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North Antrim & Londonderry UDU

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The Ulster Defence Union was a loyalist organisation launched on St Patrick’s day 1893, in response to the 2nd Home Rule bill, “to declare the policy and direct the action of the Ulster Unionists and to raise funds for the purposes of the organization from loyalists of all classes.” The motto of the organisation was “Quis separabit” (which is the same as the UDA’s). The Union faded away in the 1910s, but the name was revived by the UDA in 2007 (NewsLetter).

Pine Street, Waterside, Londonderry

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Mourneview Youth

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Here is the scene at Mourne Road along the side of the Mace (later a Spar). On the low wall is a ‘Mourneview Youth’ mural (presumably by BlazeFX) – there were previously LVF murals on this wall. In the bricked-up windows are a series of cultural panels, on the Battle Of The Boyne, music, William McFadzean’s VC, fire, faith, defence (WWI), plus one other (perhaps ‘school’?)

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Streets Of Yesteryear

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“Streets Of Yesteryear” showing (at top) Bobby Jackson (senior) painting the mural and, at right, the mural in Clarence Place. On the left is Wapping Lane, where arches are hung every year. At the bottom is the gaol tower.

The plaque at right reads “Streets Of Yesteryear. Unveiled on 7th August 2009 by Mrs. B. Holland (née Jackson) daughter of the late Bobby Jackson pictured above. Part of the Creating Change Programme, Cathedral Youth Club.”

Wapping Lane, Londonderry

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We Determine The Guilty, We Decide The Punishment

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Iron Maiden’s ‘Eddie The Head’, here in the guise of a British Redcoat, strides over a Londonderry both old (vintage soldier on the left) and new (Free Derry Corner and The Petrol Bomber on the right). Compared to the previous version, the turned-over corners have been painted out and the skyline lowered. For more see Eddie’s Visual History page.

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