 Loyalists ran a social club in the former Summerson's Cinema in Bridge Street for several years during the early part of the Troubles, before it was closed down by the police.The Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) initially had two stations in the town; one at the "Tunnel" entrance to Obins Street and the other at Edward Street.The former closed in the 1950s and the latter remained the main centre of police operations throughout the Troubles but is now reduced to part-time as the police presence has been transferred to the Mahon Road complex.