Thousands of people were on the street of the Shankill Road for unveiling of new military arch on the 80th anniversary of VE Day. The former MP and Veterans' commissioner Danny Kinahan speaks about being there. Video by Belfast News Letter editor Ben Lowry, May 8 2025
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00:00Adam you're from Surrey and why are you here? Surrey in England yes. Why are you here?
00:04I wanted to be part of it. I heard about the event a few days ago, wanted to come
00:08over. Just incredible, really wonderful atmosphere, a pleasure to be here, wonderful
00:14arch, a real wonderful community spirit. And there are barriers all the way down
00:17there, were there not that many people? It's incredible, there are so many people. The
00:21atmosphere was really, really wonderful. The music, the feeling all generations here commemorating, it's fantastic.
00:28The arch is fantastic to see because it commemorates all the different angles of
00:33where we have served, whether it's Korea, First World War, Second World War, Falklands,
00:38it is everybody and it's all those who are Irish, Northern Irish and it marks the
00:43great background really of the British Army from here. And that's why you were
00:48determined to be here? That's exactly why I was here, but also my father was in the 8th
00:53Belfast ACAC. And 8th Belfast was made up of soldiers from Belfast, both sides of the
01:01community. Many of them from here, right? Many from here, many from the Shank Hill.
01:05And there is, there's just an amazing here, particularly Colonel Cunningham, who was their
01:10commanding officer, who pulled it all together here and was very much part of the lodge.
01:24Hello.