The New Lord Mayor’s First Day

The New Lord Mayor’s First Day

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Location

Belfast, Belfast City Hall

Year

1966

Date

Production 15/02/1966

Length

42sec

Audio

mute

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

The new Lord Mayor of Belfast, William Geddis, arrives at City Hall, just as fire crews arrive to put out chimney flue fires in the building. The fires caused no damage. 

Notes

Sir William Duncan Geddis (9 July 1896 – 12 December 1971) was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.

Geddis studied at Skerries College in Belfast before becoming a clothing manufacturer. He served in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps from 1940 to 1948, retiring with the rank of Major.

He was elected to the Belfast Corporation for the Ulster Unionist Party and served as Lord Mayor of Belfast from 1966 to 1969. He was knighted in 1969. 

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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