Wednesday 6 November 2024: Book Lunch
Pre-Covid Omagh Men’s Probus Club welcomed guests for Lisburn Probus Club to hear about a book which they had had produced. It was a collection of memories and reminiscences recorded by club members and published with the title “Blue Remembered Hills”. It was the inspiration for a similar undertaking by the Probus Clubs of Omagh with contributions from members of both the Ladies and Men’s Club. The intervention of Covid-19 slowed down the best efforts of Probian Hugh Ward to bring it together, but after a long gestation it finally appeared in print on Wednesday, 6 November smartly bound with the title “From a Distance.”
The launch took place in Omagh Golf Club when the Men’s Club played host to the Ladies Club, many of whom had contributed to the publication. Following refreshments and the President’s welcome, Mr Hugh Ward introduced the volume which he had edited and brought to publication. Sales were brisk since the book came to hand as lovely Christmas Gift for friends and family. The book is set to become a snapshot in time of memories dating from the end of World War II to the present, but with the mind’s eye focussed on what it was like to grow up in Tyrone during the 50’s and 60’s