AROUND fifty members of the Blee clan descended on the site of Altishane School in glorious sunshine on Saturday to re-enact the 12-mile walk of their ancestor, ‘White’ Johnny Blee, on the centenary of his now-legendary trek. Known as the White Johnny Walk, scores of Blees came together from across Ireland and the UK, walking from Altishane School to the Bowling Green in Strabane in honour of Johnny, who made the journey as a centenarian in 1926…
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