The Telegraph is no exception. The history of Ulster, before and after the partition of this island, is deeply engrained in its walls, as evidenced in the excellent history of the paper written by the late Malcolm Brodie.
As a year-old boy he walked past the Telegraph on his way from church in nearby Clifton Street. I wondered what was going on behind the scenes in that building with its famous clock, a landmark in the city. The archives of Telegraph front pages, stories and photographs down the decades are testimony to the often-troubled history of this society. Through it all, the Telegraph headquarters were a daily focal point for imparting news to the people of Ulster.
The building survived destruction twice in its year history, from the bombs of Nazi Germany in and, 35 years later, from the IRA. In September , the IRA achieved what Hitler could not, severely damaging the old building, killing one employee and injuring many more. However , as in , the paper was published the next day with a defiant editorial message for the bombers. Hardly a week passed at the height of the Troubles without bomb scares and frequent evacuations of the Telegraph building.
However, there were also many proudly heart-warming occasions such as the emotional return of Mary Peters to Belfast with her Olympic gold medal in and of Barry McGuigan in as world champion, with receptions in the Telegraph board room before they set off down Royal Avenue to the City Hall past cheering crowds.
Nor did violence deter further expansion and investment. The Telegraph launched its sister title, Sunday Life, and signed major contracts to print national newspapers. At the same time, the Telegraph was an essential platform for news, comment and analysis during the most turbulent political times, leading to the subsequent peace process and agreement between unionists and nationalists. Belfast Telegraph at Images and front pages through the decades Close.
Belfast Telegraph: newsboys. Pic by Peter Morrison. Van Morrison celebrated his 70th birthday with two concerts on Cyprus Avenue, the area of Belfast where he spend much of his early years.
Heavy rain did not dampen spirits of the large crowd. The Duke and Queen's visit is the first by a monarch since An unprecedented security operation is taking place with much of the centre of Dublin turning into a car free zone. Republican dissident groups have made it clear they are intent on disrupting proceedings. Bill Clinton. US President's visit to N. Belfast Telegraph. Page One.
US Open. PSNI officer. David Trimble, Bono and John Hume. The Queen, Elizabeth The Queens historic visit to Dublin. Old Pictures. One of the making-up 'Stones'. Renegade Loyalist Michael Stone is tackled by security officers as he enters Stormont.
He was once chief of staff of the IRA but later became Sinn Fein's chief negotiator in the talks that led to the Good Friday agreement bringing peace to Northern Ireland.
The unopposed election of Democratic Unionist Party chief Paisley and Irish Republican Army veteran McGuinness to lead a new member administration heralded an astonishing new era for Northern Ireland following decades of bloodshed and political stalemate that left 3, dead.
Martin McGuinness funeral Picture date: Thursday March 23, Belfast Telegraph: Explosion. Events Premium. Archive Premium. Gallery Archive The Troubles gallery - 40 years of conflict in Northern Ireland from the Belfast Telegraph archives Mid August witnessed great violence and suffering. Before long the violence had a name of its own It was virtually a full-time job for Conway, who could often fill a page all on his own, though other journalists were dispatched by news editor Norman Jenkinson to follow up the tragedies.
Edward Daly, waving his bloodstained handkerchief, as one of the 13 dead victims on Bloody Sunday is carried behind. In September , however, Belfast had at last something to cheer about as the Telegraph organised a homecoming parade for athlete Mary Peters after she won a gold medal at the Munich Olympics.
But it was only an interlude and the terrorists were soon back in business as were the political machinations to stop the violence and against the odds the framework of a power-sharing Executive at Stormont was agreed at Sunningdale in England in December A man stops to be checked by a soldier at the security gates on Lower North Street in Belfast city centre in March Shipyard workers bid farewell as Harland and Wolff closes down its river yards in March Terrorists on both sides filled the political vacuum with even more of their bloody assaults on democracy and human beings.
The Telegraph headlines reflected the upsurge in sectarian slayings by gangs like the Shankill Butchers and the massacres of the Miami showband, of dog-lovers at La Mon and shoppers and workers in Dublin and Monaghan were soon bywords of horror. The Telegraph itself was a target. Three years later, in September , the IRA returned with a bomb that killed one Telegraph employee, Joseph Patton, and injured 14 other people as well as causing extensive damage to the building.
The bustling Belfast Telegraph newsroom following the bomb that exploded in the building in September Thousands welcomed the team back home to Belfast, but three years later hundreds of thousands were on the same streets to protest over the signing of the Anglo-Irish Agreement, which gave Dublin an advisory role in Northern Ireland.
Both corporals were later brutally murdered. It seemed there was no end in sight and the s witnessed more mayhem with the killings of seven Protestant construction workers at Teebane in Co Tyrone and the loyalist shootings of five men in an Ormeau Road bookies. Thirteen weeks after the euphoria, however, dissident republicans massacred 29 people including a woman pregnant with twins in the Omagh bombing.
Never was the can-do spirit of the Telegraph more in evidence than on the day in September when its Royal Avenue HQ was torn apart by a terrorist bomb. A van packed with explosives blew up after being driven into the loading bay, causing extensive damage throughout the building and injuring 14 people, one of whom died four days later. Despite the devastation, Editor Roy Lilley immediately led the staff in the production of an edition that became known as the Penny Marvel.
Newsboy Joe Officer rushes from the ruined Telegraph building with bundles of the Penny Marvel under his arm.
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