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1) 6th February 1960 18 Bryansburn Road, Bangor, Co. Down - Dear Mr. Ryan,
When I entered our livingroom this morning, Margaret, who had been up before
me, exclaimed - "Our friend Mr. Ryan has been promoted" Naturally I thought
she referred to further advancement for you in the U.T.V. Executive. However
on referring to the Paper, which she reached to me, I was equally delighted
to learn of the latest recognition of your services to the Order of St.
John. Margaret & I are thrilled to know that you have been elevated to the
high & important grade of Commander. We send you our hearty and sincere
congratulations and good wishes. Yours very truly, Francis McAuley(?)
2) 16 Howard Street, 31st May 1962 - Dear Mr. Ryan, I was delighted to hear
from Mr. Bain(?) just now of your step up. I send my very sincere
congratulation to you. Yours sincerely Max Maccabe
3) 4th June 1962 National Association of Transport Employees, 33 Parnell
Square, Dublin - Personal, Dear Mr. Ryan, First let me reiterate my
congratulations on your promotion and to wish you not only future success,
but also to wish you future and further advancement. Next I thank you for
your help in regard to the "meeting" of the 15th instant, and I have, as
requested "R.S.V.P.'d" I am enclosing some correspondence, which you might
be interested in seeing and before you return it, perhaps you will let out
(our) mutual friend see it also, as his help was invaluable, and I look
forward to seeing him personally and giving my personal thanks, and
congratulations. sincerely H. Waring
4) 5th June 1962 Ulster Transport Authority - Dear Bertie, Hearty
congratulations and best wishes for the future in your new position of
Public Relations Officer, Yours sincerely George R.
5) 6th June 1962 U.T.A. Appointment For Press Information
6) Information Service, Stormont Castle, Belfast June 6th 1962 - My
Dear Bertie, It gave me very great pleasure to hear from you today of your
elevation. I am delighted & hope that you will go on from success to
success. Every good wish & again congratulations. Yours truly Tony(?)
7) Ulster Television Limited, Havelock House, Ormeau Road, Belfast 7th
June 1962 - Dear Bertie, Congratulations on your appointment as Public
Relations Officer. I wish you much joy in the post now you have officially
joined the PR clan. Kindest regards, Yours sincerely, S. Gordon Duffield,
Publicity Manager
8) 18 Bryansburn Road, Bangor, Co. Down 7th June 1962 - Dear Bertie,
Margaret & I are delighted to learn from this mornings Press of your well
merited promotion. Very hearty congratulations and our good wishes for all
possible success in your new appointment. Warm regards to Chris & you. very
sincerely Francis
9) Borough Council of Bangor, Town Hall, The Castle, Bangor, Northern
Ireland 7th June 1962 - Personal, Dear Bertie, I was very delighted to
learn from the morning paper of your appointment as your Authority's Public
Relations Officer and I wish you every possible success in your new
position. Needless to say, if at any time I can help you I shall be only too
pleased. Yours sincerely, Alex (Alex. McClenahan)
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Draft - Ulster Transport Authority, 21 Linen Hall Street, Belfast 8th
June 1962 - The Editor, Dear, I have been appointed Public Relations Officer
of the Authority in succession to Mr. R. Carlisle who took over his new
duties as Commercial Manager on the 1st June. As Assistant to Mr. Carlisle
these past two years, I know with what care and interest, as the Authority's
first P.R.O., he laid the foundation of, and built up, a fund of goodwill
and cordial relationship with all sections of the community. I am also aware
how much he valued the friendship and co-operation he enjoyed at all times
from his friends in the newspaper world, a fact which he acknowledges as
having made a vast contribution to the improvement in the relations between
the public and the Authority. In my new position I hope to maintain the high
standard set by my predecessor and it will be a great help to me to know I
can expect, and I will try to merit, the same measure of co-operation and
friendship so generously accorded to Mr. Carlisle by the Press. Recently I
have been dealing with newspapers in the day-to-day dissemination of news
and other information on the Authority's activities, and it is proposed to
make no change in this arrangement since it seems to work well. I can still
be contacted in my office ('phone Belfast 21271) or at home ('phone Holywood
3162) and, if I am not available, Mr. Stanley Minnis will act for me - his
home 'phone number is Helens Bay 3192. I hope you will hot hesitate to
contact me at any time you consider I could be of assistance in supplying
information concerning any matters pertaining to the Authority, when I can
assure you of my best attention. Yours sincerely,
11) Coras Iompair Eireann, Department of the Information Officer,
Kingsbridge, Dublin 8th June 1962 W. A. Ryan, Esq., Public Relations
Officer, Ulster Transport Authority, 21 Linen Hall Street, Belfast - Dear
Bert, It gave me great pleasure to read in this morning's Irish Times that
you have at last been officially appointed to the job you have been doing
for so long. Your friends in Dublin are very pleased indeed and you can
count on our continued whole-hearted co-operation. Can we celebrate the next
time you are in Dublin? Sincerely Bob, R. McElheron. Heartiest
Congratulations! Frank(?) Me too! Mac(?)
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1) The County Donegal Railways, Stranorlar, Lifford, Co. Donegal 8th
June 1962 - Dear Bert, Congratulations on your appointment as Public
Relations Officer for the Authority. This was one occasion when my forecast
to you was correct, and you have my best wishes for the future. In regard to
the opening of the Transport Museum on the 15th instant, I received an
official invitation and may say that I was looking forward to being present.
