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• Researcher 197503 on Saturday, 29th June 2002

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  I never saw him on stage but having an old LP record of his from the 60s I still chuckle etc., from listening to it 30 + years on.
  Likewise tho' without any recordings I recall the McCooey's and often wish that tape recorders had been more obtainable when the shows were transmitted.I sometimes see Jimmy available on tape but not the McCooeys.

• Message 2. Posted by Editor Northern Ireland on Wednesday, 10th July 2002 permalink

  It is a shame that there are no recordings of the McCooeys available to purchase. As far as I know, only a few programmes from the series are now left. These are kept in safe keeping at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum at Cultra, in Co Down.
  I borrowed one of these and copyright regulations allow us to play just under a minute from it. So go to www.bbc.co.uk/ni/senseofplace/A783533 and have a listen. It'll hopefully make you chuckle as well as bringing back some good memories.

• Message 3. Posted by kiwidave on Wednesday, 3rd September 2003 permalink

  I too have just joined the page. I now live in New Zealand. My uncle sent me a James Young tape just before he died. It has the story about the lion up at Belfast Zoo. I was a student in Belfast when James Young held concerts in the Ulster Hall. I am gald he is being remebered in this way, he was a brave commentator about the NI situation-- On the tape is also the poem about the man who died--the famous last line For if we love one another there is no heaven or hell!! Thankyou.

• Message 4. Posted by skiboo on Friday, 30th January 2004 permalink

  SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT THE ONLY FAMOUS THING TO COME OUT OF BELFAST WAS THE TITANIC! I BEG TO DIFFER.FOR BELFAST PEOPLE THAT TITLE MUST GO TO "OUR JIMMY" WELL THAT MIGHT BE A MISNOMER,BECAUSE JIMMMY NEVER ACTUALLY "CAME OUT"OF BELFAST!THAT IS NOT A SEXUAL CONOTATION BY THE WAY!JIMMY KNEW HIS LIMITATIONS,HE WAS STRICTLY BELFAST!HE KNEW WHAT MAKES US TICK.HE UNDERMINED THE BIGOTRY THE HATRED & THE MISTRUST.
  HE SAID THINGS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN MORE SERIOUSLY,BUT THEY WERE USUALLY LAUGHED OFF!JAMES YOUNG WAS A BORN AND BRED BELFAST PSYCHOLOGIST.(I HOPE I SPELT THAT RIGHT!)I DON'T KNOW WHAT RELIGION JIMMY WAS & I DON'T KWOW WHAT SEXUAL PERSUATION HE WAS! BUT HE WAS ALL OUR'S!!! GOD BLESS OUR JIMMY

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