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COMBER HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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Len Ball
May 10, 202411 min read
Silver Screen to Superstore: Comber's Cinemas
A history of Comber's Cinemas
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Desmond Rainey
Apr 4, 202426 min read
The Andrews Family
Sydney Andrews was a man with a story to tell. He was a director in the Belfast flour-milling firm of Isaac Andrews & Sons, and a...
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Desmond Rainey
Apr 4, 20242 min read
The Ards Tourist Trophy (T.T.) Races
A plaque on the wall of McWhinney’s butcher’s shop at the corner of Castle Street in Comber commemorates the great Ards Tourist Trophy or...
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Len Ball
Apr 4, 20247 min read
The Mill Dams
Not so far away from Comber Station was the Andrew's flax Spinning Mill dams. The Mill was completed in 1864 not that long after the...
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Desmond Rainey
Apr 4, 202424 min read
Christianity in Comber
Christian traditions in Comber stretch back some 1,600 years. St Patrick is said to have come here. Unfortunately he did not receive a...
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