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Castlederg, Northern Ireland - Jamie - Wednesday, May 4th, 2005 : goo

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I used to see this place regularly on my travels and it always captivated my imagination in a peculiarway. I never decided wheter it was open for business or whether is was an abandoned building. I took these photos of it back in 2002 with my toy digicam. I used to take photos with that thing on a daily basis. Lo-fi black and white ones. I posted a handfull of them here, but mostly on my own site, which is now defunct.

Castlederg is an odd little town, just minutes from the Donegal border. Quaint but with a lingering sense of suspiscion. All these little towns that line Northern Ireland's disputed borders are much the same. A naive younger me revelled in the assumed risk involved in working in these odd little places. The younger invincible jamie enjoyed the novelty factor of driving through bandit country. Through the hinterlands of these funny little border-towns.

Part of me misses the daily novelty of new things

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Peter: 4th May 2005 - 13:11 GMT

that place looks quaint at first, then creepy as you take a closer look. very few signs of human activity. i bet its really quiet around there. is that the place that would leave the scraps of hair littered about the street?

Jamie: 4th May 2005 - 13:31 GMT

no that was the hair salon below my flat on cross street, lisnaskea

Peter: 4th May 2005 - 13:42 GMT

ahh, heh. this abandoned place looks creepy. i dont think id go there to get my hair cut.

elaine: 4th May 2005 - 15:24 GMT

it looks like it could just as easily be somewhere you would go to buy hair. there is a comedy show here called the league of gentlemen which is set in a remote english village, and everything is dark and inverted and the people are inbred, with very very dark twisted consequences. it wouldn't sell in america

hasslehoff: 4th May 2005 - 16:35 GMT

damn was that on last night? i missed it didn't i. it's funny i often amused myself by imagining this exact scenario. a seedy little shoppe where one might go in order to furtively purchase some fine human hair. for what purpose who knows, but it's not wrong. not like they say it is.

elaine: 4th May 2005 - 16:39 GMT

yeah, but you know what, i couldn't watch it. i think i may be full. i saw those same actors do 'Art' in the west end which was fab, and the ginger bloke played sexy Ripley in Blackpool which was very underwatched last autumn. I loved the very first episode with the scary gypsy carnie bloke... and all the doubling up in the casting. it was so good, but i watched it to death

kobe: 4th May 2005 - 17:05 GMT

yea id never get my hair worked on at a place like that, dude.

Jamie: 9th May 2005 - 11:21 GMT

get you hair worked on? you make it sound as though you have some kind of an intricate afro affair going on atop your head. do you? can we see it? awesome :-)

elaine: 13th May 2005 - 11:03 GMT

got you this in stratford yesterday

elaine: 13th May 2005 - 11:05 GMT

sorry, technical hitch -
got you this in stratford yesterday

Peter: thats funny that its called "nick's"! heh heh

elaine: 13th May 2005 - 14:37 GMT

you got it. i was going to go in and ask the guy if he had done it as a joke, but i decided he hadn't and wouldn't understand the question or had heard it a hundred times and would not think it was funny, more like

lynchy: 2nd Jun 2005 - 19:13 GMT

The hairshop was actually owned by my cousin, it does look like league of gentlemen quality but it was a real hub of activity in the early nineties, they also did the most coolest hairstyles around back then but it was a COOL place to hang & the girls who worked for my cousin were pretty tasty. Sorry to ruin your perception of it as some sort of little shop of horrors. AHH i pity city people u have absolutely no idea sometimes.

Jamie: 5th Sep 2005 - 11:35 GMT

heh, somehow i missed this comment unil now. I now feel somehow dissapointed that i ventured there a decade too late. To late to catch the tasty girls and the coolest hair action around.

terry: 26th Oct 2005 - 19:39 GMT

i got my hair cut there! the hair dresser cut her finger. my hair was covered in blood lol

GGP: 26th Oct 2005 - 19:41 GMT

my first haircutter, when I was a kid, was named Nick, but we called him "Mr. Nick."

steve: 15th Nov 2005 - 22:02 GMT

i use to live in da derg and remember it well. It was a dump and all the people were the worst people you would want to meet. They were either into drugs or fighting. They all had an attitude problem. U have to go into da town to see how many ass holes there are

anon (dial81-131-140-204.in-addr.btopenworld.com): 1st Jan 2006 - 22:34 GMT

2 faced shites and nothing but scummy tramps

mark: 12th Feb 2006 - 15:22 GMT

castlederg is a rough little town. They love to fight especially against the other side. they think there hard men, if you want my advice stay away it is a town full of wasters, thankfully its the most isolated town in n.ireland

derg gal: nothing wrong way the derg i love it

albert street: the derg is agreat place no surrender

Jamie: 14th Mar 2006 - 10:54 GMT

language is a funny thing isn't it. i like how 'you' becomes 'yous' becomes 'use' ultimately becoming almost nonsensical. heh. i also like how this post attracts such random wankers