Unfortunately, we have 20 claims for compensation under the Railways Act,
1933, and they have been with the Standing Arbitrator for some months now. I
am advised that they will be heard on the 15th and 16th instant and I am
afraid that I shall have to attend in Dublin rather than Belfast - much to
my disappointment. Best wishes, yours sincerely, ? ? W. A. Ryan, Esq.,
Public Relations Officer, Ulster Transport Authority, 21 Linenhall Street,
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2) Road Transport & General Insurance Co. Ltd., 4 Howard Street, Belfast
8th June 1962 - My dear Bertie, I was delighted to read in the newspaper
yesterday that you have been appointed Public Relations Officer to the
Ulster Transport Authority in succession to Mr. Carlisle. I can think of
nobody more ideally suited to this position and I am sure that you will make
a great success of it. As I shall be leaving here on the 1st July to take an
appointment in England I shall not be able to write you any rude letters
about the inefficiency of the Ulster Transport - which of course it is not!
- but no doubt there are many people in Northern Ireland who will be quite
prepared to do this job for me. Very kind regards, Yours sincerely, Leonard
? Branch Manager
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122 Silchester Park, Glenageary, Co. Dublin 8th June 1962 - Dear Bertie,
I was delighted to read this morning of your appointment, if anybody
deserved such an appointment it is you!!! When I think of the long years you
have waited for this practical recognition of the value of your "public
relations" contacts, my heart does not feel too warm towards the old
organisation that took so much and gave so little! However, truth will out
and the UTA will not regret their action! Best wishes to you both, yours
sincerely Max
4) Belfast Corporation Transport Department, Utility Street, Belfast 8th
June 1962 - Personal, Dear Mr. Ryan, Please accept my congratulations and
good wishes on your new appointment. I am quite sure you are very well
qualified by experience and temperament to carry out the very difficult task
of trying to satisfy everyone who uses public transport of any kind. Yours
sincerely, J. Mackle, General Manager
5) Ulster Television Limited, Havelock House, Ormeau Road, Belfast
10th June 1962 - Dear Mr. Ryan, Just a short note to add my sincere
congratulations on your appointment as Public Relations Officer, and to wish
you all success in your new post. Yours sincerely, R. B. Henderson, Managing
Director
6) Coras Iompair Eireann, Department of the Information Officer,
Kingsbridge, Dublin 12th June 1962 W. A. Ryan, Esq., Public Relations
Officer, Ulster Transport Authority, 21 Linen Hall Street, Belfast - Dear
Bertie, I have been away - first at a conference on the Continent and then
of a brief vacation - and when I returned this morning, Bob told me of your
new appointment. I am delighted at the belated recognition and I offer you
my heartiest congratulations. There's no need to wish you success: you have
your teeth worn at the job already! And there's scarcely any need either to
add that if at any time I or anybody here can help, in any way, you have
only to ask. My kindest regards, Jim(?), Sincerely.
7) Marine Hotel, Ballycastle, Co. Antrim. Mr. W. A. Ryan, Public Relations
Officer, Ulster Transport Authority, 21 Linenhall Street, Belfast 2, County
Antrim 12th June 1962 - Dear Bertie, I was delighted to learn of your
promotion to Public Relations Officer, and I hasten to send to you our
warmest congratulations and sincere good wishes for every happiness and
success in your new post. I could think of no-one better to do the job than
your goodself, and trust that this promotion may be a fore-runner of every
higher appointment in due course. Warmest regards and best wishes. Yours
sincerely, B., Sherlock, Managing Director
8) The Northern Whig and Belfast Post, Bridge Street, Belfast. June
12, 1962 - Dear Mr. Ryan, Many thanks for your letter. Knowing you as we do,
I am sure you will maintain the standards set by Mr. Carlisle as Public
Relations Officer, and I can also assure you of our co-operation at all
times. With all good wishes for your success in your new sphere. Yours
sincerely, ? ? Editor
9) Transport Publications Ltd., Bus & Coach. Please reply to:- 260 Deansgate,
Manchester 12th June 1962 - Dear Mr. Ryan, Thank you for your press release
concerning the appointment of Mr. Flanagan as Sales Manager, and for the
photograph. Congratulations also on your own appointment as P.R.O., which
is, I am sure, a well-deserved and thoroughly earned promotion - may your
shadow never grow less, and your smile grow ever broader. With every good
wish for your continued
success. Yours sincerely, H. Holt, Northern
Editorial Representative
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Milk Marketing Board for Northern Ireland, 456 Antrim Road, Belfast 12th
June 1962 - Dear Mr. Ryan, I was delighted to learn of your recent promotion
to the post of Public Relations Officer. I would like to send you my
personal congratulations and good wishes. Yours sincerely J. C. McDowell,
Administrative Officer
11) Thos. Cook & Son, Ltd., Berkeley Street, Piccadilly, London 12th
June 1962 - Dear Bertie, I have just heard that you have been promoted to P.R.O. of the Ulster Transport Authority, and hasten to send you my best
congratulations. Undoubtedly this will call for a celebration when I am in
Belfast on Wednesday, June 20th, so don't you dare buzz off to Dublin or
elsewhere on that day! All the best, Yours sincerely, Phil J. W. P.
Phillips, Controller (Ireland)
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1) Belfast Telegraph, Belfast John E. Sayers June 13th, 1962 - Dear Mr.
Ryan, Your letter reached me on my return from holiday this week and I
should like not only to thank you for it but to congratulate you on your
appointment. All of us here know how helpful you are to the Press and we
will look forward to even closer co-operation with you in the future. I am
informing the News Editor and others concerned. Since Tom Roberts' departure
we have not a Transport Correspondent but I expect to appoint one in the
near future and he also will make himself known to you. With best wishes,
Yours sincerely, John E. Sayers
2) Irish News, Editor's Room 13th June 1962 - Dear Mr. Ryan, I congratulate
you on your appointment as Public Relations Officer of the Ulster Transport
Authority. In doing so I place on record my gratitude to you for your
personal assistance to me and all the members of our Editorial staff who
have looked to you for help. May the friendship and cordial co-operation
between us long continue. Yours sincerely, Robert Kirkenon(?)
