:00:17. > :00:22.Had hair good morning from the centre of Belfast and welcome to
:00:22. > :00:25.our coverage hot the Twelfth. The spectators have been gathering
:00:25. > :00:29.along a strip for the past couple of powers and perhaps you'll get
:00:29. > :00:35.the chance to speak to some of them later. We are alive for the next
:00:35. > :00:39.hour and a quarter to mark what is the 322nd anniversary of the Battle
:00:39. > :00:43.of the Boyne. We will have lots more from the parade in Belfast in
:00:43. > :00:51.just a moment but let us hear over to Carrickfergus to join up with
:00:51. > :00:55.Ralph McLean. I am in Carrickfergus for one of the big flagship
:00:55. > :01:02.demonstrations and this is working William arrived in 1690 and in June
:01:02. > :01:06.of that year he made his way to the boy and so it is significant. The
:01:06. > :01:10.town is playing host to the east Antrim combine with something like
:01:10. > :01:15.60 bands from across the UK. The parade will be led by King William
:01:15. > :01:20.himself with a troop of pikemen in full costume. That will be with us
:01:20. > :01:24.at the castle in 45 minutes but for now, back to the City Hall in
:01:24. > :01:28.Belfast and David O'Reilly... The grounds of the City Hall open to
:01:28. > :01:32.the public for a range of family friendly activities with food
:01:32. > :01:39.stalls showcasing local produce, cookery demonstrations and street
:01:39. > :01:43.theatre from the Festival of Fools and the shops are open from noon. I
:01:43. > :01:48.will be here later on the show but now it's time to handover to our
:01:48. > :01:52.commentator this morning, Walter Love... Good morning from the
:01:52. > :01:57.commentary position on the corner of Ormeau Avenue as the parade
:01:57. > :02:02.makes its way along Bedford Street, en route to the field at Barnett's
:02:02. > :02:08.Demesne. There are demonstrations across the province today but in
:02:08. > :02:18.Belfast, nine districts are taking place, something like 60 it banned.
:02:18. > :02:21.
:02:21. > :02:28.Of which, 23 are from Scotland. -- 68 band us. Very colourful. --
:02:28. > :02:32.bands. The parade is going down Clifton Street and Donegall Street
:02:32. > :02:38.into Royal Avenue, Donegall Place and past the City Hall, the
:02:38. > :02:43.Cenotaph, up the Dublin Road, into the Lisburn Road all the way to
:02:43. > :02:52.Balmoral Avenue, turning left and then to the field at Barnett's
:02:52. > :02:57.Demesne. As Helen said, the streets are packed with people who have
:02:57. > :03:03.been here for a couple of hours on a very good sunny morning. Despite
:03:03. > :03:11.the terrible summer we have had, today is a very good day, not much
:03:11. > :03:15.wind, good sunshine and not much of a breeze. I am joined this morning
:03:15. > :03:18.by Professor David Fitzpatrick from Trinity College Dublin, who has
:03:18. > :03:25.written extensively about the Orange Order and is working on a
:03:25. > :03:32.book on its history. How far back as the Belfast parade go?
:03:32. > :03:37.Incredibly, we have records from 7097 onwards, 250 years ago. In the
:03:37. > :03:41.newsletter, there was a report after Twelfth July about Orangemen
:03:41. > :03:48.assembling early in the morning, going through the streets with
:03:48. > :03:55.music playing and drums and colours flying. Different devices such as a
:03:55. > :04:00.painting of King William on horseback and an numerous body of
:04:00. > :04:06.people along Linenhall Street. It was nobbled to have numerous groups
:04:06. > :04:12.of girls arranged and walking in procession, many of whom have come
:04:12. > :04:17.from different parts of the country. Even then, there was a hint of
:04:17. > :04:22.Orange festival spirit. It goes back in history. It is interesting
:04:22. > :04:27.how things have changed. You have come from Dublin to join us and the
:04:27. > :04:34.Orange Order has been down to Dublin recently? The Secretary had
:04:34. > :04:44.the opportunity to address this an end and given an -- an excellent
:04:44. > :04:46.
:04:46. > :04:51.address. -- the Seanad. Even opposition parties have recognised
:04:51. > :04:58.the Orange Order has been something cultural from the North and South.
:04:58. > :05:05.Here we are, the Shankill Road loyal Orange Lodge. Passing by at
:05:05. > :05:15.the moment. Flanked by the Ulster and the Union flag. This is the
:05:15. > :05:35.
:05:35. > :05:39.oldest lodge in the district. First It is always an amazing spectacle
:05:39. > :05:45.with all the colour and the sounds of the bands, one giving way to the
:05:45. > :05:48.next and some very big bands in the parade. The music is essential.
:05:49. > :05:53.has always been a major part of the processions right from the start of
:05:53. > :05:59.the The style changes and unsafe. There would have been some side
:05:59. > :06:06.drums and the Fife in the earlier days and later on, pipe bands,
:06:06. > :06:10.accordion bands and the like. Today, mainly flute bands. As what you
:06:11. > :06:15.mentioned, there is a large proportion from Scotland today.
:06:15. > :06:23.Many of those bands were not be composed of Orangemen but people
:06:23. > :06:33.from a much broader function than merely playing on the Twelfth. Part
:06:33. > :06:38.of what is sometimes called the broader Unionist family. 1963. Just
:06:38. > :06:46.passing us by. And bringing to an end, distant number nine and then
:06:46. > :06:56.back to district number one. Medium-sized. 15 Lodges with seven
:06:56. > :07:06.bands today. District number one is led by the District Master Robert
:07:06. > :07:12.
:07:12. > :07:18.Gardner and the Deputy Master, This is always a very popular place
:07:18. > :07:28.to watch the parades. Orangemen of all ages take part in the parades.
:07:28. > :07:46.
:07:46. > :07:56.He and it is, a very distinguished writer, he has commented on the
:07:56. > :07:58.
:07:58. > :08:02.past been saying -- seeing his first parade? -- Louis MacNeice. He
:08:02. > :08:08.spoke of this as one of the most extraordinary sights and the world
:08:08. > :08:15.and he said he was going to Belfast to broadcast. One of the most
:08:15. > :08:21.extraordinary sights in the world. In Carrickfergus. When he reported
:08:21. > :08:30.on that procession, he said it was crazy, banners depicting Sanson
:08:30. > :08:40.fighting the Lion, the storming, Lord back and say it, lots of local
:08:40. > :08:42.
