This report from Woodburn Reservoir near Carrickfergus is missing its sound and therefore a lot of its context. However, by looking through the newspapers of 1962 we can see that Northern Ireland had been experiencing an unusual drought in the early part of the year. Warnings about the levels of water in the reservoirs had already been raised and it seems that this situation only became worse as spring turned into summer. The melt waters from the Big Freeze of 1963 would insure that this would not be an issue the following year, but in 1962 it was a major problem.

An Ulster Television Production.

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