3) Northern Ireland Tourist Board, 10 Royal Avenue, Belfast 13th June 1962 -
Dear Bertie, Your letter about Mrs. Wilkinson, the complainant about the
Millisle service, came rather too early and before I had the opportunity of
conveying a very warm message. I don't think you can have any idea of what
pleasure it gave the members of the Board and staff to read of your
appointment and succession to Bob Carlisle who had already established
himself as a popular and enterprising P.R.O. You will have nothing to learn
in terms of friendliness and understanding. Probably your only difficulty
will be that you will suffer fools too gladly and there are many around.
Whatever the future holds for both organisations I am sure there will be
lots of harmony, plenty of collaboration and good fellowship.
Congratulations and best wishes from all of us in this organisation. Yours
sincerely, Bob F. R. J. Frizzell, General Manager. P.S. Thanks for the copy
letter to Mrs. Wilkinson
4) Railway Passengers Assurance Company, P.O. Box 232. Pembroke House, 40
City Road, London 15th June 1962 - Dear Mr. Ryan, Please accept my sincere
congratulations on your new appointment to which reference is made in the
current issue of the Railway Gazette. My very best wishes for the future.
Yours sincerely, J. Lindsay(?) Supt. for Railways
5) Brown Thomas & Co. Ltd., Grafton Street and Duke Street, Dublin
15th June (1962) - Dear Bertie, Delighted to read of your new appointment,
expect you won't have time to visit Dublin at all now? How are you this
delightful summer weather! Isn't it depressing. I am taking off for Co.
Kerry tomorrow for a week's holiday so here's hoping. We have had a busy
week with visitors & ? groups I'm glad to say. See you in the big city soon
I hope. Sincerely Ruai(?)
6) Ulster Unionist Council, Unionist Headquarters, 3 Glengall Street,
Belfast 12 22nd October 1962 - W. A. Ryan, Esq., Glenartney, Cultra,
Holywood, Co. Down - Dear Mr. Ryan, At a meeting of the Executive Committee
of the Ulster Unionist Council held on Friday last I was instructed to write
and express their grateful thanks for the arrangements you made for the
conveyance of Unionist people from various parts of Northern Ireland to
Balmoral on Covenant Day. Nothing but praise has been given from our
Associations for the manner in which they were transported to and from the
Celebrations. I should like to add my personal tribute to that of the
Council. Yours sincerely, W. Douglas, Secretary
7) Ulster Transport Authority, P.O. Box No. 196, 21 Linen Hall Street,
Belfast 18th March 1964 - Dear Mr. Ryan, I was very pleased to learn
of your appointment as Chairman of the Ulster Tourist Development
Association. My warmest congratulations and good wishes for a happy and
successful term of office. Yours sincerely, Arthur G. Algeo
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Ulster Transport Authority, P.O. Box No. 196, 21 Linen Hall Street,
Belfast 8th April 1964 - Personal - Dear Mr. Ryan, May I offer you my
warm congratulations on the honour that has been conferred on you by your
appointment as a Justice of the Peace. I was very pleased indeed to see your
name included in the list this morning. With all good wishes, Yours
sincerely, Arthur G. Algeo
9) Ulster Transport Authority, P.O. Box No. 196 21 Linen Hall Street,
Belfast 8th April 1964 - Dear Bertie, Just a short note of
congratulations on your appointment as a Justice of the Peace, and my good
wishes. Yours sincerely, James ?
10) Government of Northern Ireland, Ulster Office, 13 Regent Street, London
15th May 1964 - Dear Mr. Ryan, I was very pleased to see the announcement of
your election to the Chairmanship of the Tourist Association, and send warm
congratulations and all good wishes for your great success in the task. We
are all, here, very glad to see the news. with kindest regards, Yours
sincerely, Francis ?
11) Coras Iompair Eireann, Organisation and Personnel Department, Aras Banna,
Training Section, 60 Lower Gardiner Street, Dublin 1 20th June 1962 -
Dear Mr. Ryan, Bertie, I was very glad to see in the recent edition of
Railway Gazette of your appointment as P.R.O. - my heartiest
congratulations. With every good wish for the future, C. Mac. Giolla RI,
Training Office
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1) Travel Trade Gazette, Hastings House, Norfolk Street, London 20th June
1962 - Dear Mr. Ryan, In your Press Release of June 6, you mentioned that
the Ulster Transport Authority is intensifying its sales drive. We are
mentioning this briefly in our issue of June 22. I should be most grateful,
however, if you could please tell us in what way you are planning to step up
your sales effort, and particularly whether Travel Agents are to be asked to
make greater efforts on your behalf. Any details you can give us will be
much appreciated. Incidentally, may I take this opportunity of wishing you
every success in your new post as Public Relations Officer. Yours sincerely
Brian Knowlman, Managing Editor
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Northern Ireland Local Government Officers' Superannuation Committee, 114
Holywood Road, Belfast 25th June 1962 - Dear Mr. Ryan, At last Wednesday's
meeting of the Superannuation Committee it was reported that you had been
promoted to Chief Public Relations Officer of the Ulster Transport
Authority, and I am to convey to you the congratulations of the Chairman and
other Members and best wishes for success in your new appointment. Yours
sincerely, B. M. Greer, Secretary
3) The British Broadcasting Corporation, Broadcasting House, Ormeau Avenue,
Belfast 26th June 1962 - Dear Mr. Ryan, On my return from leave I read
with interest your letter dated 8th June advising me that you have succeeded
Mr. R. Carlisle as Public Relations Officer for the Ulster Transport
Authority. Our relations with the Authority have always been happy and I am