:08:42. > :08:49.work and so it continues. -- Beconsfield. Today, still, very
:08:49. > :08:59.much the colour and spectacle he would have witnessed. In Bedford
:08:59. > :09:06.Street, in the crowds, we have Helen... Grant Dillon, tell me
:09:06. > :09:14.about yourself and what particular Orange Lodge do you represent?
:09:14. > :09:20.6, East Belfast. Maya Lodge, it is quite unusual with the white
:09:20. > :09:27.collarette and the crimson. We were formed in the 1930s from survivors
:09:27. > :09:31.of World War One. Why do have such different colours? We originally
:09:31. > :09:36.had the traditional collarette and because of the World War One
:09:36. > :09:41.connection, with the Battle of the Somme, we had a prominent remembers
:09:41. > :09:46.with the white collarette and the crimson. It is quite unique.
:09:46. > :09:52.have been urging for many years. Somebody said 30? Not possibly
:09:53. > :09:56.that? Probably more than 30, when I was in the junior Orange Lodge. 30
:09:56. > :10:01.years of pounding the streets of Belfast, yes. You must have gone
:10:01. > :10:08.through a lot of shoe leather. You will have seen a lot of changes?
:10:08. > :10:16.The biggest change would have been the types of band that parade,
:10:16. > :10:18.there is the demise of pipe bands very colourful and enjoyable day.
:10:18. > :10:28.Europe and is at the back of the parades are you can still stand and
:10:28. > :10:29.
:10:29. > :10:36.watch as they go by and then catch up? -- you're banned. -- your band
:10:36. > :10:40.is. Along with another large, we have a band from Scotland. It is a
:10:40. > :10:48.very enjoyable day. It is a great family day and it gets more and
:10:48. > :10:53.more enjoyable. Do enjoy it. We welcome back to you. There are
:10:53. > :11:01.still here with district number one. Very smartly turned out. And many
:11:01. > :11:07.of them in military style clothing? The roots of Orangeism was that
:11:07. > :11:11.connection with the militia back in 7097. And there has been that
:11:11. > :11:15.Bellucci influence but interestingly, modified and
:11:15. > :11:23.Orangemen Spiegel going for a walk and not marching and they do not
:11:23. > :11:27.follow formal protocol. -- Orangemen speak of. Although they
:11:28. > :11:36.would carry swords, they are not for military purposes but they're
:11:36. > :11:41.decorative. The umbrellas have replaced so words? There they
:11:41. > :11:45.probably replaced walking sticks around 1912 to show respectability.
:11:45. > :11:55.That was the year of the bowling had and the walking stick.
:11:55. > :11:59.Replacing the more military influences from the past. This
:11:59. > :12:06.gives us a lovely view right down the length of Bedford Street. With
:12:06. > :12:16.a mixture of the buildings from the past and present. On the right-hand
:12:16. > :12:17.
:12:17. > :12:27.side, the Ulster Hall. What was it that, the old you its building. --
:12:27. > :12:38.
:12:38. > :12:48.Ewarts. And then the Linenhall Library. Again, we are still with
:12:48. > :12:51.
:12:51. > :13:01.district number one. Lots of families come to watch the parade
:13:01. > :13:23.
:13:23. > :13:33.here in this part of Belfast. The law would stock Ulster Scots
:13:33. > :13:44.
:13:44. > :13:50.band.. -- Lower Stockman.s. It is a good distance right up to the field,
:13:50. > :13:56.Barnett's Demesne. Officially, they say five miles. Then, of course,
:13:56. > :14:00.after the demonstration at the field, there is the walk back.
:14:00. > :14:04.Which is often more difficult than walking down. In the past,
:14:04. > :14:12.Orangemen would have to go at least seven miles out of town, sometimes
:14:12. > :14:18.in the pouring rain, to have their entertainment in the field. Orange
:14:18. > :14:24.lilies. Traditional. The date back to a very early period when the
:14:24. > :14:30.decorations were less obvious than today. They had those costumes
:14:30. > :14:36.which many spectators wear and the Union flags. Rosettes and poppies.
:14:36. > :14:46.I am told that these types of lily which are in use, they're different
:14:46. > :15:00.
:15:00. > :15:10.from today. Very smart turn out on Now, we're going to take you
:15:10. > :15:13.
:15:13. > :15:18.further away from here to the City I am going to do my best. There is
:15:18. > :15:25.a break in the music so I can talk to Andrew Irvine. Tell the people
:15:25. > :15:29.about the festivities at city hall? City centre management has been
:15:29. > :15:35.working with the Chamber of Commerce to open up the city centre
:15:35. > :15:42.once the parade passes at 12pm. The elements of that this year is the
:15:42. > :15:47.food market which is just in front of me in the grounds of City Hall.
:15:47. > :15:54.Also Festival of Fools are out entertaining all afternoon. Really
:15:54. > :15:57.family focused entertainment. Fantastic. How does the preparation
:15:57. > :16:03.of for an event like this differ from other things that happen in
:16:03. > :16:08.the grounds of City Hall during the year? The major issue is food for.
:16:08. > :16:14.This is the largest, singles at four event for the city centre on
:16:14. > :16:20.any day of the year. I have always been keen that the shops do not
:16:20. > :16:24.keep their shutters down. Retail should take advantage of this. For
:16:24. > :16:28.the vast majority of retailers, it is a fairly normal day of the
:16:28. > :16:34.calendar. We are lucky at the moment because people are watching
:16:34. > :16:44.the parade, but the food hall will get very busy since. Who is the key
:16:44. > :16:44.
:16:44. > :16:49.target? This is about opening up the event, not only to tourists,
:16:49. > :16:55.who we need to provide for, but also for the people of Belfast. A
:16:55. > :16:59.good proportion of our population want nothing to do with the parade,
:16:59. > :17:04.but as a city we need to have a neutral space. So the activities in
:17:04. > :17:11.the afternoon, the food market, the street performers, I want to appeal
:17:11. > :17:21.to everybody across Belfast no matter what your background. This
:17:21. > :17:30.
:17:30. > :17:40.place is a neutral city and very This logic was originally formed in
:17:40. > :17:51.
:17:51. > :18:01.It is harder, I suppose, to say just how many Orangemen are on the
:18:01. > :18:02.
