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A meeting to discuss the proposal to merge the Weasenham CofE Primary Academy with Brisley CofE was held at the school on September 13

David Fairchild has been called a lot of names lately, many of them rather unkind. Among them are a cantankerous old git, an old sod, an interfering busybody and, lately, the Weasenham Whinger.

David Fairchild (pictured) has spent the last five years going over Weasenham Parish Councils annual financial returns with a fine-tooth comb.

ON August 13th 1958 it was publicly announced that the Belfast Corporation had finally agreed after discussions and proposals dating back to 1937, to take over responsibility for Shankill cemetery and its maintenance. It was decided to ‘transform it from a cemetery’ into a “quiet garden” with seating, spacious lawns and flower beds.