????: 6th Apr 2006 - 11:19 GMT

funny your able to admite it attracts such wankers as u seem to be one yourself love!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

jj: 7th Feb 2009 - 00:18 GMT

i am from this funny little place as u put it..and i got my hair cut here too...some of the nicest people in ireland you will meet here..next time try to talk to us

john: 2nd Jun 2009 - 21:32 GMT

I live in the derg and it is a dump the first wanker you'l meet is richard ross he'l try and sign you up in the UDA lol and then roy reid he robbed every one in the wee town and told everyone he was the top guy in the UVF what a fucking town what a wanker and then comes the drug's and the fighting you wont ever see a place like it.

dergian: 3rd Oct 2009 - 14:33 GMT

i live in da derg and theres not a hate wrong way it, nice people who if slabbers take the time to get to know them theyd be surprised!! reading johns comment above totally disagree, he/she must be a very depressing person, highlighting everything negative they could!! think you need to geta life mate, wat town in the western world hasnt drugs?? fighting?? etc??? maybe if you took a good feeda drugs and stopped slabbering about people you know nothing about you mite even change your mind of ur home town being a ''dump??'' Also i can guarantee you that richard ross is not a wanker,he is one of the most respected people in the town,i personally know him and he wud help anyone regardless of religion, and does not, or ever did ask anyone to join the UDA!!,clearly and obviously you dont even know the fella or you wudnt come out with complete rubish like that!!I suggest you call up to his house some night and say wat u cower behind a pc sayin and see how you fare out??? ALTNEGELVIN HOSPITAL is where u wud end up you wee slabber hahaha 2nd roy reid didnt steal off EVERYONE in the WEE TOWN u spastic,he stole of his employers at the mourne derg community association!now i do agree with u there, he is a complete asshole and wannabe,and as for being top man in da UVF, dont make me laugh!!! The UVF dont even exist here apart from a few sad wankerss wearing Tshirts or waving flags!! If they exist wat have they ever done??? answer is NOTHING so ur wrong again. I further suggest that if you hate castlederg so much,why dont u leave it?? judging by the bolloks you talk i dont think theryd be many beggin you to stay. Castlederg is a great wee town regardless of wat this sad wanker above says,

Lee Glen - Georgia: 10th Oct 2009 - 00:33 GMT

Never heard of Castlederg before. Glad I stopped in, looks, mostly sounds, like an interesting place to visit. I'll have to return. Have a nice day.

