Remembering Roy Rogers on his visit to Belfast, 66 years ago

I read in Saturday’s News Letter a few notes you wrote about Roy Rogers his wife Dale Evans.
By Alex Kane
Published 4th Oct 2020, 06:11 BST
Cowby film star Roy Rogers rides his famous horse Trigger in this 1954 photo in London. He also visited Belfast that year, and other cities in the UK such as Liverpool and Glasgow, and he travelled to Dublin (AP Photo/files)Cowby film star Roy Rogers rides his famous horse Trigger in this 1954 photo in London. He also visited Belfast that year, and other cities in the UK such as Liverpool and Glasgow, and he travelled to Dublin (AP Photo/files)
Cowby film star Roy Rogers rides his famous horse Trigger in this 1954 photo in London. He also visited Belfast that year, and other cities in the UK such as Liverpool and Glasgow, and he travelled to Dublin (AP Photo/files)

(‘Western music still appeals to a sense of American frontier nostalgia,’ Billy Kennedy, Music, September 26)

I was there with my mother and sister when he came to Belfast in 1954 — we were in the Opera House early and while waiting Roy Rogers and Dale Evans came in from the back and they had a long chat with my mother.

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His horse was a Palomino horse called Trigger with a white mane and white tail and chocolate body.

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Thousands of people came to the city centre when they rode down a packed Royal Avenue. The visited other cities in the UK, including Glasgow, and Liverpool and London and they visited Dublin.

His dog was an alsatian called Bullet.

I was 13 years old at the time — I am now 79.

James Wallace, Cloughmills

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