sure that they will be maintained in the new arrangement. I wish you every
success in your new appointment. Yours sincerely, C. L. Frankland, News
Editor
4) The County Down Spectator and Ulster Standard, D. E. Alexander & Son,
Ltd. 2nd July 1962 - Dear Mr. Ryan, Hearty congratulations on your
promotion. We look forward to working with you on even closer terms than
heretofore. Thank you for the information about telephone numbers and we
will not hesitate to telephone you when we want information on Transport
matters. With very best wishes and than you for your co-operation. Yours
sincerely, Annie Roycroft
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I.F.B.P.W., Oslo 20th July 1962 to Mr. William A. Ryan, Public Relations
Officer, Ulster Transport Authority, 21 Linen Hall Street, Belfast 2, Ulster
- Dear Bertie, Let me first of all offer my wholehearted congratulations on
the promotion. I'm delighted! Remembering how wonderfully you squired us
around last Fall, I can only say I see that virtue does indeed still have
its rewards. I know you'll go on doing a grand job, Bertie, and let me wish
you best luck in it. Also let me thank you for going to so much trouble in
suggesting final changes in the ms. on transport policies in Ulster. This
chapter is thereby now wound up. Am off to the east this weekend. See you
another day! All best wishes, Jim
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Ulster Transport Authority, P.O. Box No. 196 21 Linen Hall Street,
Belfast 5th June 1964 - Dear Mr. Ryan, On behalf of the Chairman and
Members of the Authority, I convey to you congratulations and good wishes on
your recent appointment as Chairman of the Ulster Tourist Development
Association. I am sure you will have a successful term of office. Yours
sincerely J. G. T. Anderson
7) South Belfast Hospital Management Committee, Belfast City Hospital -
Musgrave Park Hospital - Malone Place Hospital, B.C.H., Lisburn Road,
Belfast, N. Ireland 8th June 1964 - Dear Mr. Ryan, At the meeting of
the Management Committee held on 2nd June, 1964, reference was made to your
appointments as Justice of the Peace, and Chairman of the Ulster Tourist
Development Association. The Members have requested that their
congratulations be conveyed to you on these appointments. With best wishes,
Yours sincerely, ? ? Secretary
8) City Hall, Belfast 1, John Dunlop, Town Clerk 3rd July 1964 - Dear
Mr. Ryan, At a recent meeting of the Libraries Committee tribute was paid to
the excellent services rendered in the past by the Added Members of the
Committee, and I was asked to convey to you an expression of their
appreciation. As you are probably aware, it was decided, in view of the
curtailment of the scope of the Committee's function following the
establishment of the Museum and Art Gallery as a National Museum, not to
appoint added members to the Committee at present. Yours sincerely John
Dunlop, Town Clerk
9) 1st August 1964 C.V. W. A. Ryan, M.B.E., J.P., Public Relations Officer
Ulster Transport Authority:- Chairman of Down County Council Library
Committee; Chairman of Ulster Tourist Development Association; Member of
Northern Ireland Tourist Board and Ulster Tourist Development Association
Joint Publicity Committee; Member of Belfast Corporation Libraries, Museums
and Art Committee; Member of South Belfast Group Hospitals Management
Committee (Belfast City, Musgrave Park, Malone Place and Northern Ireland
Orthopaedic Service); Member of Northern Ireland Local Government Officers
Superannuation Committee (Member of Executive Committee); Area Commissioner
St. John Ambulance Brigade; Honorary Press and Public Relations Officer for
:- Order of St. John (Commandery of Ards), St. John Ambulance Brigade, Skal
Club. Writing and broadcasting experience:- Accredited correspondent
and frequent contributor to "Railway Gazette" "Railway Magazine" "Modern
Transport" "St. John Review" Special correspondent :- Belfast
News-Letter's N.I. Annual Review (Transport Column). Prepares scripts
and has spoken and appeared on sound and television B.B.C. and U.T.V.
programmes. Writes occasional short stories and feature articles for
Press and broadcasting.
10) 9th February 1965. From: Captain W. J. Long, J.P., M.P. Dundonald House,
Upper Newtownards Road, Belfast - To Whom it may Concern: I understand that
Mr. William Albert Ryan, M.B.E., C.St.J., J.P., of Glenartney, Cultra, is a
candidate for the post of Development Officer to the Northern Ireland
Tourist Board, and I have the very real pleasure of supporting his
application. I have read the list of qualifications desired by the Board and
I feel that Mr. Ryan, whom I have known intimately for a considerable number
of years, is a unique candidate. He has had a wide and varied experience of
administration and planning during his long service with the Great Northern
Railway and the Ulster Transport Authority. His surveys in the interest of
efficiency and comfort of the travelling public have been productive and
well received. His great success in undertaking the mammoth task of
organising the excellent transport arrangements for the Covenant
Celebrations in 1962 is surely the hallmark of his sterling worth. Added to
this is the tremendous enthusiasm which he applied to the establishment of
the Transport Museum. Mr. Ryan is well versed in local government and in
this field he is a past Vice-Chairman of Castlereagh Rural District Council
and at present a member of the Down Council Libraries Committee.
Through his past and present employment he has experience of all facets of
the Tourist Industry and at one time he was the highly esteemed Chairman of
the Ulster Tourist Development Association. I can say without fear of
contradiction that in Government circles Mr. Ryan has gained the esteem and
affection of all those who have had the pleasure of working with him. I feel
sure that he still has much to offer the community through the medium of
tourism.
