Just what you need on a rainy old Bank Holiday Weekend, some memories of a sunny summer night back in 1996.

Can you name the singers?

Some footage from 1995 of Float Day in Portaferry Town, this was the first year of Ferry FM, broadcasting Gala News and Information across the lough.

When the Ferry FM site started “broadband” was a pipe dream for Portaferry, as a result the pictures from 1995 to 2004 were kept to small file sizes to allow people to download them easily – we’ve now started to re-encode a lot of the video and to resize the pictures, yes, it’ll take a while, but keep an eye on the “Picture Archive” section over the coming month and you’ll see a difference in the earlier Gala sections.

Fancy Dress 2005

A very Happy Easter everyone from all the “Gala Crew”, if you do get to put your feet up over the break, have a look back at Gala Week over the years with these compilations from Harry Fitzsimons.
(Please Note: These are hosted on facebook, so you’ll need to be a member to view them)

Gala Compilation One

Gala Compilation Two

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Gala is an important part of the tourism calendar – don’t let it be left out of future planning.
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We are thinking of having both above events on the same day this year. As always we value your feedback, if anyone has any strong feelings about this, please do let us know.
feedback@portaferrytown.com

Solar eclipse over Knockinelder Bay this morning, picture taken by Liam McVeigh.

As buildings all over the world turned green for St Patrick’s Day, so did the Portaferry Town Windmill. Sponsored by Fiddler’s Green it could be seen for miles around.

(Picture by Liam McVeigh)

Well done to all the Leaders, Beavers, Cubs and Scouts from Portaferry Sea Scouts. The Troops investiture took place on Friday evening, March 6th. Great to see so many involved in another community group for the town.