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Church Street Ballymena – Throwback Thursday

Posted by Cherry | Jul 9, 2015 |

Ballymena Today are featuring Church Street in our latest Throwback Thursday blog post. This photo is from the Facebook page Old Photos of Ballymena. Church Street Ballymena – Throwback Thursday This postcard appears to show the street in the 1900’s and we think that Church Street looks amazing. Today lots of local family owned run businesses still have their premises on this street from McKillens, to Wallaces, Bellinghams, Caldwells and stores like Style ‘n’ Sport and Woodsides Pharmacy. All have been serving the Ballymena public for many years equipping us with everything we need from PE kits and school...

Castle Street in Ballymena

Posted by Cherry | Nov 12, 2015 |

Castle Street in Ballymena hasn’t looked quite like this for a good few years. Castle Street is the home to two churches – St Patricks and Ballymena Elim. In this picture we can see the iconic tower which was our original town hall. Castle Street is home to Waveney Eyecare which sits on the corner of Castle Street and Church Street. Waveney eyecare can perform your eye test and fit you with designer frames, or help you to choose something which costs less but looks equally as good. They perform repairs and ultrasonic cleaning for glasses – click here...

Nature’s Secrets by TianDe available in Ballymena

Posted by Ally Stewart | Mar 5, 2020 |

So first of all you may well be asking what is Nature’s Secrets by TianDe? It is a range of Natural Health and Beauty products that has recently been introduced to Ballymena customers by Kasia Lamont. We met up with her to find out more. Firstly we asked her what makes TianDe products so special. “TianDe comes from one of the cleanest regions of the world – Barnaul, Altai, Russia. Altai is classified as the cleanest and richest place on the planet due to lack of population and abundance of plants. Carefully planted and harvested by Chinese herbalists these...

Care For Creation 2020 Community Art Project

Posted by Ally Stewart | Feb 12, 2020 |

The next time you’re walking on Church Street, Ballymena look out for the fantastic Care For Creation 2020 Community Art Project display in Midtown Makers window. The project was initiated by Ballymena Church Members Forum and has involved local churches, community and youth groups. It has been financed and supported by Mid and East Antrim Council with the guidance of Arts Officer Rosalind Lowry and hosted by Midtown Makers. Pollution, wastefulness, climate change, the ozone layer, the Australian bush fires – topics which have heavily featured in the news recently. Work began on the Care For Creation project before Christmas 2019 as a way to highlight locally, that...

CH Pottery – handmade ceramics by Ciaran Headley

Posted by Ally Stewart | Jan 22, 2020 |

The CH Pottery studio, set on the shores of Lough Neagh, is where Ciaran Headley creates his ceramic art. Ciaran’s work is becoming very well-known in the Ballymena area, especially since it became available to buy in Midtown Makers on Church Street in the last couple of years. We caught up with Ciaran to find out some more about CH Pottery. Firstly we asked him to tell us a bit about himself and his interest in ceramics. “I spent all of my professional career in teaching. Then several years ago I attended a Foundation Course in Art & Design in...

Search Results for: church street

Church Street Ballymena – Throwback Thursday

Castle Street in Ballymena

Nature’s Secrets by TianDe available in Ballymena

Care For Creation 2020 Community Art Project

CH Pottery – handmade ceramics by Ciaran Headley

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