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From the News Letter, May 22, 1929
Saturday, 22nd May 2021, 6:00 am
A flute band marches past a UDA mural at a Remembrance Day ceremony in Sandy Row, Belfast, in May 2007. Picture: Justin Kernoghan/Photopress Belfast
The News Letter had reported that Major J H McCormick, the Unionist candidate, and Colonel Woods, the Independent candidate, had both toured the St Anne’s Division the previous night as part of the their respective election campaigns for the forthcoming election.
Sandy Row had “seethed with excitement” throughout the evening, reported the paper’s correspondent.
They told how when Major McCormack’s procession passed along Sandy Row cheers and counter cheers went up from both supporters and rivals. During his tour of the St Anne’s Division Major McCormick was also accompanied by several bands and he was also followed by a “great crowd” of supporters.