once a year the local church hired Bo Bo and Charlie to help with the spring clean up . Bo Bo always gave...

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The Girl They Couldn't Give Away

By mcscraic on Sun, 04 Feb 2018

The Girl They Couldn’t Give Away – By Paul McCann Barbra was abandoned at birth and never knew her parents. She was brought up in a convent by nuns...

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Mum Me And Mangos

By mcscraic on Fri, 10 Jan 2020

Mum Me And Mangos By Paul McCann Chickie, otherwise Mum as I call her is the love of my life . Chickie and I were married young and had a large...

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The Wedding Speech

By mcscraic on Tue, 21 Jan 2020

The Wedding Speech By Paul McCann So I was walking out the door and the phone rang .It was one of those occasions when I was in two minds wondering...

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The Wedding Gown

By mcscraic on Sat, 07 Nov 2020

. The Wedding Gown By Paul McCann Hazel Maclean was the daughter of a Henry and Margie Gowlan who owned a string of ladies fashion stores all around...

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The Man Behind The Door

By mcscraic on Sat, 20 Feb 2021

The Man Behind The Door By Paul McCann It was 2021 and the new year had begun with the news that a new vaccine was found to fight the spread of the...

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The Fabric Of Multicultural Events

By mcscraic on Fri, 29 Sep 2023

The Fabric Of Multicultural Events By Paul McCann When you are in attendance at a multicultural event its like seeing a picture of life as kind of...

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Another Place And Another Time

By mcscraic on Wed, 10 Jan 2024

Another Place And Another Time by Paul McCann Sometimes I tend to drift away back in time and think of my childhood days growing up in a small...

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Another Memory Of A Place From Another Time

By mcscraic on Fri, 12 Jan 2024

Another Memory Of A Place From Another Time By Paul McCann There is a place in time that once existed and in my memory I like to remember the people...

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Another Picture Of A Place In Another Time

By mcscraic on Fri, 12 Jan 2024

Another Picture Of A Place In Another Time By Paul McCann In the village I grew I recall the gambling that went on around the back alleys and spare...

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The Heart Of Ardoyne

By mcscraic on Wed, 06 Mar 2024

The Heart Of Ardoyne By Paul McCann I grew up in a little village in North Belfast called Ardoyne . It would be impossible to sum up the amount of...

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The Ardoyne Lifeline

By mcscraic on Wed, 06 Mar 2024

The Ardoyne Lifeline By Paul McCann In Ardoyne there was a time that once existed and in my memory I remember the faces of the people in the place...

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The Games We Once Played

By mcscraic on Wed, 06 Mar 2024

The Games We Once Played By Paul McCann In another time around the streets of Ardoyne there was always games of one kind or another being played ...

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A Stormy Night

By mcscraic on Tue, 19 Mar 2024

A Stormy Night By Paul McCann Tonight will be a stormy night , And to the town I have to go . I’ll ride my bike on this rainy night , As the wind may...

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Carnivals and Gypsy Kings

By mcscraic on Wed, 20 Mar 2024

Carnivals and Gypsy Kings by Paul McCann With no home of their own except for a caravan they would frequently arrive on the spare ground fringes...

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Bob A Job Week 1964

By mcscraic on Mon, 22 Apr 2024

Bob A Job Week 1964 By Paul McCann There was once a time of innocence in the world when children were safe to go around on their own without adult...

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A Night At The Unity

By mcscraic on Thu, 02 May 2024

A Night At The Unity By Paul McCann When I was young I had job in the evenings working at the Unity club in old Ardoyne . It stood proudly there...

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St Gabriels Home Of Champions

By mcscraic on Sun, 05 May 2024

St Gabriels Home Of Champions By Paul McCann Ardoyne had many champions in different sports . There were a few tin huts and clubs that had been...

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A Wedding Day To Remember

By mcscraic on Sun, 02 Jun 2024

A Wedding Day To Remember By Paul McCann Gerry and Joanne nearly never made it to their own wedding . On the day of the wedding Gerry was walking out...

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They Learnt To Be Smarter

By mcscraic on Tue, 11 Jun 2024

They Learnt To Be Smarter By Paul McCann Between playing football and boxing there was never enough hours in the day for Micky and Sticky who were...