   
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1) The Rectory, Monkstown, Co. Dublin 8.3.65 -
Dear Mr. Ryan, I apologize for the delay in replying and also for not being
awake enough quite to know your signature. You are very good to share with
me in this question regarding the future. Briefly - the boy needs his father
now and can't have him because the church needs never would or could oblige.
I am caught in a dilemma, I have never seen anything like the life in this
place especially in the increase of genuine friendliness and community. Our
total attendances yesterday must have been a record, something like 1200
over the day. But am I risking my son's welfare? or asks for him much. I
thought that by taking a smaller living more time might be available to my
family whom I love dearly. John came here for lunch yesterday but after it
someone called, then there was a meeting, then a Confirmation Class, then
preparation for evening service and when I returned he had gone back to
school feeling he had not had anything of Dad while here. It is care of the
church call versus the call to family and I do tend to be erring in being a
one track fanatic. It is so good of you to let me share these thoughts and I
sincerely appreciate being able to do so with one who can look at it
objectively and wisely. Yours sincerely Billy
2) Century Newspapers Ltd., 51-59 Donegall Street, Belfast 23rd April 1965 -
Dear Bertie, Last night's party was a howling success and all of us were
deeply grateful to be invited along to such a delightful occasion. I feel
sad to know that you and Bob will no longer be presiding over the affairs of
the U.T.A. but trust that the friendships which you have built up with us
will continue to flourish and that both of you, in new spheres, will be
contributing as you have so well in the past to the general well-being in
Northern Ireland. Kindest regards, Yours sincerely Bill (Captain O. W. J.
Henderson)
3) Government of Northern Ireland, Ulster Office, 13 Regent Street, London
6th May 1965 - Dear Bertie, How very kind of you to contact your friend in
Washington on my behalf. I am writing to him today, and look forward to a
meeting when I get there. Any friend of yours must be a worthwhile person. I
hope the appointment we discussed comes off soon - it is just your metier.
Yours sincerely, ? Roberts(?)
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Belfast Chamber of Commerce, 7 Donegall Square West, Belfast 25th
May 1965 W. A. Ryan, Esq., M.B.E., Chairman, Ulster Tourist Development
Association Ltd., 10 Royal Avenue, Belfast - Dear Mr. Ryan, Please accept
this somewhat belated note of thanks for your splendid hospitality on Friday
last on the occasion of your Annual Luncheon. It was a most enjoyable
occasion and your own address was excellent combining just a nice balance of
encouragement and criticism of official policy on tourism. With kindest
regards, yours sincerely, Irene Calvert, President
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The County Donegal Railways (Joint Committee), Manager's Office,
Stranorlar, Lifford P.O., Co. Donegal 14th June 1965 - Dear Mr. Ryan,
I read with interest the Press Notice in regard to your retirement on
Saturday last, and I wish to extend my very good wishes for good health and
many years of happiness. I also take this opportunity of marking my
appreciation of the courtesy and helpfulness always extended to me. Best
wishes to Mrs. Ryan also, Yours sincerely, B. L. Curran
2) Government of Northern Ireland, Ulster Office, 13 Regent Street, London
14th June 1965 - Dear Bertie, Congratulations on leaving public transport
with such a distinguished record. You will always know just how much myself,
and my newspaper colleagues in Belfast appreciated your help. There was
never a public officer more willing or more helpful. I look forward to our
next association. Yours sincerely, ? Roberts(?)
3) Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin 15th June 1965 - Dear Bertie, (I hope I
have got the right address!) I have just read in the paper of your official
"retirement" and I wish you many long years to enjoy it. Of course, I
realise that you are most certainly not going out to grass yet so I do hope
you will keep in touch. In the meantime, good luck in whatever your new
venture may be. Kindest regards, Sincerely Una McNelis, Public Relations
4)
The British Broadcasting Corporation, Yalding House, 156 Great Portland
Street, London 17th June 1965 - My dear Bertie, As I retire from
active service in the BBC after the 11th September I am writing to a number
of my old friends and associates to say that I hope none of them will visit
London without letting me know. We shall be retiring to a place in Cornwall
called Cawsand, just the other side of Plymouth, which is my own home now
being renovated. As far as you are concerned, there will always be a room
with a wonderful sea view for Mr. and Mrs. Ryan, except during the more
obvious holiday periods when my numerous progeny and their offspring - the
last one gets married next month - are likely to descent upon us. With kind
regards to you both, Yours very sincerely, G. J. Willoughby, Concerts
Manager
5) Ulster Transport Authority, P.O. Box No. 196, 11-15 Great Victoria
Street, Belfast 18th June 1965 - Dear Mr. Ryan, Great Northern Railway
Pension Fund for Wages Staff (Ulster Transport) At the meeting of the
Committee held in the Railway Manager's office, Great Victoria Street,
Belfast, on Friday, 21st May, it was reported that your services were no
longer available to the Committee as you had vacated your position with the
Authority. The Chairman, Mr. J. C. Baillie, referred to your interest in the
Fund and to the valuable contribution you had made to the work of the
Committee over the years, and the Committee instructed me to write to you to
express thanks for all your assistance and to express regret that you were
no longer with us. Yours sincerely John McCleary, Pensions Secretary
6) Temple Press Ltd., Bowling Green Lane, London 21st June 1965 - Dear
Bertie, Very many thanks for your note of June 17. The news of your
retirement came along from U.T.A. and we duly "noticed" the fact in "The
Commercial Motor". I am interested to hear that you are joining the Ministry
of Development on the local government side, as one of our journals is, of
course, "The Surveyor" so we might very well be brought into contact once
again. In the meantime the best of good wishes. Yours sincerely, Ashley
Taylor, Northern Editor
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1) Belfast Telegraph, Belfast Friday June 25th 1965 - Dear Mr. Ryan, I
was on holiday when I read of your retirement, and made a note that I must
write to you on my return to express my very good wishes for your happiness
in your leisure. I recall with great pleasure our many meetings, and the
wonderful courtesy which you have always shown both me and the "Telegraph".
