:00:00. > :01:49.This programme contains some strong language.
:01:50. > :02:00.You know, I really feel sorry for the young people because they won't
:02:01. > :02:05.be able to dance, really. You know, no dancehalls for them to go to. All
:02:06. > :02:10.they can go to are hotels. Something like that. But there's no place
:02:11. > :02:15.where they can have a nice dance and learn to dance right. There's no
:02:16. > :02:22.music. That I would call music. I wouldn't
:02:23. > :02:43.call it music now. Just thumpings. Excuse us for saying that.
:02:44. > :02:57.One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, 11, 12...
:02:58. > :03:01.It's been a hard journey. It's a hard journey for anyone living in
:03:02. > :03:06.the Fountain. People living in this estate now, in the Fountain Estate
:03:07. > :03:11.feel themselves under threat most of the time T how do you feel people to
:03:12. > :03:18.feel OK when you are surrounded by this - you know. This is where my
:03:19. > :03:25.people are from. My mother was born here, I was born around the corner.
:03:26. > :03:28.Nowadays the Fountain is the last enclave of Protestant unionist
:03:29. > :03:36.people here on this side of the river. Over this side is ceg began
:03:37. > :03:41.and the bogside area, where most of the Catholic nationalist people live
:03:42. > :03:48.and just where we are now is what we call around here an "interface." It
:03:49. > :03:59.is where the two sides collide sometimes - not too gently. Then the
:04:00. > :04:07.fence - it's not going to win any prizes for architecture, is it? !
:04:08. > :04:12.My father was born on this street. He was actually born in the house
:04:13. > :04:17.next to this one that I am sitting in front of. My mother was born
:04:18. > :04:22.right in the corner. We had 318 people on the Fountain in 160
:04:23. > :04:31.houses. At the start of the development and at the start of the
:04:32. > :04:36.troubles, in 1996, we had 17, 080. I remember the spirit - there was a
:04:37. > :04:40.community spirit. There was cohesion within the cul-de-sacs. So my link
:04:41. > :04:42.with the Fountain would have been spiritual and a link through my
:04:43. > :04:58.family. The history of history is important
:04:59. > :05:02.to Protestant and Catholic people. It is symbolic to Protestant people
:05:03. > :05:09.of survival and a harsh land, if you can put it like that. For Catholic
:05:10. > :05:13.people it is also a symbol of oppression and colonisation and
:05:14. > :05:18.oppression. So, for both communities this is an important place. We lived
:05:19. > :05:22.in Albert Place. That was a cul-de-sac. We lived in number 14.
:05:23. > :05:29.My grandmother lived in number 18 and my Aunty lived in number 19. It
:05:30. > :05:36.was a family affair. A very close net community. Right here there was
:05:37. > :05:44.the great pub. It was very small. It was a small pub. It had music
:05:45. > :05:50.upstairs it had music. I never knew that. The Paradiso has gone. It
:05:51. > :05:54.exists in the minds of people who remember the Fountain as a poor
:05:55. > :05:58.man's lost paradise. Now the population is getting older and
:05:59. > :06:04.older and older. Young people are moving away. There's been a steady
:06:05. > :06:12.drip for 30 years. It is sad. My sense is it's over. The victors
:06:13. > :06:17.write the history and the losers write the songs. So I want to talk
:06:18. > :06:25.to people and try and create songs out of that. So that this place will
:06:26. > :06:58.be remembered and these people will be remembered.
:06:59. > :07:10.# To see what I could see # Nothing seemed the same
:07:11. > :07:16.# Nothing... For me, music has always been a
:07:17. > :07:22.unifying pack r factor. There's -- unifying factor. There's no boundary
:07:23. > :07:26.in music. # Victoria
:07:27. > :07:33.# Henry # Albert
:07:34. > :07:38.# Boris # Clarence Place
:07:39. > :07:50.# Kennedy Place # Fountain Place, place, place...
:07:51. > :07:56.You left two out - Lower Fountain Street and Kempton Place. Thank you.
