Fondly remember the football with Thomas Bell.

[On winning the 1983 Junior Section Cup]
... getting to the final at the Ballymena Showgrounds reserve pitch and beating the favourites Harryville by one goal to nil, the scorer being Johnny Orr.
Nigel Worthington presented us with the trophy, the young lads came of age.

So many great memories at Brookside BB, which are some of the best times I've had. The camps with Colin [Hayburn] and the other leaders to Wales, Castlerock, Ayr and Morecambe. 5-a-side and 11-a-side football tournaments, volleyball competitions, BB sports competitions on Monday nights in Brookside church hall, showing off at the BB display doing somersaults and flying angels over the horse and having the privilege of meeting Tom Bell and Sammy Young. I am so thankful for all that BB has done for me.

My fondest memory is probably playing the piano downstairs all night every night. Was amazing.

Taking a heart attack when Jim Nelson attempted his latest trick on the horse. Narrowly avoiding decapitation.

Stanley Gordon asked me to help with the BB at Brookside sometime in 1968. The BB had been going about a year then.

I remember going to the camp at Tollymore Forest Park, Newcastle the following year. The memories of the activities, the food, the fun, the sleep or 'lack of it' still remain vividly on my mind.

Whenever I see some of the boys who were in BB at that time, who have now grown into men and who have become 'Dads' themselves, I just hope and pray that I have had an influence on them for good and for God.

Football tournaments in Junior Section with Kenny [McDowell], big Gareth Gault! The one and only time Martian came to BB. All the leaders were great and even are still today to talk to.

One incident still sticks in my mind. we were staying in a church hall in Port Erin. On one particular night Stanley [Gordon] got us all in and locked the door (in case of escapees!).
We wouldn't settle down and I can still hear Stanley parading up and down the hall in the dark with a brush, tapping the floor and threatening to use it if we didn't go to sleep.
Five minutes later Billy Shaw ('Buffer' as he was affectionately known), started acting up and Stanley's feet were heard back on the floor and then a mighty yell as Billy fell foul to Stanley's promise. Needless to say - no more noise!

[On their time at Carronvale House for officer training in 1976]
During each evening, when we were not 'working' we made entertainment in many different ways, but on one particular evening, Stanley invited us all to a 'grand tour of Carronvale'. I cannot begin to tell you just how amazing Stanley was. His humour was just wonderful - we all thought that he knew his way round really well and was quite familiar with the house. As it turned out, he didn't. He just did this 'talk and tour' off the cuff and kept us entertained for - well goodness knows how long. I can still see him on the winding staircase, shaking a stick at the big stained glass window on the staircase and giving us some made up story...