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Good morning from Belfast city centre and welcome to our live | :00:17. | :00:23. | |
coverage of the Twelfth. As the Orange Order celebrates the 321st | :00:23. | :00:27. | |
anniversary of the Battle of the point. The streets have been lined | :00:27. | :00:30. | |
with spectators for the past couple of hours despite a very heavy | :00:30. | :00:35. | |
shower earlier on what they want to get a good view of the parade as it | :00:35. | :00:39. | |
passes by on its way to the field at Barnett's Demesne. Belied for | :00:39. | :00:45. | |
the next 1.25 hours and I will be chatting to a few people down here | :00:45. | :00:48. | |
on the street and there will be lots of coverage of the parade here | :00:48. | :00:54. | |
in Belfast and this year our cameras are also live at | :00:54. | :01:03. | |
Randalstown, from where we joined Ralph McLean. Thank you. We are | :01:03. | :01:08. | |
here in Randalstown, it's a very vibrant day and of course this is a | :01:08. | :01:13. | |
flagship parade, we have nine Lodges and 15 bands stepping out so | :01:13. | :01:18. | |
it will be absolutely massive. It has a great tradition here for the | :01:18. | :01:22. | |
Lambeg Drum and many of the boys, weather permitting, carrying that | :01:22. | :01:28. | |
from to the field two miles away will feel that it seems a lot | :01:28. | :01:34. | |
longer than two miles. Behind me is Shane's Castle and has to sell with | :01:34. | :01:38. | |
the North Irish Dragoons in full period uniform, they are looking | :01:38. | :01:44. | |
good. That is in about him minutes. For now, back to the commentary | :01:44. | :01:52. | |
team in Belfast and Walter Nov. Thank you. They will go back | :01:52. | :01:57. | |
shortly for the beginning of the parade in Randalstown. We can now | :01:57. | :02:02. | |
see some of the 10 districts taking part in the Belfast parade and I am | :02:02. | :02:06. | |
joined by John Anderson. Good morning. It is great to be here, I | :02:06. | :02:12. | |
have ever seen this from a bird's eye position but it's fantastic. | :02:12. | :02:15. | |
really is a remarkable few Dan Bedford Street, looking towards | :02:15. | :02:22. | |
Donegall Square. And the parade in Belfast gathered at Carlisle Circus | :02:22. | :02:27. | |
just before 10am and moved off a long Clifton Street, then to | :02:27. | :02:34. | |
Donegall Street and then Royal Avenue, past Castle junction, down | :02:34. | :02:39. | |
to the City Hall and the garden of remembrance, into Bedford Street, | :02:39. | :02:43. | |
up to the pin camera position here along the Dublin Road and then into | :02:43. | :02:49. | |
Shaftesbury Square, Bradbury Place and the long march up the Lisburn | :02:49. | :02:57. | |
Road, turning left into Balmoral Avenue. At that point their journey | :02:57. | :03:02. | |
to the field at Barnett's Demesne is almost at an end. That is what | :03:02. | :03:07. | |
they are. On the southern outskirts. That is nine miles from Carlisle | :03:07. | :03:12. | |
Circus, which means they to 18 miles on the return journey. That | :03:13. | :03:20. | |
is really a marathon and the irony is that it's mostly uphill. | :03:20. | :03:25. | |
takes two hours for the parade to pass any given point, these are the | :03:25. | :03:35. | |
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true blues from Ligoniel. It's a very colourful banner. And the sons | :03:38. | :03:47. | |
of concourse flute band. That is the pride of Ardoyne. The bands are | :03:47. | :03:52. | |
very smart, aren't they? There has been a great change in attitude to | :03:52. | :03:58. | |
how they dress? If you look at the Sons of Ulster, it is almost | :03:58. | :04:04. | |
military. I don't know that this would be number one or number two | :04:04. | :04:09. | |
dress, still in uniform but jackets off but still the hat. Very smart. | :04:09. | :04:17. | |
Many of the bands are concert bands? That is part of the problem, | :04:17. | :04:22. | |
whether to play concerts or go out and March. I think for the Twelfth, | :04:22. | :04:29. | |
hundreds of bands will march. There are hundreds of players, thousands. | :04:29. | :04:33. | |
One of the big considerations for those taking part is what the | :04:33. | :04:36. | |
weather will do. Earlier this morning we had heavy rain and | :04:36. | :04:41. | |
Belfast for a time and that has declared and it looks as if he will | :04:41. | :04:46. | |
get the sun out, which will bring out the colours of this very | :04:46. | :04:54. | |
spectacular display? It does not to the instruments and a good. -- any | :04:54. | :05:00. | |
good. The drums and flutes and the brass, they can get away with it. | :05:00. | :05:05. | |
If playing the accordion, you could find yourself playing with the wet | :05:05. | :05:10. | |
hand. If taking part, there is 18 miles we have talked about, if you | :05:10. | :05:15. | |
are carrying any instrument or flags and banners, that is quite a | :05:15. | :05:21. | |
challenge? If you look at the drummers, this small core of | :05:21. | :05:25. | |
drummers, they're taking the full weight on their legs. They will | :05:25. | :05:33. | |
suffer for days after this. This fella here, he will do 18 miles. I | :05:33. | :05:43. | |
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would not like to walk 80 miles anyway! -- 18. Look at this. Great | :05:54. | :05:59. | |
skill involved, there. I don't know how they do it but patterns. As | :05:59. | :06:06. | |
light as that. You can imagine them doing it with the proper regimental | :06:06. | :06:12. | |
Sergeant Major's Naas. What we have seen it is a range of ages. Some | :06:12. | :06:15. | |
better-run Orangemen and some very young people and the crowd. All the | :06:15. | :06:20. | |
family. This is very much a family occasion and we can see this in the | :06:20. | :06:26. | |
huge crowds. In some other Lodges, and in some of the band, the sense | :06:26. | :06:36. | |
of family tradition, my grandfather, my father, it is handed down. Alter | :06:36. | :06:41. | |
the spectators, I would say, have got relatives margin. This is an | :06:42. | :06:45. | |
opportunity for the young members of the crowd to prepare themselves | :06:45. | :06:50. | |
for the days when they will take part? I bet they cannot it. It | :06:50. | :06:56. | |
seems to be at the first job they get is carrying the ribbons. Were | :06:56. | :07:02. | |
the banners, in case there is a strong wind. We're looking at this | :07:02. | :07:07. | |
hour, the little boys carrying the ribbons in case the wind decides to | :07:07. | :07:14. | |
go horizontal. We have the advantage to do that there is very | :07:14. | :07:18. | |
little wind and we can see the spanners properly displayed? | :07:18. | :07:22. | |
any of the viewers who have ever been on this particular street, | :07:22. | :07:27. | |
Bedford Street, in the winter, if there is any way and it would lift | :07:27. | :07:37. | |
