Story Title |
Clipboard - Roger McCallum |
Story Available |
Yes |
Story Format |
Video |
Story Source |
The story has been deposited with Accounts of the Conflict. Also available: At website: http://www.healingthroughremembering.org/ooet/all/ On DVD: Ordinary Objects, Extraordinary Times |
Interviewee Surname |
McCallum |
Interviewee Forename(s) |
Roger |
Language Spoken |
English |
Transcription |
No |
Transcription Permission |
n.a. |
Interviewee Gender |
Male |
Religion |
Protestant |
Birth Country |
Northern Ireland |
Occupation during conflict |
Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) officer [police officer] |
Status |
Former member of Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), Security Forces |
Original Format |
Video_MPEG-4, Video_MOV |
Archive Format |
Video_MOV |
Web Format |
Video_MPEG-4 |
Story Abstract |
"As a police officer in South Armagh during the troubles, Roger McCallum faced the daily possibility of a gun attack. In an attempt to provide some extra protection, police headquarters issued Roger and his colleagues with clipboards which could act as a bullet-proof shield in the event of an attack." (from Ordinary Objects webpage). |
Themes/Topics Mentioned |
Policing, Security |
Dates Mentioned |
late 1970s |
Places Mentioned |
Craigavon, County Armagh, Northern Ireland |
Organisations Mentioned |
Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) |
Duration |
1 minute, 35 seconds |
Producer |
David Allen |
Director |
David Allen |
Interviewer |
Triona White Hamilton |
Interviewee |
Roger McCallum |
Story Title |
Coins - Alex Bunting |
Story Available |
Yes |
Story Format |
video |
Story Source |
The story has been deposited with Accounts of the Conflict. Also available: At website: http://www.healingthroughremembering.org/ooet/all/ On DVD: Ordinary Objects, Extraordinary Times |
Interviewee Surname |
Bunting |
Interviewee Forename(s) |
Alex |
Language Spoken |
English |
Transcription |
No |
Transcription Permission |
n.a. |
Interviewee Gender |
Male |
Age |
50+ |
Religion |
Protestant |
Birth Country |
Northern Ireland |
Conflict Victim |
Victim |
Physical Injury |
Injured in bobby-trap bomb in car; lost left leg in the explosion. |
Occupation during conflict |
Taxi driver. |
Status |
Civilian |
Original Format |
Video |
Story Abstract |
"The taxi Alex Bunting was driving was booby trapped. The force of the explosion tore off his left leg. The surgeons gave Alex the loose change that had become embedded in his body and he has kept the coins to remind him of what happened." (from Ordinary Objects website). |
Themes/Topics Mentioned |
Booby-trap bomb, |
Dates Mentioned |
20 October 1991 [1990s] |
Places Mentioned |
Sandy Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Original Format |
DVD |
Duration |
2 minutes, 4 seconds |
Compression |
MPEG-4 |
Producer |
David Allen |
Director |
David Allen |
Interviewer |
Triona White Hamilton |
Interviewee |
Alex Bunting |
Story Title |
Harmonica - Margaret McKinney |
Story Available |
Yes |
Story Format |
Video |
Story Source |
The story has been deposited with Accounts of the Conflict. Also available: At website: http://www.healingthroughremembering.org/ooet/all/ On DVD: Ordinary Objects, Extraordinary Times |
Interviewee Surname |
McKinney |
Interviewee Forename(s) |
Margaret |
Language Spoken |
English |
Transcription |
No |
Interviewee Gender |
Female |
Age |
60+ |
Religion |
Catholic |
Marital Status |
Married |
Birth Country |
Northern Ireland |
Victim 1 |
Brian McKinney |
Relationship Victim 1 |
Mother |
ID Victim 1 |
1935 |
Status |
Civilian |
Published Format |
Video |
Original Format |
Video_MPEG4, Video_MOV |
Story Abstract |
"Margaret McKinney’s son Brian disappeared in May 1978. After 21 years of campaigning, Margaret finally recovered his body and gave him a proper burial." (from Ordinary Objects website). |
Themes/Topics Mentioned |
The Disappeared |
Dates Mentioned |
25 May 1978 [1970s]; 29 June 1999 [1990s] |
People Mentioned |
President Bill Clinton, Gerry Adams |
Organisations Mentioned |
Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE) |
Specific Deaths Mentioned |
Brian McKinney (25 May 1978) |
Duration |
2 minutes, 47 seconds |
Compression |
MPEG-4 |
Producer |
David Allen |
Director |
David Allen |
Interviewer |
Triona White Hamilton |
Interviewee |
Margaret McKinney |
Original Format |
Video |
Duration |
2 minutes, 43 seconds |
Compression |
MPEG-4 |
Producer |
David Allen |
Director |
David Allen |
Interviewer |
Triona White Hamilton |
Interviewee |
jackie McBurney |
Story Title |
Milk Bottle - Jackie McBurney |
Story Available |
Yes |
Story Format |
Video |
Story Source |
Available: At website: http://www.healingthroughremembering.org/ooet/all/ On DVD: Ordinary Objects, Extraordinary Times |
Interviewee Surname |
McBurney |
Interviewee Forename(s) |
Jackie |
Language Spoken |
English |
Transcription |
No |
Transcription Permission |
n.a. |
Interviewee Gender |
Male |
Age |
50+ |
Religion |
Protestant |
Birth Country |
Northern Ireland |
Status |
Civilian |
Story Abstract |
"Jackie McBurney grew up on a Protestant housing estate in Belfast where he and his friends collected milk bottles to use as petrol bombs." (from Ordinary Objects webpage). |
Themes/Topics Mentioned |
Rioting |
Dates Mentioned |
1970s |
Places Mentioned |
Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Story Title |
Photograph - Paddy Gallagher |
Story Available |
Yes |
Story Format |
Video |
Story Source |
The story has been deposited with Accounts of the Conflict. Also available: At website: http://www.healingthroughremembering.org/ooet/all/ On DVD: Ordinary Objects, Extraordinary Times |
Interviewee Surname |
Gallagher |
Interviewee Forename(s) |
Paddy |
Language Spoken |
English |
Transcription |
No |
Interviewee Gender |
Male |
Age |
30+ |
Religion |
Catholic |
Birth Country |
Northern Ireland |
Victim 1 |
Peter Gallagher |
Relationship Victim 1 |
Son |
ID Victim 1 |
3237 |
Occupation during conflict |
n.a. |
Status |
Civilian |
Published Format |
Video |
Original Format |
Video_MPEG-4, Video_MOV |
Archive Format |
Video_MOV |
Web Format |
Video_MPEG-4 |
Story Abstract |
"Paddy Gallagher’s father was killed when Paddy was only 8 years old but his presence is still felt at proud moments in his life such as his graduation, remembered in this photograph." (from Ordinary Objects webpage). |
Themes/Topics Mentioned |
Victims, Killing |
Dates Mentioned |
24 March 1993 [1990s] |
Places Mentioned |
Grosvenor, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Specific Deaths Mentioned |
Peter Gallagher (24 March 1993) |
Duration |
1 minute, 37 seconds |
Compression |
MPEG-4 |
Producer |
David Allen |
Director |
David Allen |
Interviewer |
Triona White Hamilton |
Interviewee |
Paddy Gallagher |