:07:57. > :08:01.A couple of things I am thinking about. I want to pick your brains
:08:02. > :08:09.about. I am thinking back to the '60s, my younger days - write songs
:08:10. > :08:13.about that era, about the Fountain so, somehow it will be remembered in
:08:14. > :08:18.songs. At that time, if my memory is right,
:08:19. > :08:22.there was no such thing as Protestants going one place and
:08:23. > :08:27.Catholics going the other. You had the money to go where you wanted and
:08:28. > :08:32.who ever you fan Sid. What would happen if we had a recreation of one
:08:33. > :08:37.of those nights? Do you think people would come to it? I think you would
:08:38. > :08:41.get away with it. Do you think people from both communities would
:08:42. > :08:46.come? I think we're moving into that era, where it is possible at the
:08:47. > :08:50.moment. People in the main say they are still under siege. There might
:08:51. > :08:52.be a risk element in it. You have to take risks sometimes. You think it
:08:53. > :09:31.is worth trying it? MUSIC
:09:32. > :09:38.# The kiss of fire... If I listen to good music, even classical music, I
:09:39. > :09:46.get goose pimples. The hairs in my arms stand up. There is no - I mean
:09:47. > :09:50.I have never had a goose bump when I listen to Top of the Pops now. We
:09:51. > :09:54.loved the dancing and the music was great. The dancing - one of them
:09:55. > :10:01.said, do you two get paid for starting off
:10:02. > :10:01.said, do you two get paid for the minute the music starts, away
:10:02. > :10:17.even get a chance to take you out. You know? When we got older we went
:10:18. > :10:23.to the bigger dances. This is the centre and was the
:10:24. > :10:30.centre life of the Fountain Community. Everybody came - it was
:10:31. > :10:34.not segregated the way things are now.
:10:35. > :10:39.If you liked the band, the hall, maybe you thought you would meet the
:10:40. > :10:44.girl of your dreams. You would go wherever you wanted. We would play
:10:45. > :10:58.the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Also do some ballroom dancing.
:10:59. > :11:05.We weren't looking at the faces, we were looking at the feet to see if
:11:06. > :11:13.there was a good pair of feet there. I like him - I'll wait till he comes
:11:14. > :11:21.around again! We would play foxtrots and a slow waltz. The band was way
:11:22. > :11:38.up in the ceiling, nearly. Maybe a cha-cha-cha and a tango.
:11:39. > :11:46.And I'd just loved it. And ever since I loved the tango music.
:11:47. > :12:02.She's away! I like the rock 'n' roll, too. And
:12:03. > :12:34.the jive. And I've seen her doing it! She is great!
:12:35. > :12:43.In 1969, I came home and the barricades were up. I could have
:12:44. > :12:48.cried. Ireland at the moment on Saturday and the army had just come
:12:49. > :12:54.in that week and I went out on the Sunday. -- I remember. I took a walk
:12:55. > :12:58.around and it was heartbreaking. There wasn't really much you could
:12:59. > :13:16.do about it. It was bad at that time.
:13:17. > :13:21.We had this dancing apprentice at the Memorial Hall. I've played in
:13:22. > :13:25.the resident band way back in the 60s and it was one of the first gigs
:13:26. > :13:34.I've ever did that I'd got money for. I am going to try to bring that
:13:35. > :13:38.band together a game. I'm going to meet them tomorrow and ask them, do
:13:39. > :13:44.they want to get back together as a band, which is going to be really
:13:45. > :13:49.interesting. I don't know if people are still in the same place
:13:50. > :13:54.musically or whatever. And there are different personalities in the band.
:13:55. > :14:08.It will be interesting. Have you got any idea what is going on? Haven't a
:14:09. > :14:20.clue! Hello! Hello, lads! What is happening? I hope that is paid for!