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you of the footpath. They're being very lucky today. -- any wind. | :07:45. | :07:51. | |
Somebody getting a good view of the Pru this morning. At least among | :07:51. | :07:56. | |
carrying him does not have to March. We have a huge concentration of | :07:57. | :08:01. | |
people and I had the figure quoted that it's something like 250,000 | :08:01. | :08:05. | |
people will either take part in the Belfast parade or spectate. Quite a | :08:05. | :08:11. | |
few of those people are here. Again, another good example all ages being | :08:11. | :08:20. | |
represented today. 30 much so. The figures quoted, they expect | :08:20. | :08:26. | |
anything from 250,000 right up to half a million. That is a big | :08:26. | :08:36. | |
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festival, by any standards, in the UK. This is the scene in Belfast. I | :08:52. | :08:59. | |
would say this is about seven miles to go to the field. He will now go | :08:59. | :09:09. | |
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back to Randalstown and Ralph The rain is coming down a little | :09:13. | :09:18. | |
bit here but it will not dampen the spirits. Not at all, we are | :09:18. | :09:22. | |
delighted to be in Randalstown for this flagship Twelfth demonstration. | :09:22. | :09:30. | |
It is a great host, the east Antrim combined, et Lodges. And some | :09:30. | :09:39. | |
Lambeg Drums. We did this once every 10 years. It comes every 10 | :09:39. | :09:44. | |
years and we keep going and hopefully it will be one of many. | :09:44. | :09:48. | |
With the Lambeg Drums and the rain coming down slightly, as a | :09:48. | :09:52. | |
desperate man, cannae tell us that they will be able to use the Lambeg | :09:52. | :09:57. | |
Drums? Some of them will take the risk, if the head gets to wet it | :09:57. | :10:01. | |
will burst. And that means is that a commission, they cannot just put | :10:01. | :10:06. | |
another head on. It takes weeks of work. It is very much their call. | :10:06. | :10:10. | |
Tell me about the preparations because it's not just about the big | :10:10. | :10:16. | |
day, there's a lot of preparations for several weeks beforehand? | :10:16. | :10:21. | |
festival started on 4th June. We have had lectures, historic | :10:21. | :10:24. | |
lectures, we had a letter from Lord O'Neill from Shane's Castle, who | :10:24. | :10:30. | |
has a great connection with the town. And the which are not UVF did | :10:30. | :10:34. | |
their training at Dunmore Park before they head off to the Somme. | :10:34. | :10:38. | |
This is where our demonstration feed will be, on their campsite. We | :10:38. | :10:43. | |
hope everything will go well. That the sun will shine and will enjoy | :10:43. | :10:48. | |
ourselves. So it's a big day for the Somme celebrations? Half the | :10:49. | :10:54. | |
banter started to make their way through. It's fantastic. Probably | :10:54. | :10:59. | |
the biggest day in our calendar. We have been all over South Antrim, | :10:59. | :11:02. | |
thousands. You can see that everybody is here to enjoy | :11:02. | :11:06. | |
themselves and hopefully they can. The rain will not dampen this for | :11:06. | :11:16. | |
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you. John Logan. Now, back to District number three comes up to | :11:19. | :11:23. | |
the camera position. 14 Lodges and the district, then go for bands | :11:24. | :11:33. | |
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with them. And one ladies district included as well. The District | :11:35. | :11:39. | |
Master, he is taking part in his first year as the District Master. | :11:39. | :11:49. | |
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And his deputy, Robert Brown, his No. 977. At the head of District | :12:07. | :12:12. | |
number three. The 36th Ulster Division memorial. That was about | :12:12. | :12:17. | |
to see furred military camp in Sussex, the 36th Ulster Division | :12:17. | :12:20. | |
were completing their training prior to being pursued and France | :12:20. | :12:24. | |
and their participation in that dreadful time at the Battle of the | :12:24. | :12:34. | |
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A considerable energy being displayed, occasionally things go | :13:02. | :13:09. | |
wrong but never mind about that! am looking at the Drum Major. | :13:09. | :13:15. | |
Wearing his P E kit, as he used to call it, and doing acrobatics. 18 | :13:15. | :13:25. | |
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miles of that, Walter! In the crowd, the very large crowd in Bedford | :13:25. | :13:30. | |
Street, Helen Mark is there... Thank you. We know people come from | :13:30. | :13:34. | |
all parts to take part and a few this parade but this is someone who | :13:34. | :13:42. | |
has come quite a long way. Would you like to introduce yourself...? | :13:42. | :13:47. | |
I am originally from Belfast but I have been living in South Australia | :13:47. | :13:51. | |
for over 42 years. And you have a special position in the Orange | :13:51. | :13:57. | |
Lodge? The Grand Master of South Australia. The holders South | :13:57. | :14:03. | |
Australia? That is a lot of territory! There are six States and | :14:03. | :14:07. | |
Australia and they all have their own grand masters. And do you go to | :14:07. | :14:10. | |
lots of different parades across the south of Australia? We are | :14:10. | :14:16. | |
small but we have the parade on the Somme and our little Twelfth parade. | :14:16. | :14:21. | |
And then normal meetings through the year. We also have a flute band | :14:21. | :14:25. | |
and we call that the charlie Armstrong Memorial. Why? Because | :14:25. | :14:32. | |
one of our members had recently died but when the band was getting | :14:32. | :14:39. | |
You have not got any hint of an accent! You don't lose what God | :14:39. | :14:47. | |
gave you! What about today? What are you looking forward to? Lunch | :14:47. | :14:51. | |
and making friends. I had a surprise when I was able to meet | :14:51. | :14:55. | |
the Grand Master of Canada. I work with him years ago. It's a very | :14:55. | :15:05. | |
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social event. Lovely to meet you. Glenn Kellock, founded in 1921. And | :15:15. | :15:25. | |
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the origins go back to the trenches They wear blue. Deloitte was | :15:31. | :15:41. | |
founded in 1919. -- they were founded in 1919. | :15:41. | :15:44. | |
Coming up behind them in the distance, that is the Ayrshire food | :15:44. | :15:54. | |
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There is quite a fascination with Old Testament characters, Moses and | :16:03. | :16:11. | |
a few of the other profits on the back of the banners. Very colourful, | :16:11. | :16:20. | |
