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: 29 March 2024 <http://accounts.ulster.ac.uk/repo24/items/show/2636>

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