Knowing you I cannot believe that you will not be idle, and my wish is that
you may long be able to carry on the many other beneficent works in which
you are interested. Yours sincerely, John E. Sayers
2) The Institute of Transport, 80 Portland Place, London 28th June
1965 W. A. Ryan, Esq., M.B.E., Advertising & Publicity
Superintendent's Office, Great Northern Railway, Great Victoria Street
Station, Belfast, Northern Ireland - Dear Sir, I have read in the Press of
your retirement and should like to send you my good wishes for the best of
health and every happiness in the years ahead. We do not appear to have any
record of your home address and I should be obliged if you would let me have
this so that I can arrange fir future communications to be sent there. Yours
faithfully, F. W. Crews, Secretary
3) Northern Ireland Society of Incorporated Secretaries, W. S. Lewis, A.C.C.S., 598 Shore Road, Belfast 1st July 1965 - Dear Mr. Ryan, I
understand from Mr. D. F. J. McAuley that you have very kindly consented to
address this Society at our opening meeting to be held on Monday 4th October
1965, on the subject, "Transport's Contribution to Tourism". Our
meetings take place in the Kensington Hotel, College Square East, and
commence at 6.30 p.m. Unfortunately, I have not a spare programme of
last session but I enclose one of a previous session which you may find of
interest. Prior to our meeting you are cordially invited to be the guest of
our Chairman and Committee for Tea, and at a later date I will write again.
With thanks once again for your willing assistance, I remain, Yours
sincerely, W. S. Lewis, Honorary Secretary
4) Government of Northern Ireland, Ulster Office, 13 Regent Street, London
15th July 1965 - Dear Mr. Ryan, Ever since seeing you, and learning of your
retirement I have been wanting to write and send you best wishes for a very
happy, and I hope, well occupied future for as long as you want to carry on
working. I was delighted to learn from you that (you) had taken up an
appointment in the Ministry of Development, where I know that your long
experience in the transport field will be of great value. I do want to thank
you for all the assistance you have given to the Order of St. John, in your
work with it, which I know has often menat (meant) some sacrifice of your
very valuable time, and I would like to say how happy I always was on those
occasions when we came into collaboration in your own special field of
Public Relations for U.T.A. I look forward very keenly to our
continued work together in the Order of St. John, and if there is anything
that the Ulster Office can do to help you in your new task, it will be only
too happily undertaken. Yours sincerely Francis ?
5) Ulster Tourist Development Association Ltd., 6 Royal Avenue, Belfast 26th
July 1965 - Dear Mr. Ryan, This is a draft of the Minutes I mentioned to you
on the 'phone this afternoon. Please check and return to me. I have just
heard of the announcement of your new position. Please accept my hearty
congratulations and every good wish for your future success. Yours
sincerely, Mrs. M. J. Steenson, Assistant Secretary
6) City and County Borough of Londonderry, Town Clerk's Office, Guildhall,
Londonderry 27th July 1965 - Dear Bertie, I have learned with great
pleasure of your appointment by the Ministry of Development to the position
of "smoother". I am sure that you will derive much pleasure and satisfaction
from this work and look forward to meeting you from time to time in the
course of your duties, Yours sincerely, Roy Henderson, Town Clerk
7) Borough Council of Bangor, Town Hall, The Castle, Bangor, Northern
Ireland 27th July 1965 - Dear Bertie, The Mayor was in this morning
and we were discussing your appointment, the news of which was given in the
press. We would like to offer you our congratulations and we trust that we
will only see you in friendship in Bangor. Best wishes, Yours sincerely,
Dick W., Town Clerk (R. Wolsey)
8) 8 Grange Park, Dunmurry, Co. Antrim 27th July 1965 - Dear Bertie, I
have to-day read of your appointment and it gives me great pleasure to offer
you my congratulations. I do hope that you will enjoy many happy years in
your new position with the Ministry of Development & find it all very
worthwhile. With kind regards to Chrissie & yourself, Yours v sincerely Noel
9) Ulster Television Limited, Havelock House, Ormeau Road, Belfast
29th July 1965 - Dear Bertie, I was delighted to read the other night of
your new appointment and wish you well in it. Since your retirement from the
Authority you do not appear in public places as often as you used to and in
consequence I do not bump into you so much. Needless to say you are always
welcome if you call with any of us in Ulster Television. Good luck in the
future, Yours sincerely, Basil W. Lapworth
10) Borough Council of Enniskillen, Town Clerk's office, Town Hall,
Enniskillen, County Fermanagh 6th August 1965 - Dear Mr. Ryan, I was very
pleased to see by Circular No. L.G. 6/65 from the Ministry of Development
that you have been appointed as General Inspector on the staff of the
Ministry. Please accept my congratulations and best wishes. I will most
certainly be very glad to see you at an early date to discuss the very many
problems affecting my day-to-day responsibilities. At the moment, I have not
got a qualified engineer on my staff. I am trying to run the Borough
Surveyor's Department as well as my own. Looking forward to seeing you soon.
Yours sincerely, ? ? Town Clerk. W. A. Ryan, Esq., M.B.E., General
Inspector, Ministry of Development, Stormont, Belfast 4
11) Ministry of Development, Stormont, Belfast 4 18th August 1965 - Dear Mr.
