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1871 UTV Havelock House Ormeau Road Belfast The Last Farewell

I'm on the ever changing lower Ormeau road Belfast. I'm looking over at what was, until a few years ago, the pink, Belfast operations, hub of Ulster Television, Havelock House. It is being demolished as I speak. Work began at the site in the Ormeau Road on Monday amid plans to build more than 100 new social homes. Havelock House has a long history on the Ormeau road. It seems it has been always there. It is a well known local land mark. Originally built in 1871 as a handkerchief factory/hemstitching warehouse, Havelock House has had many different uses over the decades. During WW2 it was a billet for local soldiers protecting the numerous bridges throughout the city. In 1959 it became the home of UTV. UTV relocated to Belfast’s City Quays in 2018 and the building became a temporary arts centre. During the Troubles from 1970 onwards, it served as an 'editing suite', for world news broadcasters covering the incessant bombings visited upon us largely by the Irish Republican Army ( IRA ).Well known Belfast journalist John Irvine of ITN fame, broadcast from the roof of Havelock House as the bombs exploded. At it's height UTV Havelock House was putting out several News broadcasts per day as well as hosting popular local productions like the Kelly Show and the much loved School Around the Corner. Anyone who was anyone in Northern Ireland TV walked the corridors of Havelock House. Now those days are all gone and Havelock House will soon be only a memory. A local campaign group had opposed the plans to demolish the building, which is not listed.