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Commissioned Milkchurn from LLCrafts

Posted by Cherry | Apr 19, 2016 |

LLCrafts hand paint the most beautiful milkchurns and here is another special commission called Poppies and Butterflies. We think that this is beautiful and that a hand painted gift is a brilliant idea as it is unique, and can be personalised making it very special. This customer came the whole way from ‘Five Mile Town’ in Co.Tyrone to visit us and place their personal order! ….. and it was a pleasure to paint their churn. Contact Louise Lester at LLCrafts to place your own hand painted Milkchurn Order. If you have a churn Louise can paint it, or she can even provide a milkchurn if you don’t already have one. Anything painted onto anything at LLCrafts If a milkchurn isn’t quite what you want then Louise has lots of other ideas which might be perfect for you. Just take a look below at some of her work. We especially love that Massey Ferguson which has been painted onto a shovel – fantastic! If you would like to know more about Louise’s work at LLCrafts then click here to visit the LLCrafts website and keep up to date with Louise’s work, news and classes by clicking here to follow the LLCrafts Facebook...

Ballymena Runner selected for NI Team

Posted by Cherry | Apr 15, 2016 |

Ballymena Today are delighted to see one of the Ballymena Runners selected to be in a very important Northern Ireland team. Paula McAllister has been selected for the Northern Ireland Mountain Running Team. The Team will be competing for the Inter-Counties Championships in Moel Eilio, Llanberis, Wales on 14th May. The event is a 12.8k race with 915m climb with both men and women competing over the same course. Well done to Paula, we cant wait to hear the results. Northern Ireland Mountain Running We had never heard about the work of NIMRA (Northern Ireland Mountain Running Association) before but we know...

Church Street Ballymena

Posted by Cherry | Apr 14, 2016 |

This Thursday we are revisiting one of the main streets in Ballymena – Church Street. We have shown you lots of pictures of this busy business street because it is the centre of the town that we love. Here is a new picture which is from the Facebook group Old Photos of Ballymena. Church Street in Ballymena in the 1900’s This picture stars a business which still exists in Ballymena today – Woodsides Pharmacy. The shop is still thriving today and serving the Ballymena community with prescriptions. It is an important part of the Ballymena community. One example of their community spirit is that Woodsides sponsored yesterday Ballymena Belles race. The race is a 5 mile race for ladies set in Ballymena. Woodsides also have a helpful Facebook page which has lots of information and even competitions running regularly. to follow this established Ballymena business on Facebook click here. At Ballymena Today we have written over 900 online articles and blog posts about our town. If you would like to read more about businesses in the centre of our town this click here and support our local Ballymena...

Galgorm goes to the Movies – Amélie

Posted by Cherry | Apr 13, 2016 |

Galgorm goes to the Movies is a film night hosted by Galgorm Resort and Spa. We had the chance to go along before Christmas to enjoy watching Casablanca and we had an amazing night. The food was Moroccan which matched up with the films theme, and the surroundings were as glamorous as the starlets on the screen. Later this month the film night returns, in conjunction with the Braid Film Theatre, with a showing of the magical film at Galgorm goes to the Movies – Amélie. Amélie was released in 2001 and stars Audrey Tautou. Amelie is an innocent and naive girl in Paris with her own sense of justice. She decides to help those around her and, along the way, discovers love. (Source) We think that it sounds perfect and the private screening is accompanied by a light French themed buffet . Tickets cost £25 per person and you can click here to book you place. This is a great night out in Ballymena and a real treat for a friend, especially if they love Paris and magical love stories! The event is on 28th April at 18.30 at Galgorm Resort and Spa. We cant wait to see what film is next at Galgorm goes to the...

Ballymena Book Club – House of Cards

Posted by Cherry | Apr 13, 2016 |

This month Ballymena book club are reading House of Cards by Michael Dobbs. The number one best seller was written in 1989 and has inspired an excellent BBC series (which earned 14 BAFTA nominations) and the Netflix series starring Kevin Spacey. The Ballymena book club are reading the revised edition and we think that it is the perfect political thriller to read in the run up to the elections. The book club meets in Waterstones in Ballymena n the first Wednesday of each month at 7pm. All are very welcome to come along and join in. The book has a fascinating history which Michael has shared on his website. ‘I STARTED WRITING THE BOOK BESIDE A SWIMMING POOL DURING A MOMENT OF BOREDOM ON HOLIDAY. I HAD NO IDEA IT WAS ABOUT TO CHANGE MY LIFE SO COMPLETELY. A QUARTER OF A CENTURY LATER IT’S STILL DOING THAT, CHANGING MY LIFE, NEVER KNOWING WHAT TO EXPECT…’ The idea for a novel based around the dark political arts came to me shortly after the 1987 general election campaign, which had been a particularly bruising one. Margaret Thatcher won that election comfortably, but she made many enemies while doing so – too many, I thought. It inspired me to begin work on a plot – entirely fictional, of course – to get rid of a Prime Minister. The book was picked...

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Commissioned Milkchurn from LLCrafts

Ballymena Runner selected for NI Team

Church Street Ballymena

Galgorm goes to the Movies – Amélie

Ballymena Book Club – House of Cards

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