It was going to that meeting and Harold Good, by Billy Hutchinson (story details)
Story Title: It was going to that meeting and Harold Good
Collection: EPIC (Ex-Prisoners Interpretative Centre)
Organisation: Dúchas oral history archive (collection) [NC]
An oral history recorded by EPIC, in partnership with the Dúchas oral history archive, as part of the Pieces of the Past project.
Billy Hutchinson gives an account of the Shankill area of Belfast prior to the Troubles. He also describes the influence of Harold Good on his decision to study town planning.
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Title |
It was going to that meeting and Harold Good, by Billy Hutchinson (story details) |
Description |
An oral history recorded by EPIC, in partnership with the Dúchas oral history archive, as part of the Pieces of the Past project. |
Creator |
EPIC, and Dúchas |
Publisher |
Dúchas oral history archive |
Date |
2014 |
Format |
Text |
Language |
English |
Story Title |
It was going to that meeting and Harold Good |
Story Available |
Not on-line. Story available in published book and in the Dúchas oral history archive. |
Story Format |
Text |
Story Source |
Story contained in the book: n.a. (2014). Living Through The Conflict: Belfast oral histories. Belfast: Dúchas oral history archive. |
Interviewee Surname |
Hutchinson |
Interviewee Forename(s) |
Billy |
Interviewee Gender |
Male |
Age |
59 (in 2014) |
Religion |
Protestant |
Birth Country |
Northern Ireland |
Current Occupation |
Political Activitist |
Status |
Former Loyalist Paramilitary; Former member of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF); Political Activist; Member then leader of the Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) |
Published Format |
Document |
Story Abstract |
Billy Hutchinson gives an account of the Shankill area of Belfast prior to the Troubles. He also describes the influence of Harold Good on his decision to study town planning. |
Places Mentioned |
Shankill [Belfast, Northern Ireland] |
People Mentioned |
Harold Good (Methodist Minister) |
Collection InformationShowHide
Title |
EPIC (Ex-Prisoners Interpretative Centre) |
Organisation InformationShowHide
Title |
Dúchas oral history archive (collection) [NC] |
Description |
"The Dúchas project was developed by Falls Community Council in 1999 to record the experience of the conflict in nationalist West Belfast through oral history accounts." (Kelly, 2005; p.54) Between 2012 and 2014 Dúchas worked in partnership with a number of groups to record oral history accounts related to the conflict, as part of the Pieces of the Past project. |
Creator |
Falls Community Council |
Subject |
A collection of recordings of personal accounts of life in west Belfast during the period of the conflict. |
Date |
1999 |
Coverage |
1969 to present day. |
Address |
Falls Community Council 275-277 Falls Road Belfast Northern Ireland BT12 6FD |
Stories Collected |
100 in Dúchas archive (another 150 stories in the process of being archived) |
Citation
EPIC, and Dúchas. (2014). It was going to that meeting and Harold Good. Dúchas oral history archive.
Accounts of the Conflict; Accessed: 23 November 2024 <http://k8s-accounts-01.ulster.ac.uk/repo24/index.php/items/show/2636>
Accounts of the Conflict; Accessed: 23 November 2024 <http://k8s-accounts-01.ulster.ac.uk/repo24/index.php/items/show/2636>