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On Thursday evening members of Saintfield Town Regeneration Committee and their friends attended the Tudor cinema for a screening of the classic wartime film Casablanca which starred Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid. Some photographs of the evening can be seen in the Photo Gallery.       

      There were over 300 entries to this year’s Summer Quiz organised by Saintfield Town Regeneration Committee. At their meeting on Tuesday evening a draw was made to select the winners from the many correct entries.  The winners were: 1st place      Michael McNeill (Ballynahinch) 2nd place      Margro McConnell (Carryduff) 3rd place… Continue reading STRC Summer Quiz Winners

Second Saintfield Presbyterian Church is hosting a Gospel Rock Concert from the Elvis era with the legendary Eddie Spence. The concert will be held in the Church Halls on Saturday 22nd September at 8:00pm. The tickets (£12) are selling fast so contact Peter on 07775508201 to reserve your space! More details can be found on the church… Continue reading Gospel Rock Concert

This year European Heritage Open Days will take place on 8th and 9th September. Once again over 300 properties and events are opening during the weekend and remember it’s FREE OF CHARGE! Saintfield Heritage Tour The guided tour will take place on Sunday 9th September at 3pm and will last approximately 1.5 hours. The tour… Continue reading European Heritage Open Days 2012

Photographs of the 2012 Mini Twelfth in Saintfield can be found here.

At the SHS AGM in April Geoffrey Perrin was elected as the new Chair.  Geoffrey has been a committee member for three years and a member for many years.  He is well known for his contribution to many community organisations in Saintfield where he has lived for nearly forty years.  The new committee can be… Continue reading New Chair for Saintfield Heritage Society

Saintfield Heritage Society continues to attract around fifty people to its monthly meetings.  The high quality of the talks and speakers is a major factor in this high attendance. Once again the SHS programme sub-committee has put together an interesting and varied range of talks for the 2012/13 season.  These can be seen by clicking… Continue reading New programme for Saintfield Heritage Society

  Saintfield Town Regeneration Committee is pleased to announce the publication of the Saintfield Integrated Development Plan (Village Plan). A summary of the Village Plan together with the full document can be found here.          

It is with great sadness that we have learned of the death of Alan McDonald at Temple Golf Course on Saturday, aged 48.  Alan, originally from Belfast, spent most of his professional football career with Queens Park Rangers, and was capped 52 times for Northern Ireland. He had latterly been the manager of Glentoran. Alan… Continue reading Obituary – Alan McDonald (1963 – 2012)

Even though it was a very wet night the Saintfield Vintage Road Run took place as usual. More details can be found here.