:14:21. > :14:25.Going into the Memorial Hall, which is seen by a lot of people is not
:14:26. > :14:35.really a safe place. And why would people chose -- choose to go to a
:14:36. > :14:55.place that wasn't safe? So let's see what happens. My God! It is the same
:14:56. > :15:08.curtains. No, they are not! It has changed! We used to rehearse in the
:15:09. > :15:16.back. And what about the town hall? Whatever happened, he had fallen
:15:17. > :15:26.out. He was down the stairs and they changed the notes, do you remember?
:15:27. > :15:34.And he walks up... He threw the whole lot of them on the floor and
:15:35. > :15:38.walked out of the hall. We got into the vans and we were driving up
:15:39. > :15:45.through Ballykelly. What was he doing? He was walking... With the
:15:46. > :15:50.saxophone in his hand and the suit. The notion is I am trying to put the
:15:51. > :15:55.band together, reunion, of one of the bands that played in here. We
:15:56. > :16:06.are going to do it, first of all. Will it work? Let's have a go at it
:16:07. > :16:13.again. Reunion as such. And the Signetts up on that stage. We could
:16:14. > :16:22.actually invite different musicians. Try to contact all the musicians we
:16:23. > :16:34.knew in those days. What would the line-up he? Franz? Saxophone,
:16:35. > :16:36.guitar. Bassist. We can't even remember who the band was, how are
:16:37. > :17:19.we going to remember the music?! Well, so far, so good. If we can
:17:20. > :17:20.keep up this good atmosphere, I am starting to believe we can pull off
:17:21. > :17:39.the Signetts reunion. That was the song the Signetts used
:17:40. > :17:41.to do years ago. We all sang songs but the only real singer in the band
:17:42. > :17:58.was Trevor Keyes, I would say. # Let me talk to you,
:17:59. > :18:07.# Please let me talk to you... One did contribute a lot with his
:18:08. > :18:14.saxophone. -- Ronnie. Ronnie, here's a character, and talented. Some of
:18:15. > :18:16.the things did and said, we more than likely never agreed with him
:18:17. > :18:23.but he would always fight his corner. Jackie has a great
:18:24. > :18:33.personality and he is one of the funniest men I have ever known. He
:18:34. > :18:40.is some boy. He was very moody at times. We would joke and say he was
:18:41. > :18:49.like a girl! That is the original Signetts. There they are. Jackie,
:18:50. > :18:55.Trevor, and there was me with a harpoon committee guitar. And hair
:18:56. > :19:06.as well! I wonder where that all went?
:19:07. > :19:16.The Signetts, when they played in the main, they were loved. They were
:19:17. > :19:20.loved. I've known Jackie Molloy since we
:19:21. > :19:30.played together in the 60s and I lived around the corner from him.
:19:31. > :19:41.Do you know when that fence when top? Icon say. See, when all the
:19:42. > :19:56.houses here were demolished, I don't know... In 1969, when the people
:19:57. > :20:04.lived here they put barricades up. They should be able to find it all
:20:05. > :20:13.right. What do you think about meeting the boys again? Great!
:20:14. > :20:22.It is strange to think of everybody going their own way, you know? And
:20:23. > :20:32.all of a sudden, there will be five slaloms on one piece of music. Part
:20:33. > :20:34.of the band we are putting together played in the 60s. You know Jackie
:20:35. > :20:47.Molloy? Yeah. I'd just some are going down to
:20:48. > :21:00.Danny Grant's pub down there and having a Guinness. A bit of ballroom
:21:01. > :21:12.dancing, a Latin American set. That is all right.
:21:13. > :21:42.We will have two tickets! Will you go? Surely. Wouldn't miss that.
:21:43. > :21:54.I've been working away on my CD about the The Fountain. One of our
:21:55. > :22:07.members, I hear hears into Cuban music now. -- he is.
