Gustav Wilhelm Wolff The Den Gets Spot Listed And Saved Tempora

The Palmerston Residents Association would like to thank the Environment & Heritage Service on behalf of the residents of Sydenham, the people of Northern Ireland and our Children for spot listing 2-4 Station Road The Den. We hope this... [more]

The Palmerston Residents Association would like to thank the Environment & Heritage Service on behalf of the residents of Sydenham, the people of Northern Ireland and our Children for spot listing 2-4 Station Road The Den. We hope this listing will be made permanent. We would also like to thank Naomi Long of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland for her out right support at the beginning of our campaign to have this building listed. Our gratitude also to the Minister of Development Sammy Wilson for his comments that built heritage provides a tangible connection to our sheared past and we should protect its best features.

The residents association is in complete agreement with this statement, we hope he acts to have Westbank House And the Smiles Family commemorated at the site of his home on the Palmerston Road, William Smiles and Gustav Wilhelm Wolff founded the Belfast Ropeworks the Biggest Ropeworks in the world where over 30,000 people were employed. We cannot replace these great men but we can commemorate them, for the good of Northern Ireland and the good of East Belfast.

Our work is not over it has only begun our history belongs to us and our children to give them something to look up to and respect, let them see how great Northern Ireland industry was and how it leads the world in Shipbuilding,Ropemaking,Aircraft and Engineering, we are only a small nation of six counties but a world leader in so many fields. We need to protect our heritage now to enable us to leave it to our children.