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Around The Fireplace

By mcscraic on Wed, 12 Jun 2024

Around The Fireplace By Paul McCann Before the days of central heating and electric fires all the houses in Ardoyne had an open fire place . In the...

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A Days Work For Bamber

By mcscraic on Wed, 19 Jun 2024

A Days Work For Bamber By Paul McCann On a lovely August morning in Ardoyne , some of the local lads were putting the final touches to their guiders...

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They All Heard The Call

By mcscraic on Fri, 21 Jun 2024

They All Heard The Call By Paul McCann Mrs Murphy lived alone in her own wee house in a safe community on pension that gave her enough to get by .At...

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Dennis And The Abandoned House

By mcscraic on Sat, 20 Jul 2024

Dennis And The Abandoned House By Paul McCann Every day Dennis would leave school to have lunch at his Grandmothers house. It was always an...

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The Great Australian Migration

By mcscraic on Mon, 22 Jul 2024

T he Great Australian Migration by Paul McCann With an aging population Australia is in need to bridge the gap that exists between those who have...

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Getting On With Life After Miscarriage

By mcscraic on Tue, 23 Jul 2024

Getting On With Life After Miscarriage By Paul McCann I had 4 children born in 6 years and 2 miscarriages that taught me a lot about myself and how...

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Why School Was Cool Today

By mcscraic on Sun, 04 Aug 2024

Why School Was Cool Today By Paul McCann In The Front Office When I got to school today I saw the front office window was broken . There was a line-...

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The Great Australian Migration

By mcscraic on Sun, 18 Aug 2024

T he Great Australian Migration by Paul McCann With an aging population Australia is in need to bridge the gap that exists between those agreement...

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Murder At The Manor Part - 1

By mcscraic on Mon, 26 Aug 2024

Murder At Ther Manor By Paul McCann Part 1 At the end of a country road , there was an entrance driveway to Barnstone Manor. Two large front gates...

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Murder At The Manor - Part 2

By mcscraic on Mon, 26 Aug 2024

….Continued Murder At The Manor By Paul McCann Part 2 Mr Greaves replied . She said . “Oh well I wouldn’t know about that . You see I have a few...

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Leaving The Land

By mcscraic on Thu, 29 Aug 2024

Leaving The Land By Paul McCann There are many stories of people who have left their home such as farmers and their families who have suffered great...

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The Magic Of A Cup Of Tea

By mcscraic on Thu, 29 Aug 2024

The Magic Of A Cup Of Tea by Paul McCann After a year or two in Australia I returned home to Belfast where I had grown up . . After I arrived I went...

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They Learnt To Be Smarter

By mcscraic on Thu, 29 Aug 2024

They Learnt To Be Smarter By Paul McCann Between playing football and boxing there was never enough hours in the day for Micky and Sticky who were...

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Rab A Dab Dab

By mcscraic on Tue, 03 Sep 2024

Rab A Dab Dab By Paul McCann A real pressure cooker is how some described him . A little terror of a kid he was . Others said he had behavioural...

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A Job For Phil

By mcscraic on Fri, 06 Sep 2024

A Job For Phil By Paul McCann Every Friday evening my good friend Gerard Steward and I swapped the marvel comic books we had read for some new ones...

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Riding The Buses To Town

By mcscraic on Fri, 06 Sep 2024

Riding On The Buses By Paul McCann I used to wait for bus to go into the centre of Belfast , or downtown as we would say back in the day before the...

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Busmen’s Pennies

By mcscraic on Sat, 07 Sep 2024

Busmen’s Pennies By Paul McCann I started collecting pennies when I first noticed an old Queen Victoria coin in my change after buying a quarter of...

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An Awful Inconvenience

By mcscraic on Fri, 13 Sep 2024

An Awful Inconvenience By Paul McCann Its early Sunday morning and the bells of the Church are ringing through the town . A solitary figure appears...

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Between The Trees

By mcscraic on Mon, 16 Sep 2024

Between The Trees It was a good day for a drive and Charlie asked Midge if she’d wanted to go for a drive over to Barney Town for lunch in a new...

