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COMBER HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Welcome to Comber Historical Society's Research Archive- updated with new articles every Tuesday & Friday!
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Len Ball
May 1011 min read
Silver Screen to Superstore: Comber's Cinemas
A history of Comber's Cinemas
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Desmond Rainey
Apr 426 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 42 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 47 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 424 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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Michael Burns
Apr 41 min read
Trip to Echlinville Distillery
On the 8th September 2022, the committee of the Comber Historical Society and friends were invited to visit Echlinville Distillery. We...
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Michael Burns
Apr 41 min read
CHS Summer Outing 2023!
On Saturday 27th May 2023, we had our annual Comber Historical Society Summer outing. We had glorious weather as we set out from Comber...
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