Glengormley farmer was ‘like bridegroom’

A farmer who agreed to sell land to the Ministry of Commerce to make way for a factory development was compared to a “bridegroom going to the altar after a shotgun had been pointed as his head”, in May 1968.
By The Newsroom
Published 9th Jun 2015, 00:00 BST

The comment was made by QC Frank Reid during a hearing of the Lands Tribunal in May 1968.

The farmer owned 51 acres of land at Derry Road, off Hightown Road,

The tribunal had beenasked to fix a price for the land.

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The Ministry valuer had placed a value of £44,000 on the site.

Three other landowners had also been approached regarding a sale.

The Ministry had been seeking to acquire land totalling 132 acres for use in the development of the factory site.