Maurice Smyth reports from Sydenham in East Belfast about a mysterious street. He finds Vidor Gardens as a project which has been left half constructed and where the residents who have moved into the completed houses have to contend with an unfinished road and footpaths. The air of mystery is shrouded in the fact that no street signs have ever been put up. This has left taxi drivers unable to find the place and residents having to stand outside on nearby streets to guide in doctors on housecalls. Smyth speaks to resident Mrs Boyd about the confusion.
It is not mentioned in the report but a further complication was that Vidor Gardens was built at the end of Victoria Drive. In effect, it was one continuous street, but divided in two, with one of the two parts having no signage. In the years to come, while signage was erected, a third street would be built even beyond Vidor Gardens - named Vidor Court - to make three streets in one, all running into each other.
Dear reader, I live in Vidor Gardens today and can testify that taxi drivers can still never find the place.