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Sweet and sour memories

SQUINTER had no idea people took their sweets so seriously. A throwaway remark on Twitter about a casual purchase, during which Squinter pointed out that he is not in the habit of buying chocolate, provoked a response that suggested he had owned up to being the Mad Axe Murderer of Old Belfast Town.

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All aboard the Domino’s Express

AND so another little bit of Squinter’s life gets set to pass into history. The familiar Land Rover Tangi has been part of the West Belfast landscape for as long as Squinter can remember – battleship-grey in RUC days, poke-van gaudy in its present PSNI incarnation.

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Learning from a decade of anniversaries

It’s started. And you’ll hear lots more of it over the coming years. DUP Minister for Social Development Nelson McCausland said this week he’s prepared to consider participating in activities relating to the commemoration of the Easter Rising. No, Virginia, he did not say he would wear a beret and snap a salute outside the GPO.

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More than A Drop In Your Hand in the UTV bar

I greatly enjoyed Paul Brady’s From The Archives series recently on UTV. Some of the film shown was priceless including the renowned McPeake family who kept traditional music alive in Belfast for over half a century; fiddlers, storytellers and singers John and Mickey Doherty from the Blue Stack

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Dipper’s Frank about his anger and ambitions

Jude Collins speaks to long term activist Frank ‘Dipper’ Dempsey about the planned move of the UU to York Street and his fears for his neighbouring community

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Premier League title race not over yet

Linfield fought back from a goal down to rescue a point at Shamrock Park on Saturday afternoon.

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