"More than bricks" ( 5882 KB) - Northern Ireland Housing Executive

In November 1972, the Housing Executive’s own
headquarters in Belfast suffered serious damage in a
car-bomb attack.
It is worth recalling the words of Desmond Lorimer, the
first Chairman of the Housing Executive:
“At times it appears as if our efforts may be crushed
between the upper millstone of civil disorder and
the nether millstone of unrealistic expectations. The
people of this province will solve their problems when
they have a full and realistic appreciation of them and
when they take pride in rebuilding their community. We
will begin to solve the major housing difficulties which
confront us when we face up to the fact that we cannot
afford the dissipation of our energies, our resources
and our finance, which results from civil disturbance,
wanton vandalism and continued violence.”
Bomb damage at
Fortwilliam Parade, Belfast,
February 1976
Bomb damage at the
Housing Executive’s Lurgan
District Office, March 1992
Bomb damage at the
Housing Executive’s Carlton
House office, Belfast,
circa 1973
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