too. This ban has very bright yellow shirts. - Mavis band. We go | :16:20. | :16:30. | |
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There you go. The sound of drums in the background. Trevor, you are a | :16:32. | :16:39. | |
drummer today. The rain is falling. Does that affect the sound? It does. | :16:39. | :16:44. | |
It makes the skin is softer. It will damage them. Give us an idea | :16:44. | :16:51. | |
of the weight of these. They are an incredible specimen. | :16:51. | :16:54. | |
Today I will be carrying this for about seven or eight miles. The | :16:54. | :17:01. | |
weight of the drum will vary between 50 and 60 kilos. | :17:01. | :17:05. | |
So you have got to take it easy. I have got plenty of young fellows | :17:05. | :17:12. | |
to do the work for me! It will seem like a long walk to | :17:12. | :17:17. | |
the field with one of these guys, won't it? | :17:17. | :17:20. | |
Yes, I'm looking forward to the young men taking over. | :17:20. | :17:25. | |
Probably the best idea. Are you about to start up or have you been? | :17:25. | :17:32. | |
We are starting now, on the way to the field. Hopefully it will dry. | :17:32. | :17:39. | |
He raced to a dry afternoon. -- here is to a dry afternoon. This | :17:39. | :17:44. | |
sounds very loud. Let's hear it from the man himself. I'm going to | :17:44. | :17:54. | |
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Brilliant stuff. I will be able to hear it for three months. | :18:02. | :18:11. | |
Things are a bit quieter here, but not too much. I think he could be | :18:11. | :18:15. | |
lucky draw there with all those drums. | :18:15. | :18:21. | |
-- he got there the lucky draw. This is a very smart military band. | :18:21. | :18:27. | |
Look at the speed they are marching. You can't carry a drum. It is as | :18:27. | :18:37. | |
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simple as that. The snares they are The Belfast parade moves forward | :18:39. | :18:49. | |
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now to district, four. This is one Again, some enthusiastic supporters | :19:02. | :19:09. | |
here. It seems to be a popular place. I wonder if the cameras have | :19:09. | :19:18. | |
something to do with that?! They are saying, see me on the | :19:18. | :19:28. | |
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Twelfth in Belfast. There I number of Scottish players here. -- there | :19:29. | :19:39. | |
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At this point we are going to go down into the big crowds to join | :19:45. | :19:52. | |
Helen Mark again. Let's first tour to Fiona. You are | :19:52. | :19:58. | |
with the Belfast visit a convention. What sort of interest had you had | :19:58. | :20:05. | |
in the run-up to the parade? There is a small amount of interest | :20:05. | :20:10. | |
to our office. What we seem to see is a lot of people don't realise | :20:10. | :20:16. | |
what the Twelfth ears. They arrive on the 12th of the 11th, saying, | :20:16. | :20:24. | |
what is there to see and do? We like to promote what there years. | :20:24. | :20:29. | |
The Orange festival is one of many that we promote through the year. | :20:29. | :20:34. | |
There has been a runner-up in small festivals to the big event. Be | :20:34. | :20:37. | |
physically hand out information to people? -- do you physically | :20:37. | :20:43. | |
handout. We have information on our guide, | :20:43. | :20:47. | |
which is the main guide for Belfast. We produce that every two mac | :20:47. | :20:53. | |
romance. We also have the Orange festival leaflet. -- entry two | :20:53. | :21:03. | |
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Tourism is now an important part of our economy. We have seen | :21:05. | :21:09. | |
increasing numbers throughout the year. July is no different. What is | :21:09. | :21:14. | |
great to see is that it is the longer a closed shop in Belfast. | :21:14. | :21:21. | |
Shops are open. Cafes and restaurants, too. There are more | :21:21. | :21:28. | |
and more. It used to be a closed shop in July. But now many are | :21:28. | :21:34. | |
still open. There is plenty for visitors to see and do. | :21:34. | :21:39. | |
Does your heart sink when you see the pictures on television, like | :21:39. | :21:44. | |
the pictures from last night? That is hard. It makes all our jobs | :21:44. | :21:49. | |
hard. Thank you for those words. Back to you, water. | :21:49. | :21:59. | |
We are coming to the end of District four. They are | :21:59. | :22:05. | |
accompanying the whim Maguire -- William Maguire banned. Just two | :22:05. | :22:15. | |
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As we move and the end of the St four to district five, 29 lodges, | :22:24. | :22:34. | |
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Quite a lot of Scottish bands, as always. It is that sort of affinity | :22:45. | :22:50. | |
with the west coast of Scotland and the East Coast of Ulster. | :22:50. | :22:58. | |
Strong links with the Orange in Glasgow. Of course. It is hardly a | :22:58. | :23:08. | |
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drumbeat away. Sandy Row had the first purpose-built borage all in | :23:09. | :23:19. | |
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There's a patch of grass at the bottom of Lisburn Road, and | :23:28. | :23:34. | |
reportedly that is where King William stopped. If you believe | :23:34. | :23:41. | |
that, you will believe anything! Some colourful characters here. | :23:41. | :23:49. | |
Here are a few of them. This could start a whole new style in | :23:49. | :23:59. | |
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This is the band at the head of These ones are from Scotland. They | :24:23. | :24:29. | |
have been walking for over 30 years now. It is a particularly... Some | :24:29. | :24:37. | |
of the banners, what they commemorate, a phrase they used in | :24:37. | :24:41. | |
Scotland is the killing Times, which is disconcerting. | :24:41. | :24:46. | |
We are going to move again out of town to the Big Country | :24:46. | :24:56. | |
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Thank you very much. It is a great stage here. There are people from | :24:57. | :25:05. | |
all around the world. This gentleman is from New South Wales. | :25:06. | :25:11. | |
I'm originally from Antrim. I moved 21 years ago and I try to come back | :25:11. | :25:17. | |
every couple of years. You try to come back last year by | :25:17. | :25:22. | |
the volcanic ash cloud scuppered that. | :25:22. | :25:32. | |
How long have you been coming here? Four or five times. This is my | :25:32. | :25:36. | |
second time lately. What is the atmosphere on a time | :25:36. | :25:45. | |
like this? The country atmosphere, look at all the colour. Even though | :25:45. | :25:49. | |
it is raining, it is a colourful event. Who will you be marching | :25:49. | :25:54. | |