:18:02. > :18:10.street today. There must be many thousands. There would have been
:18:10. > :18:18.far more in the distant past. There were up to 20,000 members in
:18:18. > :18:25.Belfast and probably 300 lodges. This was at the peak of the
:18:25. > :18:34.organisation after the Great War. Falls Road Methodist Lodge. Then
:18:34. > :18:42.Belfast Harbour Lodge. It goes back to 1896. And that points to the
:18:42. > :18:49.fact that so many Orange lodges are associated with particular churches.
:18:49. > :18:59.Also particular trades. Particular walks in life. We're coming to the
:18:59. > :19:14.
:19:14. > :19:23.end of the district number ones. It is a day for young and old.
:19:24. > :19:33.Plenty of enthusiasm and energy. is certainly a time for action, it
:19:34. > :19:35.
:19:35. > :19:45.is all noise and movement. We are moving to district number two. It
:19:45. > :19:47.
:19:47. > :19:57.has ten lodges in the parade today, accompanied by three bands. Ronald
:19:57. > :20:10.
:20:11. > :20:16.Walker, it is his first year as The strong Scottish presence in the
:20:16. > :20:21.plans is very interesting. It points to the strength of Orangeism
:20:21. > :20:27.in Scotland. In many parts of the world it has become a much smaller
:20:27. > :20:34.movement. We are going over to Helen Mark again who has more
:20:34. > :20:41.visitors to talk to. Such a grand array of bans going pastas at the
:20:41. > :20:47.moment. Let me introduce the Reverend Mervyn Gibson. We meet on
:20:47. > :20:54.this corner every year. People will begin to talk! How are you feeling
:20:54. > :20:59.now that the parade is underway? is great. Lovely weather, at a
:20:59. > :21:06.great crowd, a good days so far. You are watching the bans as they
:21:06. > :21:11.go past. You must recognise a lot of faces. We have over 23 bands
:21:11. > :21:20.from Scotland. There will be 62 bans in this parade from Belfast
:21:20. > :21:29.alone. Let me introduce Sean Collins, he is the former mayor of
:21:29. > :21:39.Drogheda. The Rev and invites you to come along every year? That is
:21:39. > :21:42.
:21:42. > :21:48.right. And it is an enjoyable way of celebrating what happened.
:21:48. > :21:54.heard that for many years, you have been inviting Orange men down to
:21:54. > :22:01.the Boyne and doing what down there? Basically taking them of --
:22:01. > :22:06.on a tour on historical sites. When William and James decided to fight
:22:06. > :22:13.their, they made it one of the most historic areas in the island of
:22:13. > :22:21.Ireland. Since 1978 I had been meeting with groups at the boy in
:22:21. > :22:26.the summer all traditions. -- at the Boyne. How do they respond to
:22:26. > :22:29.being there and you taking them round? I always suggest to them I
:22:29. > :22:38.can tell them whichever version that they want, the Catholic
:22:38. > :22:43.version, the Protestant religion or the truth! As your own famous
:22:43. > :22:50.comedian once said, you won the battle, but we got the River! And
:22:50. > :22:57.we are holding on to it. The it is lovely to have you with us. I hope
:22:57. > :23:03.you both enjoy the rest of the day. It always interests me how a parade
:23:03. > :23:08.like this is organised because we sometimes expect to see the head of
:23:08. > :23:14.the parade here at 10:30am, but I am sure they have a tight schedule
:23:15. > :23:19.to fit two. It all looks so very smoothly through the streets,
:23:19. > :23:26.occasionally there is a momentary pause and then they move on again.
:23:26. > :23:31.It is moving very smoothly this morning. Perfect conditions. Some
:23:31. > :23:38.very colourful spectators to enjoy the spectacle. Everybody seems to
:23:38. > :23:48.be having a good time at the moment. At times the songs can seem
:23:48. > :23:52.
:23:52. > :23:57.overwhelming. But as you say, there is order through it all. At this
:23:57. > :24:02.point, it District number-two is giving way to district number three
:24:02. > :24:12.which has 14 lodges. And there will be four bands and one ladies
:24:12. > :24:13.
:24:13. > :24:20.district as well. This district has the 36th Ulster Division large. The
:24:20. > :24:30.flags were made by the Royal School of needlework in 1937, dedicated to
:24:30. > :24:42.
:24:42. > :24:45.the memory of the men from their There is the colour for the days.
:24:45. > :24:55.There is a much more casual approach, but it is still very
:24:55. > :24:58.
:24:58. > :25:03.smart. It is quite a change from the demure clothing of the past.
:25:03. > :25:10.will hand you back now to the grounds of the city hall.
:25:10. > :25:16.We are out on the street outside the city hall. Jonathan Bell and
:25:16. > :25:20.former Lord Mayor Jim Rogers joined me. You have walked down here?
:25:20. > :25:28.have come all the way from East Belfast. It is a great day, people
:25:28. > :25:32.are here from all over the world. How much of what is going on here
:25:32. > :25:36.is a first for the city centre? shops have been open for a number
:25:36. > :25:43.of years. It brings so much to Northern Ireland. There are
:25:43. > :25:47.thousands of people here, people come from all over the world. The
:25:47. > :25:52.festival, and the additional entertainment puts us on the world
:25:52. > :25:57.map. It is one of the greatest festivals in the world. Is this
:25:57. > :26:01.more about appealing to people already here or attracting a new
:26:01. > :26:06.audience? We would like to see a brand new audience as well as an
:26:06. > :26:10.existing ones. People are here from all walks of life. As I walk
:26:10. > :26:15.through the streets this morning, it was interesting to see members
:26:15. > :26:20.from the Roman Catholic community that I know personally. That is
:26:20. > :26:23.what we want to see. This is a day for everybody. We want to see
:26:23. > :26:26.Northern Ireland going from strength to strength and all of us
:26:26. > :26:31.except in each other's religion, culture and political views rather
:26:32. > :26:36.than having all this fighting. It is not in the interest of any one
:26:36. > :26:42.to have a fights in the street. We want people to really enjoy
:26:42. > :26:46.themselves. It is great to have the shops opening for its fourth year.
:26:46. > :26:52.We have the food hall for the first time in the grounds of the city
:26:52. > :27:01.hall. This should go on and on. know you gentlemen will be joining
:27:01. > :27:11.the parade very soon. We prayed in to St Anne's Cathedral and joined
:27:11. > :27:11.