:22:08. > :22:21.That is a song that means lots of my loves all loves of my life. I have
:22:22. > :22:25.always loved Cuba and the politics of Cuba. That is what got me into
:22:26. > :22:33.Cuban music. The beauty of it, the romance of revolution, Sheikh of
:22:34. > :22:44.are. And the revolution. -- Che Guevara. I was born in a little
:22:45. > :22:52.place off Wapping Lane and The Fountain. I've met Roy when we were
:22:53. > :22:56.very, very young. And we played in bands together, various local bands,
:22:57. > :23:10.what they call Irish show bands, where they did a mix of everything.
:23:11. > :23:15.It is a rock 'n' roll song, from the 11th night, people jiving on the
:23:16. > :23:34.streets. Do you want that in there? Just do
:23:35. > :23:48.it again. Just do it again, Roy. There might be a bar to-4 there.
:23:49. > :23:58.Two, three, four. 1... Part of the project as well, I'm going to put
:23:59. > :24:05.together the band are used to play with and the men, the Signetts,
:24:06. > :24:09.basically. -- I used to. Would you come and play? I would be very proud
:24:10. > :24:21.to do it as a project. Thank you very much. Good stuff.
:24:22. > :24:29.As usual. What are we doing? Always early! Let's mosey up and have a
:24:30. > :24:35.pint. I'm not in the mood for playing tonight.
:24:36. > :24:44.Should we organise it the way we use to organise it? Take your partner
:24:45. > :24:57.for a two step? Jumbo liar will be done rock 'n' roll. Harry Connick
:24:58. > :25:00.Junior style. So we will rehearse these now. I tell you what we are
:25:01. > :25:17.going to do. # I was all right for a while,
:25:18. > :25:23.# I could smile for a while # When I saw you last night,
:25:24. > :25:32.# You held my hand so tight, # When you stopped to say good night
:25:33. > :25:34.it... Is that not an augmented chord? Even
:25:35. > :25:52.demented! # But when I saw you last night...
:25:53. > :25:55.That is the wrong chord, Frankie. Things were going great but it all.
:25:56. > :26:11.To suddenly when Frankie felt unwell. -- it all stopped suddenly.
:26:12. > :26:32.Oh, Jesus. See what happens. Is he all right?
:26:33. > :26:46.Not going to make it to April. We'll be all right. We 'll get a cardboard
:26:47. > :26:58.cut-out of him. Thank Thankfully Frank recovered.
:26:59. > :27:19.You're swinging again. It's not going as well as I'd hoped.
:27:20. > :27:27.Frankie's health has given us some concern. Ronny hasn't turned up. It
:27:28. > :27:32.looks like we've lost a band member already.
:27:33. > :27:42.Well, the practise yesterday wasn't too bad. Quite a few mistakes made,
:27:43. > :27:47.but that is understandable. After not being together for nearly
:27:48. > :27:51.40 years! But, a few more get togethers and we should get the
:27:52. > :27:55.whole thing right. I'm only sorry that Ronnie wasn't there yesterday.
:27:56. > :27:59.He wasn't very well or something wrong somewhere because usually
:28:00. > :28:05.Ronnie would turn up because he likes to play music. For Ronnie not
:28:06. > :28:10.to turn up there had to be something wrong because he would bring his
:28:11. > :28:14.saxophone and to different bars and stuff and play music at the drop of
:28:15. > :28:18.a hat. Maybe sometimes he feels he's not up to it because he's not
:28:19. > :28:22.getting any younger, just like myself. For some reason he didn't
:28:23. > :28:28.make it. He was missed because he could have added a lot to what we
:28:29. > :28:39.were doing. But that's life!
:28:40. > :28:49.I headed to the junction and I'm going to meet Maureen Heatherington
:28:50. > :28:56.the director of the Junction. She does a lot of cross-community work.
