This interview with Leslie Bell was recorded on the 29th of April 2022. The interviewer was Michael McConway, Heritage Project Assistant at TIDAL Toome, and the […]
This interview was recorded on the 16th of March 2022. The interviewer was Michael McConway, Heritage Project Assistant at TIDAL Toome, and the interview was […]
Recorded in 1994 at a social history meeting at Toome Primary School, this interview offers an insight into the drinking habits, courtship rituals and storytelling culture […]
Rural shops were often adjoined to family homes in the Toomebridge area, with each populated by memorable characters. This photograph of Liddy’s shop in Cargin was […]
1960s red and cream Dansette record player. Long Playing records or LPs were played at 33RPM, whilst the smaller single, with just one song on each […]
This record collection belonged to a middle aged lady with one child, who had broad tastes in Irish Showbands and easy listening music. She lived in […]
TIDAL Toome (Toome Industrial Development, Amenities and Leisure) was established by a group of community stakeholders in 1994 to provide community services for the village of […]
These leather aircraft technician mitts belonged to a German prisoner of war (POW) who worked on farms along the Lough Neagh shore during the busy harvest […]
Easter is a time of community celebration for Toome, but for several years our fair has been impacted by the global pandemic. The unearthing of this […]
Between 2013 and 2015, TIDAL Toome participated in an oral history project with the Doagh Ancestry Group and Whitehead Community Centre called the Three Villages Living […]