:27:11. > :27:16.the main parade. Now you can see here something rather interesting.
:27:16. > :27:22.There are not usually many floats in this period, but in recent years
:27:22. > :27:27.there has been one. There is certainly this year. Afloat
:27:27. > :27:32.celebrating the centenary of the Ulster Covenant. This is a
:27:32. > :27:41.significant part of the commemoration. Yes, the Orange
:27:41. > :27:51.Order was a major player in arranging the Coddenham. -- the
:27:51. > :27:51.
:27:52. > :27:57.Continent. I think I saw Lord Laird at their. There is one of these
:27:57. > :28:07.temporary pauses in the parade, this does happens. It has got a
:28:07. > :28:17.little bit to go. One of the oldest lodges in the district is one for
:28:17. > :28:23.
:28:23. > :28:33.five, Royal York. -- 145. Here we go. The float is now making its way,
:28:33. > :28:36.
:28:36. > :28:40.commemorating the centenary of the signing of the Covenant. We have
:28:40. > :28:45.managed to persuade it Lord Laird to get down off the float and talk
:28:45. > :28:51.to me for a moment. We do not see many floats in the parade, but this
:28:51. > :28:58.was a special opportunity to have a theme on the float. This is the 100
:28:58. > :29:04.per anniversary of the covenant. We have a float about it and I am
:29:04. > :29:10.dressed of that someone -- as someone from 1912. It is very
:29:10. > :29:17.dapper. I think you rather enjoy getting dressed up like this.
:29:17. > :29:23.always enjoy the 12th. It is a great family day out! There are
:29:23. > :29:29.many bands going past. Are you marching days over? We love it. It
:29:29. > :29:34.is great to see so many people out, so many families, to us, it is a
:29:34. > :29:38.great day for assault. Why do you want to have a float in the parade
:29:38. > :29:44.when we are so used to the bans. We like to give people something to
:29:44. > :29:51.think about. We want to remind people about the 100 anniversary of
:29:51. > :29:56.the signing of the Covenant. He is a very important thing. I will need
:29:56. > :30:06.to let you go because you have to catch up with the float before it
:30:06. > :30:16.The Shankill potters and boys food band, one of the biggest in the
:30:16. > :30:26.
:30:26. > :30:32.parade with something like 100 There is a ladies' district here.
:30:32. > :30:42.What about Orange women? There is evidence of Lodges for women from
:30:42. > :30:42.
:30:42. > :30:47.1801. There was a large-scale organisation until 1912. But for
:30:48. > :30:57.the last century, there has been a significant number involved in the
:30:58. > :31:07.
:31:07. > :31:17.sister organisation, the Orange women. Coming up now, the Aneglo
:31:17. > :31:20.
:31:20. > :31:24.Davidson Lodge. And the Queen Victoria temperance Lodge. It
:31:24. > :31:34.changed its name to the present one following the death of Queen
:31:34. > :31:37.
:31:37. > :31:47.Victoria. There were many banners for Queen Victoria. On the moment
:31:47. > :31:49.
:31:49. > :31:53.of her death, that image could appear on a banner. We have not
:31:53. > :31:58.into Carrickfergus for a little while and we will now go over to
:31:58. > :32:02.Ralph McLean... The sun is beating down in Carrickfergus and I'm in
:32:02. > :32:11.danger of getting tanned. Who would have thought? The people are
:32:11. > :32:16.gathered in the streets. It is a very big day. This is a massive
:32:16. > :32:21.day? The fantastic. We have the weather and the crowds. It is a
:32:21. > :32:28.great location. I mentioned the East Antrim Combine, a here for the
:32:28. > :32:33.first time in one decade. Where are people coming from? A approximately
:32:33. > :32:41.80 Lodges and the first this too would be from Randalstown. And then
:32:41. > :32:46.Carrickfergus itself. And the area surrounded. Quite an extensive area,
:32:46. > :32:52.very large Orange community in this area. And the fantastic parade,
:32:52. > :32:56.usually. A great mix of dance. know better setting. Here with the
:32:56. > :32:58.noise in the background as people get ready but there is a real party
:32:58. > :33:03.atmosphere and it is great to welcome loads of people to the town
:33:03. > :33:08.on a day like this? I was walking round and there are a lot of
:33:08. > :33:12.Scottish accents and lots of people from the local area also. Fantastic
:33:12. > :33:15.numbers and it is a very historic venue with King William coming here
:33:15. > :33:19.in June 1690. All the special than the Orange Order Costa
:33:19. > :33:23.Carrickfergus. It is always about welcoming people, there is a chance
:33:23. > :33:29.to welcome people from all over to celebrate what is a real festival
:33:29. > :33:33.on a day like this? Yes, this is one of the flagship areas, along
:33:33. > :33:37.with Ballynahinch and Enniskillen. We have Flagship hosts giving out
:33:37. > :33:41.leaflets and talking to people and welcoming visitors and I have seen
:33:41. > :33:44.then an operation and an delighted that we have trained them in other
:33:44. > :33:49.venues. Carrickfergus has a fantastic team of people out and
:33:49. > :33:52.about to welcome everybody. The atmosphere is fantastic. We are
:33:52. > :33:57.looking forward to a very big day and you are looking forward to it
:33:57. > :34:03.and the sun shining. Absolutely, it is fantastic and I am looking
:34:03. > :34:10.forward to today. Whenever my lodge comes down. Brilliant. Thank you
:34:10. > :34:15.very much and enjoy the day. Let's go back to Belfast... Thank you. He
:34:15. > :34:20.is basking in sunshine. The Sun has disappeared a little bit over here.
:34:20. > :34:25.But it is a perfect day. Looking down the street, this is a wind
:34:25. > :34:30.tunnel between the tall buildings. It can be very breezy and I am sure
:34:30. > :34:35.very difficult to control the banners? Not too bad today. The
:34:36. > :34:41.perfect day, really. In the past, the banners would have been even
:34:41. > :34:47.larger than today and you not only had two people carrying them but up
:34:47. > :34:56.to six boys trying to control the movement. The banner we are looking
:34:56. > :35:00.at was William on the horse. The Prince of Orange. It is best known
:35:00. > :35:08.as the Prince by its members and they are originally from Donegal
:35:08. > :35:13.Road, Sandy Row. This was one of many temperance Lodges and at one
:35:13. > :35:17.time two-fifths of all Belfast Orangemen were either from
:35:17. > :35:22.temperance or total abstinence lodges. Not too many of those left.
