“Stand firm – break the bigots back” – a fist smashes a Nazi swastika. Next to the Stephen Lawrence – Robert Hammil board. For both boards in better condition, see Same Story, Same Bigotry. Artana Street, Belfast.
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Twentieth anniversary retrospective board on Ormeau Road, Belfast, with posters and news articles from the 1981 hunger strike, as well as the names of the ten who died.
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“In memory of their victims … they shall not pass.” An elaborate celtic cross in memory (i ndil cuimhne) of Troubles victims from Catholic south Belfast and a promise to block Orange Order parades in the lower Ormeau.
Farnham Street, south Belfast
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No Orange parades in Dromara Street, Belfast, just off south Belfast’s Ormeau Road. Seen previously in 1997.
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Both local elections and Westminster elections were held on June 7th 2001. The first three names are of local council areas and the vote is by preference (hence the “1”), ‘South Belfast’ is a Westminster seat. Sınn Féın took one seat in each of Balmoral and Laganbank.
Dromara Street, south Belfast
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The second panel of the four shown here in Donegall Pass, Belfast, is the most interesting. The upper circle is labelled “Ulster 2001” and shows a modern volunteer between the UVF and YCV symbols. In the lower circle, which is labelled “Ulster 1916”, is a portrait of Carson and the text of the 1912 Ulster Covenant and a headstone which is broken and bloodied. The other panels contain the UVF emblem, the YCV emblem, and the emblem of the 36th (Ulster) Division.
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Boards in Charlotte Street, clockwise from left to right around giant YCV [Young Citizen Volunteers] lettering in red, white, and blue: Union flag, Ulster Banner, 36th (Ulster) Division, St Andrew’s Saltire, Union flag.
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In-progress shot of the Young Conquerors Flute Band (Fb) “viking” mural in Pine Street, Belfast.
Here is the completed mural. The previous version had a cartoon viking at the centre – see the Paddy Duffy Collection.
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A piper plays over a soldier’s grave in a mural commemorating South Belfast 2nd battalion UVF volunteers from the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Pine Street, Belfast.
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King Billy crossing the Boyne and trampling on a Jacobite soldier. This mural was painted in 1989 by a “H. Gibson” (according to the 2015 repainting). The original version of this mural was on the other side of the Pass, at the junction of Apsley Street and Howard Street South, next to a mural of the Lindsay Street arch dedicated to Robert Bradford. (See the Paddy Duffy Collection for both of these.) 1989 was the 25th anniversary of the erection of the arch in nearby Lindsay Street, but the arch was not painted into this mural until 2002.
Oak Street, Donegall Pass, south Belfast
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