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Zoolander 2 – Throwback Thursday

Zoolander 2 is out this weekends and we cant believe that it has been 15 years since the original film was released. Zoolander was originally released in 2001 and stars Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson as male models battling it out for the best jobs. If you haven’t seen it then you should give it a watch. Fast forward 15 years and Ben Stiller has brought the character back for a sequel and we hope that it is as funny as the original. Here is the trailer: Could be the perfect start to a holiday weekend if your teenagers...

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Throwback Thursday – Northern Irish Northern Lights

This week at Ballymena Today our throwback Thursday goes all the way back to last year – New years Eve. Any keen photographers will have known that last Thursday night was a brilliant opportunity to catch the Northern Lights, otherwise known as the Aurora Borealis, near some Northern Irish landmarks. What is it? The Northern Lights are actually the result of collisions between gaseous particles in the Earth’s atmosphere with charged particles released from the sun’s atmosphere. Variations in colour are due to the type of gas particles that are colliding.(Source)  Throwback Thursday – Northern Irish Northern Lights Here are...

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Throwback Thursday – A disaster on Broughshane Street

Broughshane Street in Ballymena was the site of a disaster back in 1972. Old Photographs of Ballymena recently posted this great picture showing a lorry driver getting into a spot of bother! It was such a disaster that it made the news! Here are a few other photographs of Broughshane street from the years gone by:   Broughshane Street is still one of our busiest streets in town with lots of local Ballymena businesses operating there. For more Old Photographs of Ballymena click here to visit the Facebook Page....

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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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The Pentagon Ballymena – Throwback Thursday

The Pentagon is a busy pace in Ballymena and in this weeks throwback Thursday we can see that not much has changes – now it is all busses and cars, back then it was all horses! This photograph was taken on a particularly wet day and we recognise the building in the background as the current Ballymena headquarters for Women’s Aid – The Naomi Centre. The features have been retained and the building was refurbished a few years ago to give the Women’s Aid team a building which they could use to help those who have experienced or are living with domestic violence and abuse. Two local Ballymena businesses worked on the refurbishment project, Park Design Associates provided architectural drawings for the work and Wilson and Mawhinney carried out the work onsite. If you are unfamiliar with the work of Women’s Aid then here is some information from their website. Some of the things we can do to help you, whether or not you leave or stay with your partner: Help you address you and your children’s safety and security needs Give you general advice on housing and money issues Help you access other specialist services Offer you individual or group support Provide support for your children We also have emergency accommodation in our refuge No one deserves to live with domestic violence or abuse – If you are worried about...

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