Mayor Gillian McCollum on hosting 60,000 people in Newtownards for Armed Forces Day 2025

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Ards and North Down Mayor Gillian McCollum on hosting 60,000 people in Newtownards, more than double the population of the town, for Armed Forces Day 2025. Video by Iain Gray

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00:00So we're here at Armed Forces Day with Ards and Northbound Mayor Gillian McCollum

00:04and you're saying that you think you've got perhaps 55,000, 60,000 people here in Newton Ards

00:11which is double the population of the town.

00:13That's right Ian, we're absolutely blown away by the scale of the crowd here today.

00:19Our best estimate is 55,000 to 60,000 people, it's a huge crowd and it's lovely to see that

00:25it's mostly families, there are people out to support the military but also people out

00:31just for a great family day out and they've had so much to see and do here already.

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