:35:22. > :35:29.Members have to take the pledge. The Temperance is one when they do
:35:29. > :35:39.not drink in the Lodge hall. District number four. One of the
:35:39. > :35:41.
:35:41. > :35:51.smaller districts. Nine Lodges and four bands. And the head of
:35:51. > :35:56.
:35:56. > :36:02.district number four... Elgin lodge. Named after the Lord vice
:36:02. > :36:06.Chancellor of England? For the Conservatives. This lodge used to
:36:06. > :36:11.be a political powerhouse of the Orange Order in Northern Ireland.
:36:11. > :36:14.And a great many politicians in the past, Sir James Craig, Brian
:36:14. > :36:19.Faulkner, they belonged to it as well a senior members of the
:36:19. > :36:29.judiciary. At one time they chose not to take part in the procession
:36:29. > :36:33.
:36:33. > :36:40.but to go separately. With his own tent. And as to look again up
:36:40. > :36:43.towards Bedford Street, Helen is still in the crowd? It is
:36:43. > :36:53.tremendous to welcome international visitors to come and see the
:36:53. > :36:54.
:36:54. > :37:02.parades in the streets. Please introduce yourselves... IM from
:37:02. > :37:07.Bangladesh and this is my wife. On holiday? Yes. One holiday. It is
:37:07. > :37:13.very hard to here sometimes with this great noise of the bands
:37:13. > :37:20.create. What is your impression of the parade as it goes past? It is a
:37:20. > :37:27.wonderful festival. The best one I have seen in my life. I have never
:37:27. > :37:34.had this experience in my life. But so people say, take part. It is
:37:34. > :37:44.amazing. It is lovely to hear this being called a festival. Patricia.
:37:44. > :37:44.
:37:44. > :37:48.You have invited her boyfriend bus- top had used in the parades before?
:37:48. > :37:52.I have not seen them live. I have just seen the bad press coverage
:37:52. > :37:58.that this sometimes gets so I decided to come down and see it for
:37:58. > :38:03.myself. One our impressions? thoroughly enjoyed myself. I had
:38:03. > :38:07.heard about the parades but I had never seen one live. I heard things
:38:07. > :38:11.about them back in England so I did not know what to expect. Everybody
:38:11. > :38:15.is having fun, young and old and everybody is having a great time.
:38:15. > :38:19.Are you going to propose to Patricia in the midst of the
:38:19. > :38:27.parade? Live on television? I think we believe that one for another
:38:27. > :38:31.day! I am sorry if I embarrass you. Thanks very much! Back to Walter
:38:31. > :38:39.Love... Thank you. We can do certain things on this programme
:38:39. > :38:45.but not others! A very nice you looking down at the junction of
:38:45. > :38:53.Ormeau Avenue and Bedford Street. Young enthusiasts. I like those
:38:53. > :39:03.sunglasses are! Very colourful Indeed. Lots of energy. Others are
:39:03. > :39:06.
:39:06. > :39:16.simply happier to just spectate from the sidewalk. There are quite
:39:16. > :39:16.
:39:17. > :39:24.a few changes in the style of sash. What determines the difference?
:39:24. > :39:28.the Sash is much larger. It goes sideways across the shoulders. It
:39:28. > :39:32.is said that the shortage of silk during the Great War was
:39:32. > :39:39.responsible for popularising the smaller, cheaper collarette. Just
:39:39. > :39:47.as that led to the smaller banners being secured. We have seen one or
:39:47. > :39:53.two lodges, including Lord Laird's Lodge wearing the sashes. Today, it
:39:53. > :39:58.is usually the correct that my father wore! -- collarette.
:39:58. > :40:05.great colour, as has been said, people have commented on that. It
:40:05. > :40:12.is a very colourful spectacle. in the past, processions like this
:40:12. > :40:17.could have been seen, Masonic processions, Hibernian, who and
:40:17. > :40:24.similar banners would have been on display. As with trade unions and
:40:24. > :40:29.gilts. This is one of the few surviving spectacles of that kind.
:40:29. > :40:35.A and we can now go back down the street and to David O'Reilly at the
:40:35. > :40:39.City Hall... I have been broadcasting for 40 minutes and I
:40:39. > :40:42.have demanded an meal break and were better than this food stall
:40:42. > :40:47.outside the city hall. Michelle Shirlow, tell us what you have
:40:47. > :40:51.going on? What's going on, local food for people visiting Belfast
:40:51. > :40:55.and the tourists and one special thing at the then it is the Titanic
:40:55. > :40:59.menu because we have found that tourists are very interested in
:40:59. > :41:04.Belfast's heritage around Titanic and we're doing something different,
:41:04. > :41:08.not just first class but second class and third class. If people
:41:08. > :41:13.want to come and have a sample and find out how people ate on the
:41:13. > :41:17.Titanic, we can teach them about that. And today is a very Northern
:41:17. > :41:22.Irish day. What are the local foods that you are proud of telling
:41:22. > :41:26.people about? We are very proud to have things like Armagh Bramley
:41:26. > :41:30.apples, which has been turned into this Waldorf pudding. And the
:41:30. > :41:34.Bramley apple has special European status as well, just like the
:41:34. > :41:38.Comber potatoes and Lough Neagh deals. Food culture in Northern
:41:38. > :41:43.Ireland is taking off. And porridge oats all the way from Armagh. That
:41:43. > :41:50.is a very healthy alternative and that was served to all classes. But
:41:50. > :41:56.there are trainers around here with local B. Some people selling salmon
:41:56. > :41:59.and that is from Glenarm. There is a great variety of local food and
:41:59. > :42:03.lovely deserts and traditional trade bakes. It would not be
:42:03. > :42:07.Northern Ireland if there was no sweet stuff at the end. People are
:42:07. > :42:11.usually used to burgers and ice- cream. It is very nice to see some
:42:11. > :42:16.vegetarian options and all sorts of other staff at the food stall. I
:42:16. > :42:21.will try some of this wine jelly. On the job but we will keep that
:42:21. > :42:24.quiet. Back to Walter Love... I am glad to know that the food stalls
:42:24. > :42:33.will be staying open later and we will have an opportunity to go to
:42:34. > :42:40.that. We are moving into one of the biggest distance. No. 5. That is
:42:40. > :42:50.Sandy Row. And it has 28 Lodges. 15 plants. And there is a ladies'
:42:50. > :42:50.