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The Rainbow Bridge

By mcscraic on Sat, 21 Sep 2024

The Rainbow Bridge By Paul McCann Finn is a was one of the wee ones from the hidden hills whose job it was to look after the Christmas trees that...

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On Stages With Open Doors

By mcscraic on Sun, 29 Sep 2024

On Stages With Open Doors by Paul McCann He opened his eyes and heard strange noises . They took him from that place to another place he had been...

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Almost Utopia

By mcscraic on Mon, 30 Sep 2024

Almost Utopia by Paul McCann . At the beginning of the great depression there were many jobs in jeopardy . Many people had to adapt to the change and...

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Cry Of The Workers

By mcscraic on Fri, 04 Oct 2024

Cry Of The Workers By Paul McCann He was collecting some of the natural wild herbs that grew on the edge of the mountain . It was always a little...

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Tinny’s Knock On The Door

By mcscraic on Mon, 07 Oct 2024

Tinny’s Knock On The Door By Paul McCann Tinny was always a lucky kind of guy with things . At ten years of age he asked the local milkman if he...

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The Eleventh Hour

By mcscraic on Wed, 09 Oct 2024

The Eleventh Hour By Paul McCann . The world disappeared right before his eyes and not a sound was heard . He was floating in space towards a light...

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Since Then

By mcscraic on Sun, 13 Oct 2024

Since Then By Paul McCann Warren was a street thug , who sold drugs and did armed hold ups . He also was part of a gang who collected money from shop...

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Every Now And Then

By mcscraic on Mon, 14 Oct 2024

Every Now And Then By Paul McCann There are times in life when karma comes to bring grief on those who have done wrong to other people and then there...

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The Sweetest Sound

By mcscraic on Mon, 14 Oct 2024

The Sweetest Sound By Paul McCann Neil was saying his lady goodbye to the house where he grew up in . The old place had just been sold and he was...

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It’s A New Day

By mcscraic on Wed, 16 Oct 2024

It’s A New Day By Paul McCann I woke up in a place of silent retreat and contemplated going for a hike or even a ride on my bike as it’s quiet on the...

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She’s So Beautiful

By mcscraic on Fri, 18 Oct 2024

She’s So Beautiful By Paul McCann Well if you would allow me a moment of your time , I’d like to introduce you to my Mammy , a lady of principle , a...

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Nobody’s Fool

By mcscraic on Sat, 19 Oct 2024

Nobody’s Fool by Paul McCann Bapper went to school to learn to read and write . He was all brawn and knew how to fight so no one bothered him much ...

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Loosing Little Things With Mammy

By mcscraic on Sat, 19 Oct 2024

Loosing Little Things With Mammy By Paul McCann Loosing things is always a worry . Like the day I lost my Mammy in the C & A department store in...

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Nights Out With Mammy

By mcscraic on Sun, 20 Oct 2024

Nights Out With Mammy By Paul McCann As a boy scout , we were always doing different activities One of those was an unexpected , unrehearsed , play...

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Head Over Heels

By mcscraic on Tue, 22 Oct 2024

Head Over Heels By Paul McCann Sean was on a hiking holiday in the black forest . With a backpack and some supplies, he ventured into unknown...

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After All These Years

By mcscraic on Mon, 28 Oct 2024

After All These Years By Paul McCann Johnny and Chris first met by chance in a music shop . They both were looking for a new set of guitar strings...

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Money On The Plate

By mcscraic on Wed, 06 Nov 2024

Money On The Plate By Paul McCann Daddy was a family man who worked hard 5 days a week . There were five of us kids who he took for long walks up the...

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A Good Old Folk Music Night

By mcscraic on Mon, 18 Nov 2024

A Good Old Folk Music Night By Paul McCann The crowd came in early to the pub and slowly the session began with a few people breaking the ice with an...

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The Bottom Of My Heart

By mcscraic on Tue, 19 Nov 2024

The Bottom Of My Heart By Paul McCann The day everything came apart and his heart was torn into pieces was the day he made an exit from life and he...

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The Face At The Window

By mcscraic on Wed, 20 Nov 2024

The Face At The Window By Paul McCann Facing our family home there was this old house and every day we saw the face of a woman who always sat there...

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