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10 Facts About Wendy Millar

1.

Wendy Millar was born on 1944 and known as "Bucket" and "Queen of the UDA" is a Northern Irish loyalist and a founding member of the Ulster Defence Association.

2.

Wendy Millar established the first UDA women's unit on her native Shankill Road in Belfast.

3.

Wendy Millar had the nicknames of "Bucket" on account of her outspoken, loud-mouthed personality, and "Queen of the UDA" for her devotion to the paramilitary organisation.

4.

Shortly afterwards, Wendy Millar established the first UDA women's unit on the Shankill Road.

5.

Wendy Millar became an ardent supporter of Adair and set herself up as resident cook in the "Big Brother House", a community centre in the lower Shankill which Adair used as his headquarters and where his henchmen brought disobedient locals for punishment beatings.

6.

Wendy Millar, who was in Belfast at the time, was devastated by the arson attack as she regarded the caravan as a second home for her and her 63-year-old husband.

7.

Adair's wife, Gina, John White, and about 20 of his supporters including Wendy Millar's sons were compelled to leave Northern Ireland.

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Wendy Millar believed her years of devotion to the organisation would allow her to remain in her Shankill Road home.

9.

Two weeks after the Adair faction was kicked out of Northern Ireland, Wendy Millar was ordered to leave and told she'd be executed if she failed to comply.

10.

Wendy Millar reluctantly joined her sons and the other Adair supporters in Bolton where they became known as the "Bolton Wanderers".