:42:50. > :43:30.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds
:43:30. > :43:35.Tied to just sit back and relax and It certainly creates a great deal
:43:35. > :43:42.of atmosphere? The Mesic is an essential ingredient. And there is
:43:42. > :43:47.a very famous couple in the crowd! There is something odd about the
:43:47. > :43:53.music. Although all of those people involved normally know the words to
:43:53. > :44:00.most of the tunes, they hardly ever sing. That is something to explore,
:44:00. > :44:07.maybe? But the music... It must be very energising to people. I'm sure
:44:07. > :44:11.a lot of people who are not used to walking for five miles, perhaps?
:44:11. > :44:18.The bands have always been essential in the military world and
:44:18. > :44:23.very important in religion as well. The Salvation Army. Always as a way
:44:23. > :44:32.of getting people to move together. To combine. Music is that it's
:44:32. > :44:38.essential ingredient. The district five, they have that a banner read.
:44:39. > :44:44.And Sandy Row, of course, has an honoured place in Orangeism. The
:44:44. > :44:49.first purpose-built Orange Hall was built in Belfast in 1868. And it
:44:49. > :44:52.was replaced in 1910 and one of those very famous sights, the site
:44:52. > :45:02.where it is said that King William's troops reportedly camped
:45:02. > :45:09.
:45:09. > :45:19.Everything would suggest the history of the Boyne, and William's
:45:19. > :45:22.
:45:22. > :45:29.arrival was part of orange folklore. I hesitate to say that they are
:45:29. > :45:36.treated like the relics of saints. Sandy Row Orange ladies district
:45:36. > :45:46.number one was founded in 1912 by the member of a very well known
:45:46. > :45:53.
:45:53. > :45:57.Sandy Row family. This year marks the centenary of their founding.
:45:57. > :46:06.The family responsible for a great proportion of the banners in the
:46:06. > :46:11.past, they no longer exist. We are going back again to Helen Mark.
:46:11. > :46:16.am sure you will recognise my next guest, Mark Wilson he is a great
:46:16. > :46:24.drummer and percussionist and a presenter of an Ulster Scots
:46:25. > :46:30.programme. Welcome. Tell me, what are your thoughts about the music
:46:30. > :46:36.in the parade this year? There seems to be a lot of people really
:46:36. > :46:42.enjoying their music. For me, that is the most important thing. The
:46:42. > :46:49.musical standard is really high. One or two may need a little more
:46:49. > :46:53.practice. I think there has been an improvement over the years. There
:46:53. > :47:03.has. The improvement in the marching standard of that bands and
:47:03. > :47:05.
:47:05. > :47:10.the appearance have helped that bands look a lot better. Deportment
:47:10. > :47:15.has improved immeasurably. But the musical standard as well, I would
:47:15. > :47:20.like to see it improve even more. What about the tunes they are
:47:20. > :47:30.playing? I was really surprised earlier on tour here a band playing
:47:30. > :47:39.
:47:39. > :47:44.a pop tune. -- to hear a band. I heard another band playing at
:47:44. > :47:50.Yankee doodle Dandy. All sorts of music, all sorts of tunes being
:47:50. > :47:57.incorporated. It is quite hard surely, you're in your band, you
:47:57. > :48:03.have to keep your mind on the you tune. That is the thing that the
:48:03. > :48:10.good bands would be able to do. You need to focus on how the whole band
:48:10. > :48:18.sounds, not just be a little island by yourself. You need to think as a
:48:18. > :48:25.band, and the bands who do that, signed the best. More young
:48:25. > :48:30.defenders, excellent. The best band I had seen today. You must have
:48:30. > :48:38.recognised a few faces going past, you did a lot of drum up tutoring
:48:38. > :48:45.over the years. Bided to To a lot of the guys here today. -- I
:48:45. > :48:51.tutored a lot of the guys here today. I know you take your
:48:51. > :49:01.drumming skills all over Europe, never forget to come back to
:49:01. > :49:07.Belfast and get our dramas surrounding their best. Quite an
:49:07. > :49:17.achievement, being able to carry on a conversation with such an
:49:17. > :49:20.
:49:20. > :49:28.incredibly strong musical I think it is true to say that the
:49:28. > :49:33.bans are smarter than ever this year. -- at the bands. They seemed
:49:33. > :49:38.in good order even though the 11th Night has not long past. I am not
:49:38. > :49:48.sure how you can keep that sort of energy up all the way to the field
:49:48. > :50:06.
:50:06. > :50:12.and back again. I hope they manage I suspect that as we have said this
:50:12. > :50:22.morning, that the military style of bands is possibly even more popular
:50:22. > :50:23.
:50:23. > :50:28.these days. Despite the changing character of that bands, it has
:50:28. > :50:35.survived and shown continuity from 1799 onwards. But what has changed
:50:35. > :50:40.is that bands over the last century had become more professional, not
:50:40. > :50:45.exactly professional, but much more organised and it has led to a
:50:45. > :50:50.higher standard of performance. What always strikes me is the size
:50:50. > :51:00.of the band. One Banda was up to 100 members, quite an achievement
:51:00. > :51:21.
:51:21. > :51:27.I would imagine the cost of equipping a band with instruments
:51:27. > :51:34.and uniform it is quite considerable today. It was always a
:51:34. > :51:44.major cost. Ind times when many Orangemen were not well-off, it was
:51:44. > :52:03.
:52:03. > :52:13.very difficult for it particular This is the view as we look along
:52:13. > :52:14.
:52:14. > :52:21.the Dublin Road. Then they have got a long run up the Lisburn Road.
:52:21. > :52:27.They will then end up at the field. At the field there is a religious
:52:27. > :52:32.service. There are a number of speeches and a religious service.
:52:32. > :52:38.Not often very well attended, and that has been reported from the
:52:38. > :52:41.earliest times. People came to relax in the field, and only a few
:52:41. > :52:45.hundred would actually listen to the speech. But there was still
:52:46. > :52:54.something comforting about the speeches, much the same year after
:52:54. > :53:04.year, delivered by clergy or sometimes a distinguished speaker.
:53:04. > :53:24.
:53:25. > :53:29.That is quite an impressive band in A game, the occasional pause as
:53:29. > :53:39.they make their way. Inevitable with so many people involved. So
:53:39. > :53:42.
