CS Lewis (1898-1963) was born and reared in Belfast until age 9. He was wounded at Arras in WWI and studied at Oxford after the war. He is most noted for work in Christian apologetics and children’s fiction, especially The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe, written in 1950.
Convention Court, Ballymacarrett, east Belfast
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“Men whom the lusts of office do not kill/Men whom the spoils of office do not buy/Men who possess opinions and will/Men who love honour; men who cannot lie” – part of a poem by Josiah Gilbert Holland.
The men on the left of the mural are Captain James Craig (who fought in the Second Boer War before becoming a unionist leader, organiser of the the Ulster Volunteers, and first Prime Minister Of Northern Ireland) and Major Frederick Crawford, who fought in both Boer Wars and organised the Larne gunrunning.
The four others, listed both on the plaque in front of the mural and on the stone in the memorial garden (constructed in 2003) are UVF volunteers Robert Seymour, shot dead by the PIRA; James Cordner and Joseph Long, who were killed in a premature explosion, and Robert Bennett, killed by the British Army during a riot. (Seymour and Long are on the right of the mural.)
Fraser Pass, east Belfast
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[M06830] which shows the lower wall of the mural whitewashed
This mural by Blaze FX is opposite Walkway Community Centre (web) in Finvoy Street, Belfast. The railway between Belfast and Comber no longer exists; it is now a 7 mile cycle path. The place-names on the mural are stops on the old ‘Belfast & County Down’ system. Also depicted is the Belfast Blitz, which was in 1941, with targets including the Connswater fuel station (BBC).
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“RHC” [Red Hand Commando] lettering in the blocked-up windows of the Con Club, Hemp Street, Belfast.
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2006 image of the East Belfast Protestant Boys mural in Hemp Street, previously seen in 2005 (including the side wall and plaque).
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The Union Jack souvenir shop, at its Newtownards Road, Belfast, location, goes on-line at unionjackshop.com.
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2006 image of the RHC stencil in Hunt Street, Belfast, seen previously in 2005.
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Here are some close-ups of the UVF/RHC mural in Hunt Street, east Belfast, seen previously in 2005.
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Hunt Street, east Belfast
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The Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) is a left-leaning unionist party founded in 1979 by Hugh Smyth, who served as Lord Mayor of Belfast in 1994. His successor as leader of the party (in 2002) was former UVF member David Ervine, who had been elected to the NI Assembly in 1998 but would die in January 2007.
Newtownards Road, Belfast
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