Transcript of an interview with Rev. Martin Smyth, former UUP MP for Belfast South, by the students of Magherafelt High School for Civic Voices Memory Bank on 4 March 2010. Smyth discusses the political, cultural and societal influences over his political development from the 1930s up to 2010 with particular emphasis on changes within unionism. Civic Voices is an international education project which seeks to highlight the significance of political and community activism to the development of peace and democracy around the world. The Memory Bank is an archive of personal testimony of those engaged in such political and community activism.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 4 March 2010
Name of First Interviewee: Rev. Martin Smyth
Role at time of Interview: Former UUP MP for Belfast South
Interviewer: Students of Magherafelt High School
Purpose: Research
Media: Audiovisual, Transcript
Copyright: © Civic Voices 2011
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Programme/Book/Article: Civic Voices International Democracy Memory Bank
Time Period covered: 1930-2010
Key Individuals: Rev. Martin Smyth, David Trimble, Teddy Burns, John Hume, Robert Bradford, Robert McCartney, David Rose, William McCrea, Ian Paisley, James Molyneaux, Carl McCusker, Stewart McCrea, Michael Ford, Cecil Walker, Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, Enoch Powell, William Hague, Queen Elizabeth II
Key Words: Youth, Second World War, the Blitz, B-Specials, election, UUP, DUP, Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party, SDLP, education, religion, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Inter Parliamentary Union, health