Ryan, Thank you for your letter of 11th August submitting your resignation
from the Northern Ireland Local Government Officers Superannuation
Committee. I agree that it would be desirable for you to sever your
connection with the Committee in view of your appointment as General
Inspector of the Ministry. May I take this opportunity of expressing my
appreciation of your work as a member of the Committee and I hope you will
find your new post in the Department an equally interesting and rewarding
one. Yours Sincerely Wm. Craig, W. A. Ryan, Esq., Glenartney, Cultra,
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1) The British Council, 1 Chlorine Gardens, Belfast 15th June 1966 -
Dear Mr. Ryan, I wanted once again to thank you so much for all that you did
to make the Sarawak visitors so much at home and to have such a valuable
insight into the relationship of Central and Local Government here. I know
that they were most appreciative and Miss Caldwell also wanted to thank you
for all the help and encouragement you gave her. I was very glad to have a
chance of seeing you and Mrs. Ryan the other evening on such an enjoyable
occasion. Kind regards, Yours ever, H. W. F. R. Ricketts, Representative.
2)
Castlereagh Rural District Council, 368 Cregagh Road, Belfast, W. H.
Jones, A.C.A., Clerk; R. Gundry, M.I.Mun.E., M.Inst.H.E., Engineer
31st August 1966 - Dear Mr. Ryan, Your friends and former colleagues on the
Castlereagh Rural District Council were extremely sorry to learn that you
had been admitted to hospital recently, and I was directed to convey to you
the members' very best wishes for a speedy restoration to good health once
again. I would also like, not only on my own behalf, but also on behalf of
the other members of the Council's staff to join in this expression of
sympathy and best wishes for a speedy recovery. Yours sincerely, W. H.
Jones, Clerk
3) South Belfast Hospital Management Committee, Belfast City Hospital -
Musgrave Park Hospital - Malone Place Hospital, B.C.H., Lisburn Road,
Belfast, Northern Ireland 12th September 1966 - Dear Mr. Ryan, The members
of the Management Committee at their recent meeting learned with regret of
your indisposition. They were pleased, however, to be informed that you had
been discharged from hospital. They wish you well and look forward to your
early return to good health, and to the resumption of your work as
Vice-Chairman. With best wishes, Sincerely, ? Miller(?), Secretary
4) Lisburn Rural District Council, Council Offices, Harmony Hill - Lisburn -
County Antrim, John M. Shirley, Clerk 28th September 1966 - Dear Mr.
Ryan, When Minutes of the Ulster Tourist Development Association were tabled
at the Council recently it was noted that you had been in hospital and I was
instructed to write to you on behalf of the Chairman and members of the
Council, wishing you a speedy recovery to full health. In carrying out the
Council's wishes I should like to associate Mr. Coates and myself with the
greetings. We trust that we shall soon have the pleasure of seeing you again
on your rounds! With kindest regards, Yours sincerely, John M. Shirley
5) Alexander Smyth, Wholesale and Retail General Merchant, 20-22 Market
Street, Limavady, Co. Londonderry 28th September 1966 - Dear Mr. Ryan,
I was very sorry to learn only yesterday that you have not been in good
health. It was only when we were discussing our Round Table programme for
1966-67 when your name came up, and R. J. Carr(?), Clerk of the Rural
Council, told me your bad news. I sincerely hope that you are making
progress & that you will be soon back in harness. What with all the recent
excitement amongst the "top brass" I am sure it greived you not to be in the
middle of it - strictly as an observer of course!! If it would be more
suitable for you we can easily transfer your talk to our Round Table from
November, until January or February of next year? By this time you should be
A.1. again. I was sorry that when you called last time I was out, but I
learn that you know that I decided to settle down. Now I have to think up
excellent excuses when I arrive back from Council meetings with a
gin-smelling breath. Again best wishes for a quick recovery. Sincerely
Alastair Smyth
6) "Dunree" 42 Strandview Road, Ballycastle, Co. Antrim 3rd October
1966 - Dear Bertie, It was with extreme regret that I heard only yesterday
that you had been taken ill, and I assure you it was a matter of great
personal regret to me to know of this. I hasten to send you the warmest
wishes of Mrs. Sherlock, the family and myself for a very speedy and full
recovery, and I do hope that already you are feeling much better. I hope
within the next week or so, to get to Belfast to see you, but in the
meantime do please take extreme care and please God you will soon be fit and
well and back in circulation again. Be assured we will not forget you in our
prayers. Warmest regards and best wishes to Mrs. Ryan and to yourself as
always all the good things that O could ever wish. Yours very sincerely,
Bernard - B. Sherlock
7) Ulster Tourist Development Association Limited, Finance - Executive
Committee Minutes (1) 1966-67 - 1. Minutes of the Monthly Meeting of the
Finance, Executive Committee held on Wednesday, 31st August, 1966 at 11.15
a.m. in the Conference Room, 6 Royal Avenue, Belfast. 2. Chairman: Mr.
J. I. Fawcett. 3. Present: Mr. R. B. Stevens (Vice-Chairman); Mr. J.
A. McCarrison, Mr. R. L. Carter, Mr. D. Lyle Hall, Mr. I. Cunningham, Mr. G.
N. Hislop, Mr. W. I. Cunningham. 4. Apologies: Mr. F. E. Benner, Mr.
R. G. Macauley, Mr. W. M. Capper, Mr. R. B. Thomas, Mr. J. C. McClelland.
5. In Attendance: Mr. J. A. U. Gregg - Secretary; Miss E. N. Rice -
Stenographer. 6. Notice: The Notice convening the meeting was read by
the Secretary. 7. Sympathy: Mr. Fawcett, the Chairman, expressed the
Committee's sympathy with Mr. F. E. Benner on the death of his wife.