:53:42. > :53:49.many bans for -- so many bands, so many people. Very often those cars
:53:49. > :53:54.will have a special number plate. Interesting point, on many of the
:53:54. > :54:01.banners which have a portrait of King William, he is on a white
:54:01. > :54:06.charger. That is not historically correct, is it? We do not really
:54:06. > :54:13.know what the colour of his horse was. We know some early Flemish
:54:13. > :54:19.paintings that often it was depicted as a grey charger. The
:54:19. > :54:24.notion, with all its religious connotations of purity and a virtue,
:54:24. > :54:33.of a white horse was popularised in the late eighteenth-century. That
:54:33. > :54:41.has become iconic for Orange men. Most of the banners we see of King
:54:41. > :54:50.William at the Boyne, they are renditions of Benjamin West. Things
:54:50. > :54:55.take place a little bit later in Carrickfergus. Things are moving
:54:55. > :55:00.ahead. You can see the parade coming towards us. I am joined by
:55:01. > :55:09.the man who knows all about it, the district master Jim a clerk. You
:55:09. > :55:14.must be proud today? I'm am. This is a fantastic day. Great party
:55:14. > :55:19.atmosphere. This is something you were very proud of? This is
:55:19. > :55:23.something that the Orange Institution has done over the last
:55:23. > :55:28.five years. We have tried to encourage people to come and enjoy
:55:28. > :55:34.themselves. We see all the stalls around us, there are people playing
:55:34. > :55:37.games, there is a festival atmosphere. What is happening here
:55:37. > :55:42.tomorrow in this harbour? This is the place where King William
:55:42. > :55:47.arrived on his way to the Boyne. Tomorrow it will be the place to
:55:47. > :55:52.be? Tomorrow we will have a re- enactment of the siege of the
:55:52. > :55:57.castle and the landing of King William. On Saturday we have a
:55:57. > :56:03.walking tour of the town. We have a continental market here until
:56:03. > :56:10.Saturday as well. The celebrations for or the Twelfth do not stock
:56:10. > :56:16.today, they carry on until Sunday. We have had six weeks of events and
:56:16. > :56:25.it would like to assign all the organisers. Today will be a massive
:56:26. > :56:35.day. This is the first time in ten years that we have had it here.
:56:35. > :56:41.I am only too glad to be district master to welcome all my friends.
:56:41. > :56:48.We have bands from Scotland and further afield. People are here to
:56:48. > :56:53.enjoy themselves today. Along day for you today? I will probably be
:56:53. > :56:59.free about midnight tonight. But I love it, I would not be anywhere
:56:59. > :57:06.else. You said earlier on about King William landing here, it is
:57:06. > :57:14.just like that wealth has come back to where it belongs. -- that the
:57:14. > :57:24.Twelfth. 2012 is a special year for one than
:57:24. > :57:36.
:57:36. > :57:46.taking part in the Carrickfergus When we think about the music of
:57:46. > :58:06.
:58:06. > :58:11.the Orange Order, flutes and drums We are a silver band. We have got
:58:11. > :58:21.more orchestral brass instruments than the most are familiar with.
:58:21. > :58:23.
:58:23. > :58:27.Not your normal fruits or accordion is. -- flutes. It takes quite a bit
:58:27. > :58:33.to learn how to play the instruments and then put that into
:58:33. > :58:40.practice and play together as a group. You have a wide range of
:58:40. > :58:48.ages here? We do. Primary school children, right through to people
:58:48. > :58:58.young at heart. There are a few silver bands around, but not many
:58:58. > :59:08.
:59:08. > :59:15.that parade. Not in this area Founded in 1882, they're
:59:15. > :59:21.celebrating their 130 of the anniversary this year. The band
:59:21. > :59:29.started in 1882. The lodge members got together and decided they would
:59:29. > :59:36.like to form a band took the lead in the local parades. It is a big
:59:36. > :59:41.day, the Twelfth, what does it mean to you? It is a great day, a day
:59:41. > :59:51.where we get everybody together for the whole day. We meet here early
:59:51. > :59:52.
:59:52. > :59:57.in the morning, have breakfast, and then we are off. We join the rest
:59:57. > :00:03.of the lodges and head to the main demonstration in Carrickfergus.
:00:03. > :00:13.long would it take a novelist like me to get up to the right level to
:00:13. > :00:20.
:00:20. > :00:25.plate in the band? We will give you And as a prep takes a break, we can
:00:25. > :00:32.look at pictures recorded earlier of the ceremony at the Cenotaph in
:00:32. > :00:42.the grounds of the City Hall. And they were laid by the county master
:00:42. > :00:42.
:00:42. > :01:37.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds
:01:37. > :01:43.That was the service at the Cenotaph earlier this morning with
:01:43. > :01:45.the Last Post being played by George Spence. We can see the
:01:45. > :01:50.banners throughout the morning depicting a wide range of people
:01:50. > :02:00.and events. But if you wondered how much work goes into making one of
:02:00. > :02:08.
:02:08. > :02:16.This is Garvagh, Nestle and it is famous amongst Orange men and women
:02:16. > :02:20.as the site of the Battle of Garvagh, on 26th July 1813. Today,
:02:20. > :02:30.it is a place of peace and tranquillity and home to a man who
:02:30. > :02:32.
:02:32. > :02:35.has a unique place within the Orange Order. I am a traditional
:02:35. > :02:41.Banner artist and I paint the banners for all the traditional
:02:41. > :02:45.Lodges. What is the process involved in painting and banner?
:02:45. > :02:50.have to decide and what colour of silk. And then we work on the
:02:50. > :02:59.picture and what lettering. Every banner is different. How long does
:02:59. > :03:04.it take to finish? About two weeks. I would usually work 18 hours a day.
:03:04. > :03:08.I have been painting since I was a very young boy, I have always loved
:03:08. > :03:14.sign writing and never thought I would paint banners. I started off
:03:14. > :03:19.writing signs. That was before Banner pictures. I thought I would
:03:19. > :03:25.try one and just rolled from there. I had to give up sign writing to
:03:25. > :03:30.start painting banners. 18 years. Everyone tells a story. This year
:03:30. > :03:36.the trend was the signing of the Covenant and it is nice to see the
:03:36. > :03:41.young ones, asking, what does that mean? That gives an opportunity to
:03:41. > :03:46.give some history. Tell them about their culture. Tell them about what
:03:46. > :03:50.the culture really means. The at the end of the day, what makes for
:03:50. > :03:54.a good banner? The best thing is to make the picture as dramatic as
:03:54. > :04:00.possible so it is like an advertising sign, it has to shoot
:04:00. > :04:09.out at you and says, this is what we stand for. We are two years
:04:10. > :04:12.ahead of ourselves so we have plenty to look forward to. There is
:04:12. > :04:19.a good chance that you'll see a banner painted by William going
:04:19. > :04:29.past. The best part is putting the letters on because that is the end!
