tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post534809042537204475..comments2024-03-28T07:36:37.715+00:00Comments on Lord Belmont in Northern Ireland: Somerset HouseTimothy Belmonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15111145260662707575noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-61698344025693105272022-11-09T19:02:52.464+00:002022-11-09T19:02:52.464+00:00Thankyou find these details of my Ancestors '...Thankyou find these details of my Ancestors 'The Richardsons' so interesting, Need to visit and see for myself.Lynn Adele Greignoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-32601742712257085682018-12-20T14:41:02.305+00:002018-12-20T14:41:02.305+00:00Oh, you are doubtless correct Anonymous 2! I just ...Oh, you are doubtless correct Anonymous 2! I just remember it (the drink in prams) being the talk of Dervock for a wee while, but obviously it was Chemstrand and not Monsanto. Used to visit the house in its last private incarnation, mushrooms being grown in the stable yard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-81293103943029782552018-10-21T04:53:08.945+01:002018-10-21T04:53:08.945+01:00Anonymous, you have a vivid imagination. The "...Anonymous, you have a vivid imagination. The "parties" you are referring to was for the laying of the Chemstrand factory foundations by the Duke of Edinburgh who flew in by helicopter. Free Coka Cola and Guinness was distributed to the peasants. Some old biddies from the town used their prams to cart the already opened Guinness back home to their menfolk.The old house was used for a time by the fledgling Montra social club, no debauchery or similar events ever took place.<br />So sad the old historic house was demolished,an important piece of Coleraine vanished.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-77014525284810660562014-12-22T22:41:54.050+00:002014-12-22T22:41:54.050+00:00Can just remember going there as a child - probabl...Can just remember going there as a child - probably early 50s, rather a sad house by then. And then Monsanto came in. Legendary 'parties' when people were said to have wheeled away as much drink as they could fit into a pram - or anything else!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com