It is reported on the front page of todays 'Ballymoney Times' that a private collector has offered for sale to the Council a collection of Joey's machines and memorabilia.

Councillor Bill Kennedy has proposed the Council purchase the collection and dedicate a hall at the Joey Dunlop Leisure Centre as a museum to Joey.

Bill Kennedy a former road racer himself who did the Irish roads and the Southern in my time is the brother of the late 'Big' Frank Kennedy was the driving force behind aquiring the land and raising a large proportion of the funds from the Council for Joey's mmemorial garden when he was Lord Mayor, I believe that if it had not been for Bill the garden would not exist.