with today? I'm usually a guest of Antrim | :25:54. | :26:01. | |
District number 13. And that is where you are off to now? Yes. | :26:01. | :26:10. | |
will not keep you. Back to Belfast. Thank you. We will pick up with you | :26:10. | :26:16. | |
again in Randalstown later. This is certainly a major focus of | :26:16. | :26:23. | |
attention here. Very large crowds either side of the street. It is | :26:23. | :26:30. | |
almost as if it is not the halfway point. It is where, if you like, | :26:30. | :26:38. | |
the other side of town comes in sight. Once they pass this point, | :26:38. | :26:45. | |
they are more less on their way out of the city. | :26:45. | :26:52. | |
It is a long run up the Lisburn Road. This is a lovely view down | :26:52. | :26:56. | |
Bedford Street from the end of Ormeau Avenue right down to Donegal | :26:56. | :27:06. | |
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Square. There's the bridge town It is interesting about their | :27:16. | :27:26. | |
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banner. The Queen Victoria on the A fact about that church, some | :27:40. | :27:50. | |
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Northern Ireland International's well one time part of the lodge. -- | :27:52. | :27:54. | |
some Northern Ireland internationals will one time part | :27:54. | :28:04. | |
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That whole area is now starting to assume a strong resonance for all | :28:13. | :28:23. | |
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I think the music may be loud enough for some but not for others! | :28:26. | :28:31. | |
You would not call it a lullaby, but when you are at that age, you | :28:31. | :28:35. | |
have got to sleep and you just go to sleep. A does not matter what is | :28:35. | :28:45. | |
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Another of the Scottish contingent here. In the meantime, in the thick | :28:50. | :28:56. | |
crowd we have Helen. It is a great crowd. Let me | :28:56. | :29:00. | |
introduce you to a couple of visitors to the parade. Tell me | :29:00. | :29:08. | |
about yourself. We are from Germany and this is our | :29:08. | :29:15. | |
12th time here. My Name Is Sylvia and this is my husband. Have you | :29:15. | :29:24. | |
ever seen a parade like this? have not. What are your thoughts? | :29:24. | :29:29. | |
am impressed. It is a peaceful day. You have been keeping the | :29:29. | :29:35. | |
tradespeople busy! They will be glad to see you coming. You are | :29:35. | :29:42. | |
brave to wear that hat. Maybe it is going to rain. I am prepared. Had | :29:42. | :29:46. | |
you heard about the Twelfth parade before you came to Northern | :29:46. | :29:52. | |
Ireland? No, I did not. The hotel told us | :29:52. | :29:58. | |
about it and today we leave Belfast, but they told a us we have to | :29:58. | :30:04. | |
witness it. It is an amazing celebration. It is great. I never | :30:04. | :30:14. | |
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saw it before, such colourful We have another visitor, and you | :30:22. | :30:28. | |
are from... They have a pool. Dorothy Jenkins. Why did she come | :30:28. | :30:34. | |
here? We come here every Twelfth July. Over to Belfast. To see the | :30:34. | :30:43. | |
parades. Why? We have our own pipe band been Buffel in Liverpool. | :30:43. | :30:53. | |
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We're now pensioners. Become over to see all the bands. Do you have a | :30:54. | :30:59. | |
favourite part? This evening, when they welcome back with all the hats | :30:59. | :31:05. | |
and all those fancy things. It is fantastic and to see the little boy | :31:05. | :31:11. | |
is throwing the sticks in the air, and would not miss it for the world. | :31:11. | :31:19. | |
Wasn't that a lovely picture? are a lot of pictures. Helen | :31:19. | :31:22. | |
proving that the world is meeting here at this junction of Bedford | :31:22. | :31:32. | |
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Street. As the parade passes by. Because they have this corner to | :31:35. | :31:45. | |
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turn, we can see the plans for a few seconds more. -- the plants. | :31:47. | :31:56. | |
very fine Drum Major. The full bearskin, the Queen Elizabeth. | :31:56. | :32:06. | |
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After 18 miles he will be regretting that. They cut a very | :32:06. | :32:12. | |
commanding figure. Very much so. For a drum major, no matter what | :32:12. | :32:17. | |
have you are, you get another two feet on top. It is quite an | :32:17. | :32:27. | |
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impressive sight. When he calls halt, they halt! Indeed. I am sure | :32:32. | :32:37. | |
some of these uniforms, particularly this very military | :32:37. | :32:42. | |
style, they are pretty expensive? They are. They are not things you | :32:42. | :32:46. | |
can buy it off the peg. A lot of bands take great pride in designing | :32:46. | :32:52. | |
their own and customising them with logos and names. It is very | :32:52. | :32:56. | |
expensive business for all of them. But it just shows you the amount of | :32:56. | :33:01. | |
dedication they have. But only that but the business that goes with | :33:01. | :33:06. | |
learning the instruments and the practising and so on. The True Blue | :33:06. | :33:10. | |
is from finicky. And the drummers still in the first flush us of | :33:10. | :33:15. | |
energy. We will see if he can play with two hands. On the way home | :33:15. | :33:25. | |
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this afternoon. Another music critic, there! Speaking with their | :33:26. | :33:36. | |
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eyes. Some of the more energetic bands coming into view. The Sandy | :34:04. | :34:14. | |
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Road True Blue is. -- blues. the young John Major at the front, | :34:29. | :34:34. | |
in the embryonic stages! Do I detect a little boy who is a bit | :34:35. | :34:44. | |
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fed up already? He has quite a few miles to go. Are we there yet?! | :34:52. | :34:57. | |
Again, the colours are beginning to show with the gradual appearance of | :34:57. | :35:07. | |
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sunshine this morning. Even some blue skies in Belfast. 1131. With | :35:09. | :35:17. | |
the West Belfast volunteers. And again, back to Randalstown and | :35:17. | :35:27. | |
Ralph McLean. And a connector glamourous Randalstown and the sun | :35:27. | :35:29. | |
is picking through the clouds and is looking like it will brighten up. | :35:30. | :35:33. | |
There is great musical display and of course a lot of friends and | :35:33. | :35:42. | |
Scotland, as is always the case, and one is being. I and the deputy | :35:42. | :35:49. | |
