Visitors fell throughtrap door at castle

The pay-out was reported in the East Antrim Times in September 1965.

The sum was disclosed in a report from the Public Accounts Committee, a body of MPs which had responsibility for vetting all public expenditure.

Mr. WJ Thompson, controller and auditor general, said: “The charge arose because a trap door had a fault.”

David Bleakley, Labour, Victoria area, said: “Anybody who goes into a medieval castle deserves a few hazards.”

Meanwhile, Carrick Castle was the backdrop for a musical programme by the Band of the Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars which had been touring Northern Ireland.

The same week, Woodburn Presbyterian Church celebrated its centenary.

The occasion was marked with the dedication of a new church hall.