London-/Derry

The Battle Of The Somme 1916

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Soldiers from the 36th (Ulster) Division go over the top at the battle of the Somme – the original photograph can be seen at the BBC. In faded or newly-sketched letters on the right, “At the going down of the sun/And in the morning/We will remember them.”

The UDA mural on the left of the youth club is to Sgt Lindsay Mooney.

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Londonderry History

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From left to right: the apprentice boys crying “No surrender!”; the breaking of the boom; the Guild Hall; Walker’s statue; and Roaring Meg, a cannon in the Double Bastion. Dopey Dick, the orca, is on the wall of the building to the right (see the news report in the Digital Film Archive).

These are paintings on boards, replacing the five wall-paintings seen in 2005.

Outside the Cathedral Youth Club in the Fountain.

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The Brave Thirteen

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Residents of the upper Fountain decorate their houses with the names of the apprentice boys, with an arch over the gap in the inner “peace” line. Seen previously in 2002 and 2006.

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The Platform

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One of the tourist information boards along with walls of Derry; this one describes the history of the area around the Presbyterian church and the Apprentice Boys Memorial Hall, including George Farquhar and his play The Beaux’ Stratagem. The platform in question is not a viewing platform for Orange parades but a gun platform in the walls of Derry.

Magazine Street Upper, Londonderry

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