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From the archives - Spirit of '78

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Olympian Mary Peters looked forward to 1979, along with the first non-unionist Mayor of Belfast David Cook, Ulsterbus boss Werner Heubeck, RUC Chief Constable Sir Kenneth Newman and DUP leader Ian Paisley.

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