district master from Ayrshire, the west coast of Scotland. This is | :35:49. | :35:53. | |
your first year margin? All along with the Randalstown district. We | :35:53. | :35:57. | |
have a few friends in the district so this is my first and hopefully | :35:57. | :36:04. | |
not by last. You'll be here as many years as we can. The connections | :36:04. | :36:07. | |
with Northern Ireland or obvious to anyone who watches the Twelfth but | :36:07. | :36:17. | |
it's a very solid Bond? It is, yes. Especially with in Ayrshire. We | :36:17. | :36:24. | |
have Lodges in Northern Ireland and all over. There is a great bond | :36:24. | :36:29. | |
between the brothers in Northern Ireland and myself back in Scotland. | :36:29. | :36:35. | |
It is a privilege to be here. It really is. It's an honour for me | :36:35. | :36:38. | |
personally because I am there were the master in my own Norwich. It's | :36:38. | :36:45. | |
a great day. -- the master. boys are learning to go over to you | :36:45. | :36:50. | |
in Scotland so it's constantly back and forward? We had three brothers | :36:50. | :36:56. | |
over last weekend parading with us. It's a good friendship and it | :36:56. | :36:59. | |
matures as time goes on so it's really good and the boys over here | :36:59. | :37:04. | |
are brilliant. The recruit budget plans to narrow and you get well | :37:04. | :37:09. | |
entertained when you are with them. I will let you catch-up because he | :37:09. | :37:13. | |
will then be behind in the parade? I am a little behind but I'll | :37:13. | :37:21. | |
manage, it's worth it. Enjoy the rest of the day. And that is a | :37:21. | :37:28. | |
Lambeg Drum starting! Back to Belfast. It just about play due | :37:28. | :37:38. | |
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out! You join us with the loyalist flute band from Scotland. 1300, the | :37:39. | :37:49. | |
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rising sons and India. It is very disciplined band. Just as it | :37:59. | :38:03. | |
happens as they pass over., there are on the march. But earlier down | :38:03. | :38:09. | |
the street, they really were working very hard indeed. Donegal | :38:09. | :38:19. | |
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Castle. The County Monaghan True Blue is. -- blues. And a little too | :38:26. | :38:30. | |
of modern Belfast, some of the new word buildings which have provided | :38:30. | :38:36. | |
an ever changing background to the Orange marches and life in the city. | :38:37. | :38:41. | |
It is interesting, the juxtaposition of so many of the old | :38:41. | :38:44. | |
memories on the banners. With some of the buildings that they walk | :38:44. | :38:49. | |
past. The new skyscrapers going up all around this area. It is | :38:49. | :38:59. | |
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wonderful. Again, in the crowd, I hope, not overwhelmed, but she is | :39:03. | :39:12. | |
there, Helen... Mervyn, he has such a long association with the Orange | :39:12. | :39:17. | |
Order, you are the county grand chaplain. Years of experience and | :39:17. | :39:21. | |
you must do so many people marching? It is a great parade and | :39:21. | :39:26. | |
Great crowds and lots of family and friends. Other than funerals it's | :39:26. | :39:30. | |
the only time of the year you see them. I know you want to join you | :39:30. | :39:35. | |
Norwich, which is that? No. 6, East Belfast. We walked across the | :39:35. | :39:39. | |
Bridge this morning and have a great day. It's a family | :39:39. | :39:44. | |
association? People have these long connections? I grandfather was in | :39:44. | :39:48. | |
the lodge and my father and my mother, the whole family is steeped | :39:48. | :39:54. | |
in Orange. And have you got your good walking shoes on? I have found | :39:54. | :40:00. | |
some other tips to help ease any distress in the legs and feet. | :40:00. | :40:04. | |
seems to be running smoothly at the moment? Brilliant, the weather is | :40:04. | :40:08. | |
right temperature, not to San'a, there's a nice breeze and the | :40:08. | :40:13. | |
crowds of cheering us on. The music is so good. If I was speaking to a | :40:13. | :40:16. | |
lady from Liverpool than she loved the whole day, write to the last | :40:16. | :40:20. | |
few moments at the end and in the evening, it was such a huge | :40:20. | :40:24. | |
occasion for her. But for many others as well? So many tourists | :40:25. | :40:28. | |
and foreign people here. People, to enjoy the celebrations and | :40:28. | :40:31. | |
everybody looks forward to going back to the wrong district and we | :40:31. | :40:39. | |
go back to our own communities. Lovely to see you. Back to what you. | :40:39. | :40:43. | |
We're moving into district number six. One of the very large | :40:43. | :40:53. | |
:40:53. | :40:53. | ||
districts, Ballymacarret. 30 Lodges. 20 band. And one ladies district. | :40:53. | :41:02. | |
That looks like the regimental band. His, UVF, 1912. Warning and the | :41:02. | :41:07. | |
uniform dedicated this very morning, to perpetuate and honour the memory | :41:07. | :41:12. | |
of the sacrifice may end by the 36th Ulster Division in the First | :41:12. | :41:19. | |
World War. -- made by. There watching in a very precise military | :41:19. | :41:23. | |
style. They have done a great deal of research into those uniforms. | :41:23. | :41:29. | |
They have. Some of the players have got that little wire, the music | :41:29. | :41:35. | |
stand, on their left wrist. One or two of them have. This band has | :41:35. | :41:38. | |
made several troops to France and Belgium and they were ordered to be | :41:38. | :41:48. | |
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the first civilian band to perform at the net and get in April. -- | :41:53. | :42:01. | |
Mennin Gate in Ypres. So many of these people's for Father's | :42:01. | :42:05. | |
actually served together in the first and the Second World War. | :42:05. | :42:14. | |
There is a real echo of the past. 95 years ago. And we're not saying | :42:14. | :42:21. | |
that it should be celebrated, but conflicts should be commemorated. | :42:21. | :42:26. | |
Starve down. Accompanied by the pride of the hill from Carnmoney. - | :42:26. | :42:36. | |
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Here is another echo of the past. Sometimes he would be tempted to | :42:54. | :42:59. | |
put captions - has anybody seen a white horse? Why is he walking with | :42:59. | :43:09. | |
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his sword? Who has got one horse? A We can now go back to Ralph McLean | :43:22. | :43:32. | |
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in Randalstown. I said the Sun was snaking through and it certainly is. | :43:33. | :43:38. | |
We have to residents of Melbourne in Australia. Borough Council V8. | :43:38. | :43:45. | |
