Dear Diary… week ending 24th April
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20th April 2020
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Week Five of social distancing has now come and gone; another seven days of lock-down, and extraordinarily good weather. The Dear Diary project continues to gather material for future generations with more, and more varied, material being submitted. We are steadily uploading submitted content into the ARCHIVE, so do click through to have a look.
Aghadowey
Chris Roberts has continued his daily video log capturing his experiences in Aghadowey during lock-down. You can see all of his videos to date in the ARCHIVE.
Castlerock
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- Crochet nurse-bear, courtesy Georgie Dee
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- Window rainbow, courtesy Suzanne Fol
Islandmore
An uncontroversial flag? courtesy Joanne Honeyford
Portrush
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- The White House, courtesy Siobhan Dunbar
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- White Horses Gallery, courtesy Siobhan Dunbar
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- Phil’s Amusements, courtesy Siobhan Dunbar
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- Closed for business, courtesy Siobhan Dunbar
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- Portrush Harbour, courtesy Siobhan Dunbar
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- Portrush Harbour, courtesy Siobhan Dunbar
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- East Strand, courtesy Siobhan Dunbar
Portstewart
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- Portstewart – Flowerfield Art Centre being used as a community response hub, courtesy Siobhan Dunbar
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- Portstewart – Flowerfield Art Centre being used as a community response hub, courtesy Siobhan Dunbar
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- Portstewart – Flowerfield Art Centre being used as a community response hub, courtesy Siobhan Dunbar
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- Tom’s Butchers, courtesy Joanne Honeyford
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- Star of the Sea Catholic Church, courtesy Joanne Honeyford
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- Agherton Parish Church of Ireland, courtesy Joanne Honeyford
Rasharkin
Councillor Leanne Peacock has started an occasional diary for the project, sending in her reflections from Rasharkin. If you click on either of the extracts below, you’ll be taken to the full entries which are now stored in the ARCHIVE.
Monday 20th April
Dear Diary,
This is one of the most extraordinary times that we have lived through and as someone who has studied history I am acutely aware of the need to document and remember the unique experiences we are all living through.
I am not sure how many weeks of lockdown we are in but I suspect this is perhaps the 4th week of working from home and doing everything from home. It is very strange being an elected rep in these times with no council meetings to attend and doing all work via telephone and email …
Wednesday 22nd April
Bored in the house and I’m in the house bored- the most apt TikTok of our time. A bit of cabin fever setting in with everyone today.
Today is a quiet one. Phone is quiet, daddy is painting the patio furniture and the rest are just chilling browsing online shopping sites and enjoying the sun. This must be one of the best April’s I can remember- we have not had rain in a long times, maybe a couple of weeks! Cathan had me out playing in his sand but a spider crawled up my leg and has made me itch and worry about it since! …
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- Rasharkin sunset, courtesy Leanne Peacock
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- Rasharkin sunset, courtesy Leanne Peacock
Rathlin
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- The school with no children, courtesy Alison McFaul
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- The Manor House, courtesy Alison McFaul
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- With no visitor traffic on the Rathlin roads,? the grass that grows in the middle can be safely grazed, courtesy Alison McFaul
New ways of working
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- Causeway Coast and Glens Heritage Trust meeting, courtesy Carole O’Kane
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- Museum Services signing off on essential invoices, courtesy Suzanne Fol
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- Museum Services signing off on essential invoices, courtesy Suzanne Fol
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Intrepid adventurers have just returned from the Museum Services HQ with photos showing how quickly nature returns after people have left. One of them reports having been bitten in the night…
