Campaign for Free Pensioner Transport
From the collection of
Access for the Disabled
- Belfast
- 1987-03-10
Campaign for Free Pensioner Transport (Good Evening Ulster)
Pensioners make their feelings felt.
Kate Smith reports for UTV's Good Evening Ulster on a meeting of pensioner representatives and the head of Ulsterbus and Citybus chief, Werner Heubeck. The pensioners had been campaigning for some time for free transport for the over-65s, and this was the first time they had been able to make the case to Heubeck in person. A representative makes the point that buses that were running almost empty could be populated easily by pensioners who would then be able to get more out of life by visiting friends and family.
Heubeck himself states that only government has the power to introduce the measure but states that he is not in favour of it anyway and that it would provide overcrowding problems in certain circumstances. Today, free travel for pensioners is taken for granted, having been introduced by the Stormont Assembly in 2001. It is also widespread across the United Kingdom. However, as this report shows, pensioners had to fight for this right for many years and a large number of those campaigning in 1985 would not live to see the day they won their cause.
Good Evening Ulster was the weekday tea-time local news round-up for Ulster Television throughout much of the 1980s and helped to launch the careers of household names such as Gloria Hunniford and Eamonn Holmes.
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Diversity and Inclusion
A selection of news clips from the UTV archives highlighting the struggle for equality and diversity in Northern Ireland.
The 1980s and 1990s saw several significant changes in Northern Irish society. From improving services and support for neurodiverse people and people with physical disabilities, to amending workplace laws to address inequality for women, UTV documented many small but significant steps towards progress.
The channel also covered Northern Ireland's growing diversity in terms of population. People from all over the world moved to the country to live and work. In this collection, we learn more about the Chinese, Indian, Persian and other communities that now call Northern Ireland home.
55 videos in this collection
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Access for the Disabled
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Benefits Protest - Women Take Action
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Year of the Snake - A Chinese New Year Celebration
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Calling Indian Entrepreneurs
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Indian Business Forum Celebrates Three Years of Success
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The Fine Art of Indian Cookery
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Working from Home... 80s Style
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A Garden for Everyone
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Man Regains His Vision
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Hearing Dogs for the Deaf
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Sympathetic Hearing Scheme
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Institute for the Deaf Renovated
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Anne Hailes Visits the Share Centre
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The Glencraig Community
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Women Clergy
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A Drive for More Inclusive Language
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A Victory for Equal Pay
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Making the Fairway Fair
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Women and Work Vox Pops
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Women in the Professions
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An Artist's Group for Women
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Know Your Rights
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Jo Richardson discusses Equal Pay
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Women's Coalition Party Election Broadcast, 2003
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Woman's Coalition Party Election Broadcast, 1998
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Meet Charlotte Anderson
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PA Macglochlainn Campaigns for Gay Rights
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I am of Ireland
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Campaign for Free Pensioner Transport
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Fishing for the Disabled with Jack Charlton
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Housing for the Disabled
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Open University Degree for the Blind
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Sailing Boat for the Disabled
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Ardkeen Hostel for the Disabled
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NI Railways - First Female Conductor
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Equality in the 1990s Workplace
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Listening to Deaf People
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Equal Opportunities Commission Reports on Sexual Discrimination
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Women Voting
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Making the Workplace Equal for Blind People
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Raising Deaf Awareness in the Workplace
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Bringing Women Together Online
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Celebrating the Persian New Year
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Raising Awareness in the 1990s
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Bowling for Wheelchair Users
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Better Representation for All
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Charlotte Receives a Cochlear Implant
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The Well Woman Charity
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The Women's Conference
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Making the Ulster Museum More Accessible
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Dragon Boats
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Disabled Rights
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Belfast's Bahá?í Community Celebrates Peace
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Democrashe: Getting Women into Politics
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