Year: 2015

Tilly – Anna’s Hand Painted Furniture

Looking for a unique piece of hand painted furniture? Or maybe wanting to rejuvenate a piece of furniture you already own which looks a bit jaded? Tilly – Anna’s Hand Painted Furniture on Springwell Street, Ballymena should be able to help. In the showroom is a selection of lovely individual items of hand painted furniture – occasional pieces, storage pieces, chairs & accessories all lovingly restored by the owner, Josie. They are also able to restore any item of furniture you own by using their fantastic range of Frenchic furniture paint to give it a new lease of life. Also in stock is a fantastic range of gifts, ornaments and accessories to help dress out the furniture, and that includes lots of Christmas gift ideas which have just arrived. Maybe you want to try your hand at painting an item yourself? That’s no problem, at Tilly – Anna’s they run workshops regularly where you’ll get lots of advice and practical experience and by the end of the workshop you should be able to successfully complete a project yourself. Tilly – Anna’s Hand Painted Furniture – Frenchic Furniture Paint Stockists Tilly – Anna’s are pleased to be Northern Ireland’s first stockist of Frenchic furniture paint. With around 30 colours to choose from, in both pastel and stronger colours, as well as all the waxes, finishing products and brushes you need to...

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Throwback Thursday – James Bond

At Ballymena Today we don’t get out to the cinema as much as we would like to but the new James Bond film is one that we won’t want to miss. Spectre is out next week and in celebration this week’s throwback Thursday features our favourite Bond trivia. 1. It is actually stuntman Bob Simmons who appears in the opening gun barrel sequence for the first three James Bond movies. 2. SPECTRE stands for SPecial Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge, Extortion. 3. Dr. No‘s budget was only $1 million, and when costs overran by $100,000 United Artists wanted to...

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Ballymena Today Youth team – What it’s like to work at the BBC

Natalie Lindo is a local BBC news reporter who has worked for the BBC in Ballymena. Our Youth Team interviewed her recently and this is our second blog post from the interview – if you missed the first part click here. In this post we ask about her life as a news reporter. Q: What would your typical work-day be like? A: That’s really hard to answer – some days in Ballymena I plan to organise a story. In order to make sure it is a genuine and true story, I would set up an interview with some people involved. I would ring them and find out genuine information. So I have to think, “What do I need to make this work for Television or Radio?”. If you were filming it the next day, you would have to arrange where to meet and film it, and also film different locations and sounds. After that, I would go back to the office and edit them and do voice overs – we have to do this all ourselves. However, if I am in Belfast, I get a cameraman, but if I’m not in Belfast I have to film it myself. TV often makes it all look very glamourous but sometimes you can get very wet, very cold, or wind can be blowing in your face! I get to travel to other...

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Halloween Festival at ECOS Centre Ballymena

Ballymena’s ECOS Centre will host Halloween Festivities on Friday October 30th 2015. Halloween Festival at ECOS Centre Ballymena Don’t miss this great night out for all the family in Ballymena with a wide range of activities on offer including fire jugglers, Hallowe’en storytelling, haunted house, travelling fun fair and much more. Activities commence at 6.30pm with fireworks taking place at 8.30pm Tickets will be on sale from Ballymena Tourist Information Centre, the Seven Towers Leisure Centre and also from and the ECOS Centre itself. Prices yet to be confirmed. For more information, call 028 2563 5900 Admission Sorry this event is no longer active Contact ECOS Location Kernohans Lane, Broughshane Road, Ballymena, , BT43 7QA Tel 028 2566 4400 We recommend that you wrap up warm and take care when watching the fireworks next week at the ECOS centre in...

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Funded placements for pre schoolers at High Kirk Community Playgroup Ballymena

High Kirk Community Playgroup has been offering a quality learning environment for pre-school children in Ballymena for 20 years. Funded placements for pre-schoolers, in their immediate pre-school year, at High Kirk Community Playgroup Children of Pre-school age are provided with a funded placement and High Kirk Community Playgroup have arranged an open day for any parents who might be interested in sending their children along. The well established playgroup offers a high standard of care and education open to all children in the community, with qualified staff who are passionate about helping your child to grow, learn and play preparing them for...

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