http://www.theyworkforyou.com/ni/?id=2008-04-29.4.1

I think with the price of petrol and so on rising, we might see more and more people who commute to work deciding to relocate into areas like Sandy row or Protestants in inner city Belfast who might be thinking of moving out of Belfast deciding to remain in the city, also the increasing numbers of Protestant students deciding to study at home and with work on the decline in many parts of Northern Ireland we might start to see Protestant numbers in the capital city increasing. From working with a few students over the past few months from the North of Ulster some a them are looking to stay down in Belfast for good.

Nows the time to get a lot of names on that list and create a demand. As you say what with the price of petrol etc,it would suit a lot of people to live in the area. Especially young Prods going to Queens etc..

Ian Adamson lived in Sandy Row when he was attending Queens. Think I read that somewhere.

Yeah if the demand is high,they can't use lack of demand as an excuse,which she seemed to be hinting at in that article. Its up to the various organisations in the area to pull together on this one. Surely they will get themselves organised, and go forward together.

The land is there and its time to say enough is enough.

Anyway here it is. http://www.sandyrow.co.uk/live.aspx

I hate talking about class in loyalism, some of the best loyalists I know could be described as middle class, however let's be blunt, how many of these young professionals will care about loyalism, will want to fly a flag, will want the curbs red,white and blue, will want to hear lambegs playing and band parades taking part outside their homes etc, things which may bring down the value of their property, very few in my opinion, most young professionals are your liberal snotty nosed types. Sandy row is what it is and that's a loyalist area steeped in history and should remain as such, we as loyalists must do everything in our power to maintain it as what it is and that's one of our areas, places like sandy row aren't nothing to be ashamed about, there something to be proud off. Social housing for Protestant families is what is needed, keep the community spirit, certainly not break it and make it into yet another lifeless mixed area. Sandy Row is one of the very few real inner city loyalist areas left, we cannot let it be changed the same way the Lisburn Road has went, I can remember 10 years ago, there was still a fair bit of loyalism about it, plenty a houses the whole way up it had the flags out and some streets the bunting, over time it's gradually changed due to the students, foreigners and these trendy young professionals, surely loyalists in South Belfast can finely turn round and say enough is enough

It shouldn't have been left to him. But just goes to show where the great loyal Sandy Row is going. An area that once had three Orange Arches on its main throughfare and a few more down the side streets.

Ther'e taking the murals away in Loyalist areas. Will Bobby Sands be coming down? Very much doubt it.

I e-mailed the Sandy Row website re this issue. That was about 6 months ago or more. I'm still waiting on a reply.

But we all know about computers (they never get it wrong), it's the people using them.

Remember the glory days of H&W, they were all too grateful for protestant labour in those days. But as it's cheaper to get someone else to built ships these days it's out the window yet again for the old Ulsterman.