It's bad when we're yearning after a roundabout from a bygone era...

Plus, double trouble X3 in Keady!

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Simpler times! Times this writer does not remember given my 1980’s vintage! Before my time and beyond the cloud of Northern Ireland’s dark past, people got on with their daily lives as best they could; checkpoints may have been a way of life but congestion certainly wasn’t.

Craigavon is famed for its roundabouts and their rather banal numerical names whereas, Armagh city, today, is famed for many things but notorious for its traffic. Link roads and railway lines are as far away on the horizon as this image below – a resplendent throwback to those simpler times. This is the Friary Road roundabout in Armagh, circa (someone help me out in the comments, perhaps?)

This image was sent to us this week, and while it’s a good few decades before we move in across the road, it’s a sight we would have loved to have been able to gaze out upon; a luscious green roundabout where cars – with all the space and time in the world – go off in the direction of their fancy without fear of missing their lane of getting stuck in the lane for the Mall when they wanted to head to Portadown; or not quite being so sure how on earth they approach Barrack Hill!

It’s a sad indictment of our traffic woes that we’ve come to yearning after a roundabout!

Do you know when this photo was taken? Tell us about something that has gone from your area that, if returned, would make it much better today?

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🔥 Three taken to hospital after fire at Craigavon flats

🪧 Relocation of BT staff from Portadown to Belfast postponed

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🎓 Three gifted Armagh students win All-Ireland Scholarships to cover under-grad study costs

⚖️ Armagh man who broke into shed and tried to steal motorbike jailed

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Notice Board

🍳 Jo-Anne's Breakfast Morning | Saturday, September 16 | 8am - 12pm | Armagh Royal British Legion, Dobbin Street, Armagh. In aid of Southern Area Hospice Services.

🏫 Darkley Primary 90th Anniversary | Thursday, September 28 | 4-8pm. Were you or a family member a past pupil? Come experience the school's warm welcome and their displays, photos and classes. Take a trip down memory lane as you are transported back in time, witnessing a classroom 90 years ago verses a classroom of today.

🌼 Daisy Dander | Gosford Forest Park | Saturday, Sep 30 at 2PM | Tickets and more info here.

❓Table Quiz in aid of Tearfund. Friday, October 6 | 7pm | Thomas Street Methodist Church Hall, Portadown. Teams of six welcome. Minimum donation: £5 per person, children under 11 free. Refreshments available. Contact Steven Wright on 07982 216197 for further information.

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