:28:57. > :29:01.I'm meeting Eammon, he works with an organisation called The community
:29:02. > :29:10.Development Learning Initiative and he's from Creggan, which people now
:29:11. > :29:16.around here is mainly nationalist. I'm going to try and see how we're
:29:17. > :29:24.going to progress. It's great me having an idea, but we need to make
:29:25. > :29:30.it appeal to a lot more people. What is the project. I'm thinking of
:29:31. > :29:39.maybe two things. One is a sense of you talking about a reunion that
:29:40. > :29:45.might attract in people from the Catholic community, the nationalist
:29:46. > :29:51.community who formally went. Two strands. Two strands. Basically one
:29:52. > :29:56.strand is telling the story of the Fountain and writing songs out of
:29:57. > :30:02.that and perform those songs. That would be more or less a sit-down
:30:03. > :30:08.concert situation and then there's the dance side. A story about the
:30:09. > :30:12.Fountain. It the only remaining Protestant community on the West
:30:13. > :30:17.Bank. We have to be sensitive. If you lived the Fountain and you
:30:18. > :30:31.suddenly had an inflex of people from Creggan, for example... How
:30:32. > :30:40.east 's it going to feel to people there? We could change it and keep
:30:41. > :30:44.it separate. Reunion one night - they don't have to happen - it could
:30:45. > :31:03.happen somewhere else. Fountain Primary was built in 1995
:31:04. > :31:07.to replace three church schools in the area. When the schools were in
:31:08. > :31:12.their heyday, there would have been 600 children in the area. Today,
:31:13. > :31:17.sadly, there are 27 primary children school area living in the area. The
:31:18. > :31:22.rest of the children that come to Fountain Primary School are those
:31:23. > :31:27.with an allegiance to the area, who have families connected to the
:31:28. > :31:30.churches or for those who want a small family type school I is
:31:31. > :31:34.important that it should survive. It was a tremendous area. It was
:31:35. > :31:36.vibrant, full of colour, full of characters. There was a lot of
:31:37. > :31:50.music. # What was this place before I was
:31:51. > :32:01.born # Tell me the story
:32:02. > :32:04.The fountain, sing me a song # What was this place like before I
:32:05. > :32:09.was born # We had shops and bars and places
:32:10. > :32:17.to play We are invited to the launch of the
:32:18. > :32:23.songs at the Fountain Primary School, Thursday, 5th, at 7pm.
:32:24. > :32:30.# Tell me a story Sing of the Fountain
:32:31. > :32:35.# Sing me a song # What was this place like before I
:32:36. > :32:38.was born # What was this place like before I
:32:39. > :32:43.was born # Tell me a story of the place I was
:32:44. > :32:47.born # Song of the Fountain
:32:48. > :32:54.# Sing me a song # What was this place like before I
:32:55. > :33:13.was APPLAUSE
:33:14. > :33:19.Thanks very much for coming. It is great to see so many people in one
:33:20. > :33:24.place. Thanks to Isabel, all the staff and all the children. We're
:33:25. > :33:40.going to play some rock'n'roll for you.
:33:41. > :33:56.# Dancing down the street # Feeling the heat
:33:57. > :34:02.# Up on Fountain Street # It's the 11th night
:34:03. > :34:10.# Rock'n'roll Thank you very much! I'm still
:34:11. > :34:16.buzzing. I was really nervous. I couldn't believe how nervous I was.
:34:17. > :34:20.It's been an honour - the songs are the last word and they capture the
:34:21. > :34:26.whole thing. You know, the old streets and the whole emotion of the
:34:27. > :34:33.thing and for Roy too, it with us a labour of love. It is great! It is
:34:34. > :34:37.monumental for me. Now that the CD is launched, I can
:34:38. > :34:41.concentrate on planning the big dance night. The way things are
:34:42. > :34:46.going, it is clear we're going to have to push the date back a bit.
:34:47. > :34:50.This new idea of yours, getting together the group. The group.
:34:51. > :34:55.Everybody is keen on the idea. If I can ask you now the next step - what
:34:56. > :35:00.do you think? We will be over the moon, Roy. The idea is brilliant.
