A union jack is added above “Londonderry Westbank loyalists – Still under siege, No Surrender.” See previously Still Under Siege.
Kennedy Place, the Fountain, Londonderry
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Still Under Siege
graffiti/writing
Semtex – Ozone Friendly
During the 1980s, the hole in the ozone layer was a big concern. Production of CFCs ceased in 1994. Also visible: “Up the bongo babes” and “PIRA”.
Falls Road (where, exactly?), west Belfast
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Brits Out
Republican graffiti on the walls of Derry just below the Army barracks at Bishop’s Gate.
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Batman Kill 10
Republican graffiti on Lecky Road. Derry: “Batman kill 10 – we will be back (‘agian’?)”
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RUC Bastards Out
Republican graffiti on the walls of Derry
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You Are Now Entering Free Derry
Paint-bombs on Free Derry Corner, Lecky Road, Derry. Compare with the pristine wall also from 1989.
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You Are Now In Free Strabane
We end the 1989 images from Ballycolman, Strabane, with this declaration of independence.
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Take Up Their Guns
“IRA – The only tribute we can pay to fallen comrades is to take up their guns and continue the fight”. With a strange ?animal? in celtic design. Columban Park, Strabane
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SAM 7 Avenue
In 1987, 20 surface-to-air missiles missiles were part of the shipment confiscated from the trawler Eksund. In 1988, it was reported that a shipment of arms from Libya to the IRA included such missiles. Springhill Park or Ballycolman, Strabane. Next to Onwards To Victory.
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You Are Now Entering Free Derry
Free Derry Corner, 1989 or 1990. Lecky Road, Derry. It’s not clear whether this is before or after the paint-bombed wall also from 1989. Perhaps after, given that the graffiti on the block to the right has been blacked out.
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