Back to The Demesne in March 2018

remembering my late sister Erica, buried the day before, this is a first visit back to the family home, at 39 Antrim Rd Lurgan, now a vandalized wreck,. Miles left here in Jan 2006 never to return until now. The land is being redeveloped, but the house is severely neglected. This was the home of one Ireland's biggest linen family's, now all emigrated from Ireland. T Carter Johnston being my father, and the site of one of the biggest Bee Keeping sites in Ireland with 200 hives in its hey day.
The final survivor, Erica (elder sister to Miles) committed suicide a week ago.
This is where Miles built and fitted out various bits of tek kit for use on Kiss FM 103.7 and Energy106.6, the two Border blaster Megawatt FM stations. In the days of the B-096, Craigavon stations, the house was one of several transmitter locations, covering about a 20-30 mile radius. All while Miles at the BBC in Belfast. When holding parties, and BBQ,s Miles was alleged to sneak on a 1 KW FM rig, and get some hot feeder cable to the roof, just for getting a some music out of a radio on the old tennis court, now refurbished.
It was a wonderful time, and we all really enjoyed. The see the utterly appalling state of the dead brain radio there is there today, it makes me sick.
taken the day after the cremation of Erica, so dreadfully lost a week ago.

Three massive jelly fish UFOs were seen on the gold course right next door decades ago. The house was great for sky watches. It was hoped to use the site for the Academy of Advanced Science and Arts...but no go.