:35:01. > :35:04.Any way we can help, we would be delighted now. What about you
:35:05. > :35:09.considering an idea of your group, starting off the festival, launching
:35:10. > :35:16.the festival on Saturday, 2nd with your reunion dance on the Saturday
:35:17. > :35:27.night? Right, sounds good. Second of August. Second of August. Drink to
:35:28. > :35:31.that. It's a deal. Thank you. Well, I'm getting great support from
:35:32. > :35:36.the Fountain Community. Now for the past I'm a bit more worried about -
:35:37. > :35:38.I have to somehow convince people from the Catholic community to get
:35:39. > :35:52.involved. They meet a Tuesday up here at the
:35:53. > :35:58.50-plus club. I tell you what, they are a real lively group.
:35:59. > :36:05.Move the arms. # Blue moon...
:36:06. > :36:14.Roy Arbuckle. One thing I am doing is thinking about having a dance in
:36:15. > :36:18.the Memorial Hall. Would you go there for a wee dance? I would love
:36:19. > :36:26.to. Yes.
:36:27. > :36:32.Did you go? Me and Margaret went one night - we weren't allowed. It would
:36:33. > :36:37.be great to see the balcony. We were all dying to go, because we were not
:36:38. > :36:42.allowed to go. We never actually had the nerve.
:36:43. > :36:49.Somebody here at the back said try and run before that.
:36:50. > :36:57.I mean they have tea dances in the Guildhall. They could once a month.
:36:58. > :37:02.Everybody goes there from all over, if from Foun tand the Waterside and
:37:03. > :37:08.-- Fountain and the Waterside and all.
:37:09. > :37:15.These have done great since Sunday. We'll be starting the tee dances
:37:16. > :37:26.soon again. I really look forward to that.
:37:27. > :37:30.No sign of Ronnie since? Frankie had been communicating with him. Frank
:37:31. > :37:33.tried to get him yesterday and today. No luck.
:37:34. > :38:14.He's vanished. I think they'll think about the next
:38:15. > :38:21.dance at the Memorial Hall. How are these two ladies? This is
:38:22. > :38:30.Kathleen. I'm a Kathleen too.
:38:31. > :38:38.You are sisters. They were known as the dolly sisters.
:38:39. > :38:45.He suggested he would open the city festival. When is that? A Saturday.
:38:46. > :39:10.That means I can't go on my usual trip to the Bahamas!
:39:11. > :39:27.Have oatcake! She loves a cake!
:39:28. > :39:35.Played Mondays Thursdays and Fridays and did gigs in the miner's hall.
:39:36. > :39:40.All I remember is playing... That's why you made all them mistakes you
:39:41. > :39:45.wrote for the kol rain constitution. I didn't make the mistakes! You did.
:39:46. > :39:51.The clear chronology was all wrong and I wrote the words - not you!
:39:52. > :39:56.Remember you announced them. I didn't say that. I wrote the music.
:39:57. > :40:03.He got that wrong. You see, that's your man taking notes down! It was
:40:04. > :40:09.all wrong! OK, so I'm not a prolific writer. I didn't write it. He wrote
:40:10. > :40:26.it down. Nevertheless, that's why...
:40:27. > :40:51.MUSIC Thank you very much. Thank you.
:40:52. > :40:57.As a matter of fact, you could go the extra couple of pound and put on
:40:58. > :41:01.a professional compare. We'll have a local radio personality. Who? No.
:41:02. > :41:06.He's about as funny as an open grave. I don't think it's right.
:41:07. > :41:10.There's bound to be somebody. You could bloody well do it. Snoo I
:41:11. > :41:18.don't want to do it. I'm doing enough. What about Walter Love? Born
:41:19. > :41:22.and bred in the Fountain. We don't need an outside personality. Walter
:41:23. > :41:40.Love was born in the Fountain. Let me ask you a question. What is
:41:41. > :41:52.this all about? He knows as much about music as I do about fly
:41:53. > :42:01.fishing! Forget the personalities! I hope you have enjoyed yourselves.
:42:02. > :42:05.See you next month. Goodbye! This is the band that was formed.
