"Company vehicle". 
Ballinamallard? Whitehill Crossroads? Coa?
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so again another road i travel regularly (short cut to the old bosses house and the Manor Hotel).TBF the Coa reference is definitely my fault based on what I could find on Google AI. I suspect Flintlock has nailed it, particularly with the County Trindle reference.
I appear to have been sending everyone on a wild goose chase with the Drumgarrow/Coa reference so offer my sincere apologies. I blame my dad for not being specific enough.
I'm guessing this is the Whitehill Cross Roads he talks about on the video.
Barry, apologies again.
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if you continue along Rosfad until you meet the main road on the left I know the eldery Doc that lives there.
Barry
Unfortunately the chopper lead to the demise of my boss. Quite a famous family in the area - Bertie Fisher."Company vehicle".
was a real rags to riches storey tainted by disaster.
Hard to believe we have delivered projects across Ireland, GB and Europe from there including parts of The Cheesegrater, The Shard, Wimbledon, Spurs, Anfield to name but a few.
Barry
Good rally driver too in his day
Carry on from the Manor House and you'll get to Drumhoney where my uncle lived.
Call into The Manor House and you'll be sharing your accommodation with part of my dad........
Mum and I stayed there for a couple of days when we went to scatter his ashes. We arrived fairly late and it dawned on me at about midnight that we should make sure we could undo the box he was in, 4 screws that should be simple enough. Except it was also held together with industrial strength glue which no amount of prising by hand was undoing, I had no hammer so I ended up clattering the screwdriver with the sole of my boot into the join. Hey Presto! In less than an hour of fuckology it finally opened spilling the entire unbagged contents all over the very plush, very deep carpet. We scooped him up with our hands the best we could and put some of him back into the box ready for scattering a few hours later but I like to think that there's a part of The Manor House that is forever Colin.
Yep, absolute gent. I actually fell in with his son Mark who in his early twenties they thought may get to WRC. He was a structural engineer which is how i met him then Bertie.
When we were making money and went to Scottish rallies, Mark would race a car through a forest with Bertie tailing him above in the chopper.
Both of them and Mark's sister were killed in the chopper crash returning from their mums 50th Birthday which happened c.1m from the crossroads ExCCC is looking for.
if you asked anyone in Ireland for a name in Rallying they would all say Bertie Fisher. absolute gent.
If you ever stay in the Armagh City Hotel or the Manor Hotel their function rooms are called The Fisher Suite after Bertie.
(apologies for the hi jack ExCCC and hopefully it's some more history for you.)
We used another chopper based there although anyone in Ireland will probably guess why we stopped…. The same man probably gave us c80m work about 15 years ago.
Irony is when the Queen and Prince Philip came to our factory S Quinn was beside me to meet Philip. Philip asked about the drawing office…. Flip I have some great stories but at the risk of boring!!
Barry
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This old map any use, Bill…?
From maps.nhl around 100 years ago.
From maps.nhl around 100 years ago.
Bear in mind that a ‘crossroads’ in Ireland doesn’t necessarily need to be a ‘four cross roads’TBF the Coa reference is definitely my fault based on what I could find on Google AI. I suspect Flintlock has nailed it, particularly with the County Trindle reference.
I appear to have been sending everyone on a wild goose chase with the Drumgarrow/Coa reference so offer my sincere apologies. I blame my dad for not being specific enough.
I'm guessing this is the Whitehill Cross Roads he talks about on the video.
Barry, apologies again.
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Just another of our little foibles
No apology needed at all, it's really interesting, thank you.
Excellent, thank you.
Obviously.Bear in mind that a ‘crossroads’ in Ireland doesn’t necessarily need to be a ‘four cross roads’
Just another of our little foibles
Love this thread. It would be something unexpected but joyful if this place is found and a modern photo is posted next to the old one.
Carry on from the Manor House and you'll get to Drumhoney where my uncle lived.
Call into The Manor House and you'll be sharing your accommodation with part of my dad........
Mum and I stayed there for a couple of days when we went to scatter his ashes. We arrived fairly late and it dawned on me at about midnight that we should make sure we could undo the box he was in, 4 screws that should be simple enough. Except it was also held together with industrial strength glue which no amount of prising by hand was undoing, I had no hammer so I ended up clattering the screwdriver with the sole of my boot into the join. Hey Presto! In less than an hour of fuckology it finally opened spilling the entire unbagged contents all over the very plush, very deep carpet. We scooped him up with our hands the best we could and put some of him back into the box ready for scattering a few hours later but I like to think that there's a part of The Manor House that is forever Colin.
Post of the year.
Not since the closing scene of The Big Lebowski has this moment been so feelingly described.
Flip sake, I stay in the Manor most weeks. I’ll keep an eye out for any carpet stains.Carry on from the Manor House and you'll get to Drumhoney where my uncle lived.
Call into The Manor House and you'll be sharing your accommodation with part of my dad........
Mum and I stayed there for a couple of days when we went to scatter his ashes. We arrived fairly late and it dawned on me at about midnight that we should make sure we could undo the box he was in, 4 screws that should be simple enough. Except it was also held together with industrial strength glue which no amount of prising by hand was undoing, I had no hammer so I ended up clattering the screwdriver with the sole of my boot into the join. Hey Presto! In less than an hour of fuckology it finally opened spilling the entire unbagged contents all over the very plush, very deep carpet. We scooped him up with our hands the best we could and put some of him back into the box ready for scattering a few hours later but I like to think that there's a part of The Manor House that is forever Colin.
There was already rumours about it being haunted!
Barry
If you hear somebody tutting in the middle of the night and saying "You don't want to do it like that!" at least you'll know who it is. 
At best you know someone like that, at worst you have become that person!
Barry
Barry
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