Where are you originally from? Originally from Randalstown. | :43:45. | :43:54. | |
Sylvia? It was born near Ballymena. When did you miss? 1962. And how | :43:54. | :44:04. | |
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many visits have you made? This is the 4th one. It's nice to have the | :44:07. | :44:12. | |
parade in Randalstown. What does it mean to come home after a few years | :44:12. | :44:17. | |
and see an event like this. It must take you back? To my younger days. | :44:17. | :44:21. | |
I grew up with this with my parents. They would always take me to the | :44:21. | :44:29. | |
Twelfth. It's fantastic to come back and see the 12 in our own town. | :44:29. | :44:39. | |
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Can you remember as a child, the It is just the band. That is what | :44:43. | :44:48. | |
we know more than anything. there much of a scene where you are | :44:48. | :44:58. | |
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from? I think there's an Orange Lodge in Melbourne. I think there's | :45:02. | :45:07. | |
one in Sydney as well. Enjoy your time. Give them a wave, | :45:07. | :45:13. | |
your flags. I hope you have met up with a few old friends. Thank you | :45:13. | :45:23. | |
very much. Enjoy your day. I'm not sure what they are doing in | :45:23. | :45:27. | |
Melbourne and Sydney at the moment because it is coming up towards | :45:27. | :45:37. | |
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midnight there. It is also the wrong time of year for them. I | :45:37. | :45:42. | |
wonder what temperature they are marching in. | :45:42. | :45:52. | |
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These are the Potterton boilers. -- And the long codes. -- long coats. | :46:23. | :46:33. | |
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They are from east Belfast. And the good news is that all you wet | :46:33. | :46:35. | |
pavements and streets have disappeared now. The sun is coming | :46:35. | :46:41. | |
out. The skies are blue. That brings the colours to life here. | :46:41. | :46:49. | |
certainly does. I think it brings the mood to life. And dead on cue! | :46:49. | :46:55. | |
Only in Belfast, I promise you. Only in Belfast. He we think that | :46:55. | :47:03. | |
with a pair of glasses like that he would see in front of them have -- | :47:03. | :47:11. | |
in front of him. There's a band having a breast. | :47:11. | :47:21. | |
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That is quite some track. -- having Another Scottish band. From | :47:33. | :47:43. | |
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You see a big fella like this questing them up. -- listing them | :47:57. | :48:07. | |
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Here he goes now, into action. This is something that has been | :48:12. | :48:18. | |
happening in recent years. Instead of the drummer being the pulse of | :48:18. | :48:27. | |
the band, he is looking out the rhythms for the rest of the band. - | :48:27. | :48:33. | |
- he is knocking out the rhythms. That is something that has been | :48:33. | :48:39. | |
missing from the parade. Although we have the best pipe bans in the | :48:39. | :48:47. | |
world here, they are restricting themselves to competitions. | :48:47. | :48:53. | |
Again, in the crowd, Helen is there. You were talking about the sunshine. | :48:53. | :48:58. | |
It is definitely beginning to warm up. The air has a heat about it. We | :48:58. | :49:01. | |
are getting the music as it is coming by. It has a continental | :49:01. | :49:09. | |
feel. Let me introduce you to Federico, from Brazell. -- Brazil. | :49:09. | :49:15. | |
What are your thoughts? I am enjoying the march. I'm | :49:15. | :49:20. | |
studying here for a month. It is very interesting because of the | :49:20. | :49:25. | |
culture aspect. It is a very rich culture. I have never seen a parade | :49:25. | :49:30. | |
like this before. We have parades in Brazil, but it is because of our | :49:30. | :49:33. | |
independent state. It is in September. This one is very | :49:33. | :49:37. | |
cheerful, very joyful. I'm enjoying it a lot. | :49:37. | :49:42. | |
Had you heard of what we call the Twelfth before you came to Northern | :49:42. | :49:48. | |
Ireland? Actually I did not know it. A | :49:48. | :49:53. | |
professor at Queen's, he told me that it will be a pro -- raid on | :49:53. | :50:03. | |
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the 12th. -- a parade. I'm enjoying it. There's a wonderful selection | :50:06. | :50:12. | |
of uniforms and colours. Yeah, the colours. I don't know what they | :50:12. | :50:19. | |
represent. I will make research later to study it more deeply. | :50:19. | :50:25. | |
you got your camera to take photographs to take that back to | :50:25. | :50:32. | |
Brazil? Of course. I'm going to show my mother. She studies | :50:32. | :50:39. | |
literature from the UK so she will be interested. Thank you very much | :50:39. | :50:49. | |
:50:49. | :50:49. | ||
for stopping with us. Certainly a bit of a United Nations here, with | :50:49. | :50:55. | |
Brazil, South Australia, Germany and visitors from across the water. | :50:55. | :50:58. | |
I have heard that in Brazil they have their own carnivals, but I | :50:58. | :51:08. | |
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don't think they have got anything This year is the 19 -- 90 Fifth | :51:17. | :51:20. | |
Anniversary of the Battle of the sample stop earlier this morning | :51:20. | :51:28. | |
the Orange Order took part -- this year is the 95th anniversary of the | :51:28. | :51:37. | |
Battle of the Somme. Earlier this morning, the Orange Order took part | :51:37. | :51:47. | |
:51:47. | :51:47. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 77 seconds | :51:47. | :53:04. | |
A solemn moment there as the parade paused in the garden of remembrance | :53:04. | :53:09. | |
on their way past. The bugler was Georgie Spence. We have been | :53:09. | :53:13. | |
watching drummers walking past our commentary position all morning. | :53:13. | :53:19. | |
Have you ever considered goes -- how much work goes into making a | :53:19. | :53:29. | |
:53:29. | :53:32. | ||
I have come to a factory to find out about a drum which has made a | :53:32. | :53:40. | |
name for itself not just at home Here I am on the factory floor. But | :53:40. | :53:45. | |
how do go from something as simple as this to making a finished | :53:45. | :53:49. | |
product, one of these beautiful John's? What is that, Nigel? | :53:49. | :53:59. | |
:53:59. | :54:00. | ||
It is a piece of aluminium. It goes from there, and we roll it and it | :54:00. | :54:10. | |
:54:10. | :54:12. | ||
makes this tension ring. We manufacture everything in-house. | :54:12. | :54:17. | |
They are coated with whatever colour the customer desires. The | :54:17. | :54:25. | |
only limitation for us is really your imagination. | :54:25. | :54:31. | |