:42:06. > :42:22.You bring someone in and stand up and go, I want to play this. Not on!
:42:23. > :42:27.Iter will you what, it is my gig. Well, the meeting went well.
:42:28. > :42:36.A few resentments, particularly on my part, but I've personally think
:42:37. > :42:40.that the show goes ahead as planned. We always love to bring new music on
:42:41. > :42:46.the programme and it is with great delight that we bring you two local
:42:47. > :42:55.musicians. Let me ask you, what has prompted this nostalgia, this
:42:56. > :43:00.journey back? Our age! The process of organising a dance
:43:01. > :43:11.night and night we hope everybody will come to, especially one that
:43:12. > :43:19.everybody used to come to. That is true. People could go out dancing
:43:20. > :43:25.every night of the week. We didn't have the sort of divisions we have
:43:26. > :43:37.now. Maybe we can get people coming in again.
:43:38. > :43:49.The survival of The Fountain, way back in 1972, I and about several
:43:50. > :43:54.others decided we would stay and try to make it as comfortable as we
:43:55. > :44:02.could. We knew it would be an uphill struggle. As the time has gone on,
:44:03. > :44:09.that hope is beginning to fade. I don't know what the future for The
:44:10. > :44:15.Fountain will hold. I am now over 70. And I'm becoming weary. Sadly,
:44:16. > :44:20.time is running out. He has been living for a while with the
:44:21. > :44:25.knowledge that he is suffering from a terminal illness. His heart must
:44:26. > :44:32.have been heavy even when he was giving me encouragement that the on
:44:33. > :44:35.slide could work. By more than determined -- more determined than
:44:36. > :44:42.ever to live up to his faith in what we are trying to do. -- I am more
:44:43. > :44:46.determined. I think what will happen is that
:44:47. > :44:50.people will be willing us onto the good and we will be good, even if we
:44:51. > :44:58.are bad! If you understand what I mean!
:44:59. > :45:03.One of the band had played there in those glory days. Members of
:45:04. > :45:12.Signetts will bring their current collaborators. The Jazz Quartet. And
:45:13. > :45:23.Roy Arbuckle. And the whole band get together. That is fine.
:45:24. > :45:29.Are you ready for the men? Are you up for them? Music will be there by
:45:30. > :45:38.the reformed band back. Do you remember the Signetts?
:45:39. > :45:51.It is a year since we first met to talk about this. It seems like only
:45:52. > :45:55.yesterday! Sit at the back! You know what I'm mean! I am only singing two
:45:56. > :46:07.songs. You're not nervous about playing? I
:46:08. > :46:21.was never as nervous in my life, trust me. All of the drum fittings
:46:22. > :46:28.are stuck in the left! Good! So the rehearsal might be drum less! It is
:46:29. > :46:59.broke! THEY PLAY COUNTRY SONG.
:47:00. > :47:04.I just heard today there are 40, 50 tickets sold. Not an easy sell. If
:47:05. > :47:10.they turn up it will be great. We always knew that. Possibly it might
:47:11. > :47:47.not work. Fingers crossed. It will be all right on the night.
:47:48. > :47:55.I've put these clothes out. What do you think? I'm wearing that. But I
:47:56. > :48:40.don't know whether to wear that all that. -- or that.
:48:41. > :48:55.# Happy people, my, my, my! My hands are shaking and I am as a cat on a
:48:56. > :49:09.hot roof, but I can't believe it. -- as nervous as a cat.
:49:10. > :49:22.Filling up nicely now. Good, good. That is something we look forward
:49:23. > :49:27.to, bringing extra chairs in. The crowd is coming in now and I'm
:49:28. > :49:31.reliever looking forward to it. There are people I haven't seen for
:49:32. > :49:40.years here. But I'm not going to cry! They are all here. There is a
:49:41. > :49:48.girl used to go with! Excuse me! It takes me back more than 50 years.
:49:49. > :49:53.Would you welcome on, please, a great old friend of mine and a
:49:54. > :50:24.friend of his. Make them feel at home, they are back!