8. Illnesses: It was reported that on the instructions of the Chairman a
basket of fruit had been sent to the immediate past Chairman Mr. W. A. Ryan,
M.B.E., J.P. in the City Hospital where he has been convalescing since 17th
August following a slight heart attack. The Committee sent him its very best
wishes for a speedy recovery, and similarly to Mr. W. B. Cowan whose
convalescence continues satisfactorily. (ii) Glenelly Valley - A letter
dated 13th August was read from the Rev. Fr. Bryson, Secretary of the
Glenelly Valley Tourist Development Association thanking the U.T.D.A. for
the work it had done in helping to promote a tourist development scheme to
hasten the improvement of the 3 47 through the Glenelly Valley. (iii)
Lough Neagh - The Chairman said he would like to see the formation of a
local tourist development association for the whole of Lough Neagh, and it
was decided to put the item on the agenda for the next meeting. He advocated
the establishment of a local tourist development association in every
tourist area where one did not yet exist, and he looked forward to those not
yet under the umbrella of the U.T.D.A. coming into the fold and possibly
being grouped for more effective operations. A useful discussion followed.
11. Government Grants for Tourism - It was decided to ask the Tourist Board
to issue a directive to Local Authorities who are applying for Government
Grants in promoting schemes in their areas. It was felt that the procedure
should be simplified instead of one having to write to four different
Ministries i.e. those of Development and Commerce and Health and Finance as
well as the Board. 12. Financial Report - The following was circulated
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8) Government House, Hillsborough, Northern Ireland 19th February 1969 -
Dear Mr. Ryan, It was a very enjoyable and pleasant experience for me last
night to have the honour of presenting prizes and certificates to the
Nursing Staff who had gained such recognition by their hard work and
efficiency, and I am writing to thank you for all the arrangements that were
made to ensure the success of a very happy ceremony. I was much impressed by
the appearance and high standards of the Nursing Staff, and I am sure that
the successes already achieved will continue and increase. It was more than
kind of the Nursing Staff to present me with such a beautiful gift and I was
much honoured and happy to serve the nursing profession in this way. Yours
sincerely, ? ?
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University of Manchester, Department of Overseas Administrative Studies,
336 Oxford Road, Manchester 6th June 1969 - Dear Mr. Ryan, I am
writing to thank you for your help to the Course for Overseas Government
Officers from this Department which visited Northern Ireland recently. I am
particularly grateful for your help in having Mrs. Deigh and Messrs.
Barnett, Phylactou, Rikin, Da Costa, Khleif and Tajudin on a short
attachment to your Ministry. I am also grateful to you for giving your
time to attend the Brains Trust which we held on the final morning of our
visit. I can assure you that the members of the course appreciated your help
very much. Yours sincerely, Colin Fuller, Course Director
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1) 30/9/1970 Name and address of present employer: N.I.H.A. 25 Adelaide
Street, Belfast. Title or post held: Higher Clerical Officer Works &
Building Branch. Duties of the post: Responsible for the payment of all
Consulting Engineers, Chartered Architects, Quantity Surveyors & Building
Contractors employed by the Authority. Produce monthly & annual financial
analysis of all capital funds spent on Works Projects both major & minor.
Responsible for the processing of computer data to ascertain all capital
funds which have been spent with respect to hospital buildings & also
endowments received by the Authority and money received from the sale of
land & buildings. Keep total on ledgers of all funds allocated for the
purchase of equipment on capital & revenue side. Assist in preparation of
agendas for Authority Planning & Works Committees. Present Grade: Higher
Clerical Officer. Present Salary: £1221 p.a. Date appointed: 30/9/1970. What
period of notice does your present employer require? 1 month
2) Northern Ireland Hospitals Authority, 25 Adelaide Street, Belfast
22nd December 1970 - Dear Mr. Ryan, South Belfast Hospital Management
Committee, The Authority are pleased to learn that you have agreed to
continue as a member of the above-named committee and they have asked me to
convey their thanks to you for accepting the invitation to assist in the
administration of the Hospital Services in your area. I enclose, for
your information, a copy of the Minute appointing you a member of the
Committee for a further term of office. Yours sincerely William Harvey,
Secretary ~ Health Services Acts (Northern Ireland), 1948 to 1969. Northern
Ireland Hospitals Authority. Minute of Appointment of the South Belfast
Hospital Management Committee. The Northern Ireland Hospitals Authority, in
exercise of the powers conferred on them by Section 28 of the Health
Services Act (Northern Ireland), 1948, Article 1 of Part III of the First
Schedule to the said Act, and all other powers enabling them in that behalf,
do hereby appoint the following persons to be members of the South Belfast
Hospital Management Committee from 1st January, 1971, for the hospitals know
as the - Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, Belfast 9; Malone Place
Hospital, Belfast 12; Musgrave Park Hospital, Balmoral, Belfast 9. For the
Period Ending 31st December 1973: Professor John Joseph Pritchard, M.A., D.M.,
B.Sc., F.R.C.S., 75 Osborne Park, Belfast; William Albert Ryan, Esq.,
M.B.E., C.St.J., J.P., Glenartney, 11 Clanbrassil Road, Cultra, Holywood,
County Down; Louis Harrison Taylor, Esq., 2 Massey Park, Belfast
3) Government House, Hillsborough, Northern Ireland 30th June 1971 - Dear
Mr. Ryan, Thank you so much for your letter of 28th June, enclosing a card
from Mr. P. Crum Ewing. I have had an opportunity of showing this to the
Governor, who is most interested to hear that you have met Mr. Ewing, whom
he well remembers. The Governor has written to this gentleman direct, but he
is very pleased for your kindness in referring your meeting to us. Yours
sincerely Robert Stephens, (Major R. Stephens) Private Secretary - W. A.
Ryan, Esq., M.B.E., J.P., The St. John Ambulance Brigade, Northern Ireland
War Memorial Building, 5 Waring Street, Belfast 1.
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