1. You remember when Supermac became Forestside
2. The Upper Ormeau Road was called 'The Road' and the Lower Ormeau Road the 'Lower Wack'
3. You know the delights of having a pastie from Greasy Maggies in Walmer Street
4. Buying stew in the Parador on a Sunday night, because you had to if you wanted to have a drink – and this was pre-covid.
5. Sneaking over the wall at the Old Ravenhill ground to watch Ulster for free
6. Queuing for Sk’Boo in The Errigle on a Saturday night and finishing the night with everyone singing Gloria.
7. Playing one touch at the garages in Kimberly Drive
8. Rosario Youth Club reopening in the late 70s
9. The Red Lion Chinese Restaurant - which is now the Winemark
10. Drinking in the Sub-Aqua Club and the Deramore Arms
11. The old Bredagh GAC pitch having a lovely big hump in the middle of it
12. Sitting on the wall at Sunnyside street - night after night after night...
13. Moving from Holy Rosary Church to the Good Shepard Convent
14. Breeding frogs from spawn and keeping tadpoles in a jam jar
15. Catching sticklebacks in Belvoir Forest
16. You remember Bridies Sweet Shop, Liam Lee’s, Joey Nobles and Molly Lowrys Tea House
17. Ulster Cricket Ground – which is now the home of Rosario FC
18. The building site at the Good Shepard, which are now apartments, being haunted
19. Explaining to people that the streets on the lower Sunnyside Street end are pronounced AVA, as in rhymes with lava, and not AVA as in Gardner.
20. When you heard the next generation talking about the ‘Cherryvale Arms’
21. The smell around the bakery and the oatcakes
22. Playing five-a-side in the St Joseph's College PE hall and Rosario Youth Club
23. You used to buy your candy apple at Halloween from Michaels green groceries
24. Going to Xtra Vision on a Friday to get ready for a quiet night in
25. Christmas drinks with friends at the Pavilion or the Errigle
26. The Pavilion is known as The Big House
27. Throwing snowballs at cars waiting for the school bus
28. You can't walk down the road without bumping into someone you know
29. Everyone knows each other by their dogs
30. You have a wee natter in the green grocers
31. You have been asked if you are from the 'Upper' or 'Lower'
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