Cross-community peace rally announced for Derry’s Craigavon Bridge - On This Day in 1976

September 1 1976Next Saturday’s peace rally in Derry will be held on Craigavon Bridge at 3 o’clock, Peace People’s co-founders, Mrs Betty Williams and Miss Mairead Corrigan, announced last night.Craigavon Bridge links predominantly Catholic West Bank and the mainly Protestant Waterside district of the city and is regarded as a symbolic venue.The police in Derry have been notified of the arrangement.Mrs Williams and Miss Corrigan have named their opposite numbers in Derry. They are Mrs Margaret Doherty, 23 Meadowbank Avenue on the West bank of the Foyle and Mrs Joyce Kelly, of 132 Lincoln Court in the Waterside area.“Both have agreed to act solely for the Peace People, without regard to any other actions”, they said. “Mrs Doherty was one of five original Derry peace women and has accepted a