WHEN Dalton hairdresser Christine Reynolds called ‘bingo’ in November 1993, little did she know she had netted £49,300. WINNER: Cheryl Cutcliffe celebrates her £4,000 bingo win in 1997 with her children (from left) Adam, Sophie, Rebecca and Laura Half an hour later, bosses at Barrow’s Cascade Palace bingo hall told her she had won a regional prize of £4,286 and she began celebrating with her mum and the two friends she had promised to split her winnings with. But then the news came through that she had hit the jackpot and clinched the £45,000 prize in a nationwide game as well. “I couldn’t believe it and I still can’t really believe it,” said Christine at her Intrim hair salon in Dalton.
For more than 400 years, a military fort – The Redoubt – has watched over Enniskillen Castle and beyond. For many people, where this place actually is may be something to ponder, as it can no longer be clearly seen due to surrounding trees. However, back when it was first constructed, Enniskillen’s West Battery – as it is also known – had a then commanding view taking in the castle and the western approaches to the town of Enniskillen, the river and the surrounding countryside. A redoubt is a fort or fort system usually consisting of an enclosed defensive emplacement outside a larger fort, typically relying on earthworks, though others are constructed of stone or brick.