"The young ones, the auld hands and the mugs they're all here.... Big or wee, they pay their money and they take their pick."

"Smithfield, I suppose you could call it the Belfast Palace of Varieties. You can buy anything here and sell anything too."

'Tonight in Northern Ireland' takes you on a visit to the shops and stalls of Smithfield Market a Belfast institution that has something for everyone.

Narrated by Sam McAughtry.

Originally broadcast 2 September, 1959.




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