:50:25. > :50:37.So, if you feel like dancing, the floor has been freshly dusted!
:50:38. > :50:46.# Summertime, # And the living is easy,
:50:47. > :50:54.# Your daddy is rich, # And your mum is good-looking,
:50:55. > :51:03.# So, harsh, little baby, don't you cry.
:51:04. > :51:07.There's a lot of people coming in with tears in their eyes. It is a
:51:08. > :51:20.long time since they were in the hall.
:51:21. > :51:56.Absolutely fantastic and the floor is jumping! I've never seen as many
:51:57. > :52:04.happy faces. Even The Young Ones are enjoying it! And eye must be the
:52:05. > :52:09.oldest one here! -- I. I've met a few people I New Year 's back. It is
:52:10. > :52:16.nice to see them all again. This is a fabulous night. Really fabulous. I
:52:17. > :52:22.used to come here to dance many, many years ago. I thought it would
:52:23. > :52:32.be an ordinary dance but when I came in, it was absolutely packed. What a
:52:33. > :52:36.relief! I was worried about nothing! The women are here, people have come
:52:37. > :52:40.from all parts of the city, even Belfast and Galway and God knows
:52:41. > :52:48.where else! It is a truly integrated event.
:52:49. > :52:56.We were dancing and we met and we married a year later and we have
:52:57. > :53:03.been 45 years married coming up. And I am wearing the same dress as when
:53:04. > :53:08.I met him. Still fits me! After the Troubles we have come through and
:53:09. > :53:13.you see people coming back together again, it is amazing. The bitterness
:53:14. > :53:21.has gone. So we are back to where we were in the 60s. First of all, well
:53:22. > :53:26.done to the maiden city festival. It is wonderful to see it resurrected.
:53:27. > :53:34.And have to ask this question before I introduced the wonderful group.
:53:35. > :53:40.Hands up the men who were refused a dance by women in this place? Hands
:53:41. > :53:49.up, lads! And hands up the women who were glad to refuse them! Ha-ha! Did
:53:50. > :53:54.anybody fall in love here? But to get ready nostalgic now, for those
:53:55. > :53:56.of you who are pretending you are still in love, a big round of
:53:57. > :55:13.applause to the Signetts. # Water ice say,
:55:14. > :55:21.# Tell me what I say, # Tell me what I say.
:55:22. > :56:03.# I couldn't dance with another, # When I saw her standing there.
:56:04. > :56:14.# Yes, since I saw her standing there.
:56:15. > :56:29.Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen!
:56:30. > :56:36.Absolute magic. You know, after 40 years, sitting here at my age,
:56:37. > :56:41.people dancing and clapping and whatever. What more could you ask
:56:42. > :56:45.for? And what a lovely night. He is a full night. That is what it is all
:56:46. > :56:56.about and I hope it can be done again in another 100 years! One two,
:56:57. > :57:03.three, four. I thought they would be throwing things at us but it worked
:57:04. > :57:05.out OK! I put my heart and soul into that tonight and I am delighted to
:57:06. > :57:18.be playing again with Frankie, Jackie and Roy. 230, 231, 32, 33...
:57:19. > :57:21.Both sides of the great divide dancing and appreciating the music.
:57:22. > :57:26.And they had a ball, and I don't know about anybody else, but I had a
:57:27. > :57:32.ball. I'd just hope they don't do this every week! OK!
:57:33. > :57:54.This is the end of the security fence. It's about 240 paces long.
:57:55. > :58:00.Sometimes it seems it might be 240 paces high. Sometimes I think it
:58:01. > :58:12.might only take one small step and we would all be gone.
:58:13. > :58:19.Alexander was saying he wanted to make a film about The Fountain and
:58:20. > :58:23.the people in The Fountain. And the times. Time has gone on very
:58:24. > :59:06.quickly! Patrick Kielty
:59:07. > :59:09.is back on home turf...