He had a tough gig to be fair!
It is hard to think of a time when Belfast was not hiving with tourists who have travelled far and wide to take in our fascinating history and culture.
Probably a more difficult job than it is today, a clip of the tourism boss posted by BBC Archive shows him struggling to sell Belfast as a place to visit during the height of The Troubles.In the report on tourism in Ulster from July 10 1974, Bill Kerr-Elliot asks Hall why they should come to Belfast - and if we are honest, it sounds like he's saying they shouldn't!
"There's a great deal of damage and destruction around and it's not really, I'm afraid to say, a great tourist centre at the moment."When asked if it was safe to come to Northern Ireland, Robert adds that its a matter of "personal decision" and ensures that Belfast is probably safer than New York City.
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