The skin is made of the fabric used in bullet-proof vests. I can | :54:31. | :54:35. | |
imagine on an instrument in must be able to take a real pounding! | :54:35. | :54:44. | |
one of these come with Stan one-ton. That is the breaking strain. -- can | :54:44. | :54:49. | |
withstand one ton. It is built to last. A very deep understanding of | :54:49. | :54:56. | |
a drum and what makes this great sound. And I think a lot of people | :54:56. | :54:59. | |
out there know the same. That is why they keep coming back. They are | :54:59. | :55:07. | |
finding the same quality. They are spending less time looking and more | :55:07. | :55:12. | |
time practising. It makes them a better band. | :55:12. | :55:19. | |
For 78 years, the company have been supplying instruments and | :55:19. | :55:27. | |
accessories to musicians. Day -- day are always busy. What is | :55:27. | :55:33. | |
keeping you busy, David? At the minute, trying to tune, fix and | :55:33. | :55:43. | |
:55:43. | :55:49. | ||
repair drums for the bans. - At this time of year, the most | :55:49. | :55:57. | |
popular things can be anything from drum bells, Lake leathers, John | :55:57. | :56:05. | |
Styx -- drumsticks and drama heads. Both of those only have a certain | :56:05. | :56:14. | |
amount of life. After that you need to replace them. | :56:14. | :56:18. | |
The drama that is playing there is a very talented young chap. -- the | :56:18. | :56:28. | |
:56:28. | :56:38. | ||
The young lad playing there. Wow. He is probably the best. | :56:38. | :56:44. | |
He is the holder of the solo drumming title champion and All- | :56:44. | :56:47. | |
Ireland champion. And that was all happening in the | :56:47. | :56:54. | |
banal to the parade? I know you are furiously busy. -- in the run up to | :56:54. | :57:04. | |
the parade. We must have tuned 40 or 50 drums. | :57:04. | :57:10. | |
I went with a consignment of new drums to be prepared. | :57:10. | :57:14. | |
Everybody is happy and ready. You must be hoping that it is all going | :57:14. | :57:18. | |
to be ready for the morning! were in the shop at 5pm yesterday | :57:18. | :57:22. | |
and people were still coming in last minute. | :57:22. | :57:28. | |
I saw you watch the bands as you were going past. You know that the | :57:28. | :57:31. | |
standard of music has gone up so much. | :57:31. | :57:38. | |
Most bands take a lot of pride. And it is so terrific. You can feel | :57:38. | :57:43. | |
the vibration in the air. It is quite something. | :57:43. | :57:49. | |
There's nothing to equal this parade anywhere in the world. | :57:49. | :57:53. | |
Thank you, David. All the best to you. | :57:53. | :57:58. | |
Thank you very much, Helen. We have been looking down Bedford Street. | :57:58. | :58:02. | |
But this is the view at the city Hall at the moment. The sky is | :58:02. | :58:06. | |
clearing to blue. The sun is coming out. The bar are relaxing and | :58:06. | :58:13. | |
enjoying it. As you will know, the parade takes a break in comes to a | :58:13. | :58:18. | |
halt. That is what has happened at the moment. A very big crowd here | :58:18. | :58:23. | |
in the streets. 12th July is the biggest day of the year for the | :58:24. | :58:27. | |
Orange Order in Northern Ireland. But on the other side of the border, | :58:27. | :58:35. | |
the annual parade took place at the weekend. We have been too cowed to | :58:35. | :58:42. | |
don a court to find out more. -- to County Donegal to find out | :58:42. | :58:47. | |
more. This is one of the most popular destinations on the north- | :58:47. | :58:57. | |
west coast. But for one day every year, it is the location of the | :58:57. | :59:07. | |
:59:07. | :59:42. | ||
parade. The people will make a The crowds have been gathering | :59:42. | :59:46. | |
since early morning to get the best of you and the Twelfth in Donegal | :59:46. | :59:56. | |
:59:56. | :59:56. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 77 seconds | :59:56. | :00:36. | |
has been held in Rossnowlagh every The Grand Master of Donegal, you | :00:36. | :00:41. | |
are a man who has crossed and a very close to your heart? It is a | :00:41. | :00:51. | |
real Twelfth today. I came here from when I was sad little boy. | :00:51. | :00:58. | |
had not missed one? As long as I remember. What is it? What makes | :00:58. | :01:04. | |
Rossnowlagh special? It is a different place and different | :01:04. | :01:14. | |
:01:14. | :01:16. | ||
surroundings and great people and great neighbours. Edward, this is a | :01:16. | :01:22. | |
big day because such a first 12 as Grand Master. It has been excellent, | :01:22. | :01:27. | |
it's always a family day and today has been no different. He had a | :01:27. | :01:30. | |
good day for the weather and the crowds Ardbeg but Rossnowlagh is | :01:31. | :01:36. | |
special? It is, it's unique, the only Twelfth parade in the Irish | :01:36. | :01:41. | |
Republic. It's a very easy-going day. A and you get a welcome on the | :01:41. | :01:47. | |
locals? A very hearty welcome. new handle the pressure rightly? | :01:47. | :01:53. | |
You are doing all right. It's not over yet! You are a busy man but | :01:53. | :02:03. | |
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good luck and well done. Enjoy the rest of the day. Thank you. He get | :02:08. | :02:13. | |
all sorts here. Even Spider-Man. Have you had a good day? It was | :02:13. | :02:18. | |
lovely. Was the best thing about Rossnowlagh? As long as the weather | :02:18. | :02:25. | |
is good, and plenty of people turn out... You have a good day? | :02:25. | :02:29. | |
Brilliant. We have not been for a long time and it was my if White's | :02:29. | :02:35. | |
first time ever and there's lots to see. He kept dry as well. What did | :02:35. | :02:42. | |
you enjoy? Just seeing something different. What about the | :02:42. | :02:46. | |
atmosphere? Is very laid back. a good family day out and it's made | :02:46. | :02:53. | |
up with the weather being drive. What do you like about it? | :02:53. | :02:59. | |
people. We see so many people from the area. And the whole procession. | :02:59. | :03:03. | |
It's a nice atmosphere? There are a great crowds that gather every year | :03:03. | :03:06. | |
and you always bump into people you know and it's a great way to | :03:06. | :03:13. | |
socialise with them. It has been a sun-kissed day in beautiful | :03:13. | :03:17. | |
Rossnowlagh and it has been busy, all of these stalls did a roaring | :03:17. | :03:27. | |
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trade. And it's all going to happen same time next year. I must say, | :03:31. | :03:35. | |
there is so lovely relaxed holiday atmosphere at Rossnowlagh on the | :03:35. | :03:39. | |
what was rather breezy on the day. He it was but it does show you the | :03:39. | :03:44. | |
different faces of the Twelfth all over Northern Ireland. We saw Ralph | :03:44. | :03:48. | |