:04:29. > :04:33.
:04:33. > :04:39.That is where you start? That is Helen finding all about the art of
:04:39. > :04:42.making banners. And then Carrickfergus again, Ralph McLean...
:04:42. > :04:46.Yes, it is all happening and the parade is in full flow. It is
:04:46. > :04:56.sounding good, the weather is fantastic. The sun is beating down.
:04:56. > :04:56.
:04:56. > :05:01.These two ladies must be sweltering. You are the Welcome Host? We greet
:05:01. > :05:04.people and take the visitors around, show them were the toilets are and
:05:04. > :05:09.what they can get something to eat and hope that they enjoy their day.
:05:10. > :05:14.What sort of people have to be meeting? From all over? Plenty of
:05:14. > :05:19.people, from Scotland, England, we had one Canadian and several
:05:19. > :05:24.Australians. It has been great. There is a good atmosphere on the
:05:24. > :05:28.streets and everybody seems to be in party mood? A it is great, it is
:05:28. > :05:33.a brilliant day and the weather is good and this is all free. If a new
:05:33. > :05:38.have family members? You were waiting to turn his people? I have.
:05:38. > :05:44.My young son and my husband are both in the pipe band leading the
:05:45. > :05:48.parade so that is great to see them out. In terms of a day like this,
:05:48. > :05:53.it is a chance to celebrate and have fun in this beautiful town and
:05:53. > :05:57.you are both from the town so this must mean a lot? It is lovely to
:05:57. > :06:01.see Carrickfergus with so many people and the sun shining and to
:06:01. > :06:08.see the castle at its best and have everybody enjoyed themselves.
:06:08. > :06:14.will let you go back to do a job. Fantastic. Back to Belfast. A thank
:06:14. > :06:24.you. We can now take a troop back in time, courtesy of the BBC
:06:24. > :06:27.
:06:28. > :06:32.archive, to look at the Twelfth The first thing apart from that
:06:32. > :06:37.fact that this is and black and white, this is 1950s in Donegall
:06:37. > :06:42.Square, and this is more formal? The black-and-white just extent to
:06:42. > :06:46.which the general difference. The greater formality, the seriousness
:06:46. > :06:52.with which Orangemen and their spectators took the ceremony. At
:06:52. > :07:00.the height of Northern Ireland's existence. A this takes us up into
:07:01. > :07:05.Bedford Street. And then... 1969. We moved to Bedford Street and then
:07:05. > :07:13.to the Lisburn Road. The Windsor Avenue. We're at the moment still
:07:13. > :07:23.an Donegall Square. We are now moving to the Lisburn Road. Windsor
:07:23. > :07:23.
:07:23. > :07:27.Avenue. And lots of people on the pavement? Yes. Any of the banners.
:07:27. > :07:31.They probably have the same designs as the ones we have been looking at
:07:31. > :07:37.today. But they would not be the same banners in most cases since
:07:37. > :07:45.the life of the banner is only a couple of decades. That was 1969.
:07:45. > :07:52.We can now move to 1971 in colour. And from the City Hall... The
:07:52. > :07:58.camera looks forward, through Royal Avenue. And then on to Donegall
:07:58. > :08:05.Place. Again, very smart in those days. 1971? Troubled times but you
:08:05. > :08:15.would not guess that. And quite a range of silver band. And accordion
:08:15. > :08:22.
:08:22. > :08:27.band. The -- bands. And we are now pretty firmly on Lisburn Road.
:08:27. > :08:33.Because in 1971, the field was at Finaghy. So the cameras are taking
:08:33. > :08:39.us up the Lisburn Road. That long walk. And then we can see them
:08:39. > :08:48.turning off. Turning right. Down towards the field at Finaghy. Very
:08:48. > :08:58.smart. Very well disciplined. Helicopter shot. Moving down
:08:58. > :09:05.
:09:05. > :09:10.towards the field. From the crowds in Finaghy all those years ago to
:09:10. > :09:16.the streets of Belfast today. Well, I have had such a good time today.
:09:16. > :09:24.I have met so many people. And here are three very special young women.
:09:24. > :09:30.My name is Raquel. You are from different parts of Spain. We are on
:09:30. > :09:34.a course that we are doing. The three of us are English teachers.
:09:35. > :09:41.And we are just learning. learning about the culture. What a
:09:41. > :09:47.perfect occasion. What is the impression? It has been very
:09:47. > :09:51.contagious, with the music. Obviously, we learn a little bit
:09:51. > :09:56.about what is happening. But the colours and the music, it is very
:09:56. > :10:02.exciting for us to see. There will be a lot of cultural parades across
:10:02. > :10:08.Spain. What religion and very his historic events? Yes, in fact we
:10:08. > :10:15.have a lot of traditional religious marching bands. And lots of
:10:15. > :10:19.traditional Streetdance as well. Lots of music. Many not for
:10:19. > :10:25.political reasons, I guess. Something different but similar in
:10:25. > :10:32.a way. The drums are striking behind us. What do you feel
:10:32. > :10:37.whenever you hear those drums? You just enjoy it? Lovely to meet you.
:10:37. > :10:45.Thanks. Back to Walter Love... Thank you. As you can see, this is
:10:45. > :10:50.the Boyne when the parade comes to a halt. But there is some informal
:10:50. > :10:57.entertainment going on. Quite a bit of activity. That is quite a nice
:10:57. > :11:03.scene? It is indeed. Still no rain. It has been a very good day. And
:11:03. > :11:09.the prospects for this afternoon, because we must remember that
:11:09. > :11:14.everybody here, when they get to the field, they have to walk five
:11:14. > :11:23.miles again to come back again. Very colourful, very relaxed scene
:11:23. > :11:28.in Bedford Street. At the centre of Belfast. That is all we have time
:11:28. > :11:32.for. But remember, you can watch this programme on the BBC iPlayer