Prospectors by the busload arrive to dig through the rubble in search of more gold sovereigns. Billy Stevenson says he had them all, but a local historian tells a different story.
In the summer of 1969, weeks before the Troubles would ignite, children playing in the rubble of a demolition site struck gold! While searching for treasure hundreds, maybe thousands of gold sovereigns, hidden and forgotten years before, tumbled to the ground from a chimney stack. More than 50 years later, author Glenn Patterson visits the Lower Shankill Road to find out who the coins belonged to. Why were they hidden? And where are they now?
Written and presented by Glenn Patterson
Sound by Bill Maul
Producer Sarah McGlinchey
Executive Editor Andy Martin
A Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Northern Ireland Production for Radio 4
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- Tue 4 Apr 2023 13:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Mon 10 Jun 2024 21:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A child, a chimney and the discovery of a lifetime.