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ACCOUNT ARCHIVED: 1 year. 2 historic events #EasterRising. Battle of the #Somme. A range of stories & views from 1916. More on our website. From @BBCnireland.

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"The old world has in many ways been very great, and splendid, now it is finished..."
#WW1 #EasterRising

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Rosamond reflects on the state of the earthly empires
#WW1 #EasterRising

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Singing gives way to guns at the front
#WW1 #WW1Letters

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Lt-Col Feilding's men bring in the #NewYear with song
#OnThisDay #WW1Letters

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The time has come for #Resolutions
#OnThisDay in the @DerryJournal
#HappyNewYear

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"We had a great spread for the men at Christmas..."
#WW1 #ChristmasDinner

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2nd Lt Thornely is finally out for a well-earned rest
#WW1Letters

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It was a dull Christmas in #Magherafelt
#OnThisDay in the @MidUMail

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What makes a beautiful woman?
#OnThisDay in the @DerryJournal

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"The place is indeed most unsuited for a "Rest" Camp...and still less for a nursery."
#OnThisDay #WW1Letters

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Feilding is protected by "nothing bu galvanized roofing and thin wooden walls"
#WW1Letters

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"It was indeed most unlike Christmas dinner, but it was the best possible under the circumstances..."
#WW1

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"But when I went round and saw the dinners I must confess I was disappointed."
#WW1 #Christmas

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Lt-Col Feilding celebrates a late Christmas
#OnThisDay #WW1

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The sailor's wife will appreciate Sunlight Soap
Advertised #OnThisDay in the @Irish_News
#WW1

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Not the most serious joke from #OnThisDay in the @BelTel

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"The Christmas season has passed fairly quietly on the Western front."
Reported #OnThisDay in the Ballymena Observer
@Ballymena_Times #WW1

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Douglas Haig sends his appreciations for the Christmas puddings scheme
#OnThisDay in the Northern Whig
#ChristmasDinner

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Christmas cards are now exchanged by next-door neighbours. Imagine!
#OnThisDay in the @DundalkExaminer
#Christmas