16
Nov
Why not take a trip down memory lane and look at our new photo album taking you back as far as 2007.
Just click here
lps_admin's page
17
Nov
Primary 6 & 7 Longstone P S Pupils
On Wednesday 18th November Longstone P6 and P7 pupils made a visit to the Ballymena Times newspaper office. They had arranged to interview the Times Editor Mr Dessie Blackadder.
Mr Blackadder took us into his office and began by telling us a little about the history of the Ballymena Times We learned that it was founded in 1855 and was originally called the Ballymena Observer. We had the opportunity of looking at a paper from 1918 which was full of writing and advertisements and had no photos. Compared to today’s paper it looked extremely uninteresting. Mr Blackadder informed us that the reporters in those days had a more difficult job than reporters today because they had to paint pictures with the words they used since there were so few photos in the newspapers More »
-
-
Gallery Snapshot