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Castlederg is an odd little town, just minutes from the Donegal border. Quaint but with a lingering sense of suspiscion. All these little towns that line Northern Ireland's disputed borders are much the same. A naive younger me revelled in the assumed risk involved in working in these odd little places. The younger invincible jamie enjoyed the novelty factor of driving through bandit country. Through the hinterlands of these funny little border-towns. Part of me misses the daily novelty of new things This article has been viewed 6397 times in the last 5 years Peter: 4th May 2005 - 13:11 GMT that place looks quaint at first, then creepy as you take a closer look. very few signs of human activity. i bet its really quiet around there. is that the place that would leave the scraps of hair littered about the street? Jamie: 4th May 2005 - 13:31 GMT no that was the hair salon below my flat on cross street, lisnaskea Peter: 4th May 2005 - 13:42 GMT ahh, heh. this abandoned place looks creepy. i dont think id go there to get my hair cut. elaine: 4th May 2005 - 15:24 GMT it looks like it could just as easily be somewhere you would go to buy hair. there is a comedy show here called the league of gentlemen which is set in a remote english village, and everything is dark and inverted and the people are inbred, with very very dark twisted consequences. it wouldn't sell in america hasslehoff: 4th May 2005 - 16:35 GMT damn was that on last night? i missed it didn't i. it's funny i often amused myself by imagining this exact scenario. a seedy little shoppe where one might go in order to furtively purchase some fine human hair. for what purpose who knows, but it's not wrong. not like they say it is. elaine: 4th May 2005 - 16:39 GMT yeah, but you know what, i couldn't watch it. i think i may be full. i saw those same actors do 'Art' in the west end which was fab, and the ginger bloke played sexy Ripley in Blackpool which was very underwatched last autumn. I loved the very first episode with the scary gypsy carnie bloke... and all the doubling up in the casting. it was so good, but i watched it to death kobe: 4th May 2005 - 17:05 GMT yea id never get my hair worked on at a place like that, dude. Jamie: 9th May 2005 - 11:21 GMT get you hair worked on? you make it sound as though you have some kind of an intricate afro affair going on atop your head. do you? can we see it? awesome :-) elaine: 13th May 2005 - 11:03 GMT got you this in stratford yesterday elaine: 13th May 2005 - 11:05 GMT sorry, technical hitch - got you this in stratford yesterday Peter: thats funny that its called "nick's"! heh heh elaine: 13th May 2005 - 14:37 GMT you got it. i was going to go in and ask the guy if he had done it as a joke, but i decided he hadn't and wouldn't understand the question or had heard it a hundred times and would not think it was funny, more like lynchy: 2nd Jun 2005 - 19:13 GMT The hairshop was actually owned by my cousin, it does look like league of gentlemen quality but it was a real hub of activity in the early nineties, they also did the most coolest hairstyles around back then but it was a COOL place to hang & the girls who worked for my cousin were pretty tasty. Sorry to ruin your perception of it as some sort of little shop of horrors. AHH i pity city people u have absolutely no idea sometimes. Jamie: 5th Sep 2005 - 11:35 GMT heh, somehow i missed this comment unil now. I now feel somehow dissapointed that i ventured there a decade too late. To late to catch the tasty girls and the coolest hair action around. terry: 26th Oct 2005 - 19:39 GMT i got my hair cut there! the hair dresser cut her finger. my hair was covered in blood lol GGP: 26th Oct 2005 - 19:41 GMT my first haircutter, when I was a kid, was named Nick, but we called him "Mr. Nick." steve: 15th Nov 2005 - 22:02 GMT i use to live in da derg and remember it well. It was a dump and all the people were the worst people you would want to meet. They were either into drugs or fighting. They all had an attitude problem. U have to go into da town to see how many ass holes there are anon (dial81-131-140-204.in-addr.btopenworld.com): 1st Jan 2006 - 22:34 GMT 2 faced shites and nothing but scummy tramps mark: 12th Feb 2006 - 15:22 GMT castlederg is a rough little town. They love to fight especially against the other side. they think there hard men, if you want my advice stay away it is a town full of wasters, thankfully its the most isolated town in n.ireland derg gal: nothing wrong way the derg i love it albert street: the derg is agreat place no surrender Jamie: 14th Mar 2006 - 10:54 GMT language is a funny thing isn't it. i like how 'you' becomes 'yous' becomes 'use' ultimately becoming almost nonsensical. heh. i also like how this post attracts such random wankers ????: 6th Apr 2006 - 11:19 GMT funny your able to admite it attracts such wankers as u seem to be one yourself love!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! jj: 7th Feb 2009 - 00:18 GMT i am from this funny little place as u put it..and i got my hair cut here too...some of the nicest people in ireland you will meet here..next time try to talk to us john: 2nd Jun 2009 - 21:32 GMT I live in the derg and it is a dump the first wanker you'l meet is richard ross he'l try and sign you up in the UDA lol and then roy reid he robbed every one in the wee town and told everyone he was the top guy in the UVF what a fucking town what a wanker and then comes the drug's and the fighting you wont ever see a place like it. dergian: 3rd Oct 2009 - 14:33 GMT i live in da derg and theres not a hate wrong way it, nice people who if slabbers take the time to get to know them theyd be surprised!! reading johns comment above totally disagree, he/she must be a very depressing person, highlighting everything negative they could!! think you need to geta life mate, wat town in the western world hasnt drugs?? fighting?? etc??? maybe if you took a good feeda drugs and stopped slabbering about people you know nothing about you mite even change your mind of ur home town being a ''dump??'' Also i can guarantee you that richard ross is not a wanker,he is one of the most respected people in the town,i personally know him and he wud help anyone regardless of religion, and does not, or ever did ask anyone to join the UDA!!,clearly and obviously you dont even know the fella or you wudnt come out with complete rubish like that!!I suggest you call up to his house some night and say wat u cower behind a pc sayin and see how you fare out??? ALTNEGELVIN HOSPITAL is where u wud end up you wee slabber hahaha 2nd roy reid didnt steal off EVERYONE in the WEE TOWN u spastic,he stole of his employers at the mourne derg community association!now i do agree with u there, he is a complete asshole and wannabe,and as for being top man in da UVF, dont make me laugh!!! The UVF dont even exist here apart from a few sad wankerss wearing Tshirts or waving flags!! If they exist wat have they ever done??? answer is NOTHING so ur wrong again. I further suggest that if you hate castlederg so much,why dont u leave it?? judging by the bolloks you talk i dont think theryd be many beggin you to stay. Castlederg is a great wee town regardless of wat this sad wanker above says, Lee Glen - Georgia: 10th Oct 2009 - 00:33 GMT Never heard of Castlederg before. Glad I stopped in, looks, mostly sounds, like an interesting place to visit. I'll have to return. Have a nice day. Comment on this article.. 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elaine: 4th May 2005 - 16:39 GMT

kobe: 4th May 2005 - 17:05 GMT

Jamie: 9th May 2005 - 11:21 GMT

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lynchy: 2nd Jun 2005 - 19:13 GMT

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terry: 26th Oct 2005 - 19:39 GMT

GGP: 26th Oct 2005 - 19:41 GMT

steve: 15th Nov 2005 - 22:02 GMT

anon (dial81-131-140-204.in-addr.btopenworld.com): 1st Jan 2006 - 22:34 GMT

mark: 12th Feb 2006 - 15:22 GMT

Jamie: 14th Mar 2006 - 10:54 GMT

????: 6th Apr 2006 - 11:19 GMT

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