At the mouth the Conswater (sic) river in the I860s a wooden vessel sat. She had been in commission at one time in the murky past. She served as a training ship for a large number of boys undergoing 'correction’. Her name was the Gibralter, (sic) ending her days as what may be called in naval terms, a hulk. The local boatmen and wildfowlers of Sydenham would take sightseers out to look at this once proud ship and they would gawk at the boys performing their duties. There are records of one of the poor little souls having fallen overboard and his body washing up on the shore. [During a storm] the ship was badly damaged, so much that she needed to be overhauled. During this time they changed her name to the Grampian. Here we can see the name of Grampian Avenue from Ballymacarrett A few sidelights on the local history of the old townland. James S Patton. (1980) - self publication.