The scale of homelessness and the numbers waiting for social housing in NI are truly staggering. 55,000 people is twice the size of Newtownards.

Upper Newtownards Road. Belfast. 6th April, 1943.
(Belfast Telegraph)

Poor old Christine. But just imagine how much harder it would have been for her if she hadn't lived in Newtownards, a big town almost entirely unaffected by the Troubles. I lived there most of the 70s. You wouldn't have known the Troubles were even happening.

W G Lyttle, the writer, newspaper publisher & entertainer, most famous today for his novel Betsy Gray, was born 180 years ago today in Newtownards, County Down.

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Newtownards, County Down War Memorial, First and Second World War
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On 15th-16th April 1941, the Luftwaffe attacked Newtownards Airfield causing the deaths of 13 soldiers of 70th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.

Find out more about the Newtownards Blitz here:
wartimeni.com/article/belfas…

Fab pic of Upper Newtownards Road from 1943
📷 Belfast Telegraph

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Good luck to our dancers today in Newtownards!

Funnily enough, I found out during the week that Small Faces headlined an all night music festival at Castlereagh Park, Newtownards in the summer of 1968.

Christine Lampard Sky high 🚁 on BBC Northern Ireland feels like yesterday great interview with you today and great to hear Newtownards mentioned on #LooseWomen ❤️

Ian Clarke I worked in Newtownards for a time during the 70's and it was a different world.

The loss of life was high for a single raid, with over 740 people killed. Belfast was not the only target, with five civilian deaths in Bangor, 13 civilians deaths in Derry/Londonderry and 13 soldiers of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers killed at Newtownards airfield.

Ian Clarke I can remember Newtownards being bombed in the early 1990s

The Belfast Blitz,

15th April 1941, The Easter Raid, up to 200 Luftwaffe bombers, dropped over 750 bombs, which included high explosives and incendiaries. The raid lasted over a five hour period, which caused death and destruction in Belfast, Bangor, Newtownards, and

Two men have been charged to court following searches in Newtownards in July 2022. #EndingTheHarm