in Randalstown for Lambeg Drums and in Rossnowlagh or you have the | :03:48. | :03:54. | |
brass band. So many different facets to this. The Belfast | :03:54. | :04:01. | |
procession is very much its own atmosphere. This is a very | :04:01. | :04:05. | |
important year for the Miller Memorial band. They celebrate their | :04:05. | :04:10. | |
centenary. We have some recordings of them from earlier this morning | :04:10. | :04:18. | |
at the head of the parade in Belfast. This is a band which was | :04:18. | :04:24. | |
formed 100 years ago at Shaws Bridge, and its original title was | :04:25. | :04:30. | |
the meltdown flute band. But there founder-member and conductor, John | :04:30. | :04:34. | |
Miller, died shortly after the foundation and the name was changed | :04:34. | :04:40. | |
to honour and remember him. They have a very smart centenary in a | :04:40. | :04:45. | |
form which dates from February of this year. But it looks back to the | :04:45. | :04:54. | |
royal blue tunic worn in the 1990s. A very smart and indeed. When you | :04:54. | :04:59. | |
think of the Richhill uniform, civilians suits and straw hats, | :04:59. | :05:04. | |
there is something rather nostalgic about the fact that a band formed | :05:04. | :05:10. | |
in Belfast in 1911, if you think that in 1911 the changes that were | :05:11. | :05:14. | |
going through the world and in Belfast at the height of its | :05:14. | :05:18. | |
industrial power, very much one of the central cities of the UK. And | :05:18. | :05:23. | |
then it was all but disappeared with of course Titanic and then the | :05:23. | :05:33. | |
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war years. This is the Miller Memorial band. The parade rests at | :05:36. | :05:42. | |
the moment and heaven is in the crowd. I have got Tony with me and | :05:42. | :05:47. | |
he was a long-serving member of the Miller Memorial. How long were you | :05:47. | :05:54. | |
with then? 35 years. And what title did you have? I was the big bass | :05:54. | :05:58. | |
drum. I played the bass drum for 30 years and then my son for five | :05:58. | :06:04. | |
years. We have heard about the drumming and the standards. What | :06:04. | :06:08. | |
are your thoughts? I agree, the standard has risen appreciably over | :06:09. | :06:13. | |
the years from what it used to be years ago. Now it's very | :06:13. | :06:18. | |
accomplished. Why? All the bands are striving to improve their image, | :06:18. | :06:23. | |
their style of play and margin. is a very special year for you? | :06:23. | :06:31. | |
There was a smile... It is indeed. It was a very proud day for us. | :06:31. | :06:37. | |
This is our centenary. And it's another milestone in the history of | :06:37. | :06:41. | |
the band. Do you miss marching? do certain it. You are still with | :06:41. | :06:46. | |
them on the day. But the time comes when they beat you just do it on | :06:46. | :06:50. | |
the pavement? That is exactly the problem. My heart says yes but my | :06:50. | :06:56. | |
legs say no. Still dreaming? all time. Lovely to meet you and | :06:56. | :07:04. | |
thank you for having a chat with us and we will hand back to Walter... | :07:04. | :07:08. | |
The BBC has been covering the 12 live in Belfast for the past 50 | :07:08. | :07:18. | |
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years. And now we can take a look This shows the way the news used to | :07:27. | :07:32. | |
be on BBC television, black and white. And this is Glengall Street | :07:32. | :07:40. | |
and some of the shots in Belfast of the parade passing City Hall. The | :07:40. | :07:45. | |
earliest stages, all the coverage was in black and white. The 1950s. | :07:45. | :07:51. | |
You can see that it was not so much a celebration but it was also a | :07:51. | :07:58. | |
commemoration. If you look at the formality of it all. The gentlemen | :07:58. | :08:04. | |
with their heads covered. In those days, the Lambeg Drums. Look at the | :08:04. | :08:07. | |
speed they must walk at. And the ladies, all of them had their heads | :08:07. | :08:15. | |
covered. I do not realise they still had that workers back in the | :08:15. | :08:24. | |
1950s. Very much so. And still the same energy. Absolutely and by the | :08:24. | :08:28. | |
time they get to the field, I'm sure they were glad of the rest. | :08:28. | :08:37. | |
Changes interest and over the years. I love these close. More recent | :08:37. | :08:43. | |
times. The 1970s. The shoulder length hair. Oh, it's definitely | :08:43. | :08:48. | |
the 70s! Those uniforms are not part of the march, that is for | :08:48. | :08:55. | |
sure! Again, even then we can see the bowler hats, for example. That | :08:55. | :09:05. | |
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formality. And there you are. Some pictures for the past but we can | :09:19. | :09:29. | |
bring you back up to the present and Randalstown. For many people, | :09:29. | :09:33. | |
this is about marching I'm going to the field and the ceremony but also | :09:33. | :09:39. | |
it's a family day out and that is exactly what you are doing? We are | :09:39. | :09:43. | |
coming from Cullybackey. We always do the country parade in the | :09:43. | :09:51. | |
morning. Then we headed to Belfast for coming back. I know your | :09:51. | :09:56. | |
grandfather was an Lambeg Drum? passed away last July. He was | :09:56. | :10:02. | |
buried just after the Twelfth so he got one last one end. Had a good | :10:02. | :10:10. | |
day? Yes. I liked when King Billy came in on his horse. Adam? Get | :10:10. | :10:20. | |
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your John... Good man! -- pet that drum. You can see this view looking | :10:24. | :10:31. | |
down Bedford Street, and the rest of the marchers take it this time, | :10:31. | :10:36. | |
it still continues. I would imagine that very shortly they will be | :10:36. | :10:40. | |
getting underway again. They will of course. I would say they are | :10:40. | :10:45. | |
glad of the chance of the rest. This isn't built into the timetable, | :10:45. | :10:54. | |
is it? If it just happens naturally. It shows the extent of the crowds. | :10:54. | :10:59. | |
The marchers and the spectators, all mixing together in a huge | :10:59. | :11:04. | |
spectacle of people. One thing I will tell you this year, when you | :11:04. | :11:08. | |
see that many people together, spectators and the bands, the one | :11:08. | :11:13. | |
thing that has impressed me is genuinely the atmosphere of | :11:13. | :11:19. | |
friendliness, it's for families and is genuinely a festival. It is. | :11:19. | :11:27. | |
the mobile phone... Absolutely marvellous. We have enjoyed the | :11:27. | :11:35. | |
wonderful views of the scene in central Belfast. And that is all we | :11:35. | :11:38. | |
have time for. What you can see highlights of the Orange Order's | :11:38. | :11:44. | |
celebrations across Northern Ireland tonight in an extended BBC | :11:44. | :11:47. |