This Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) mural is an extremely rare example of a loyalist electoral mural. For another PUP mural, see C00952.
Dee Street, east Belfast
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This three-part UDA/UFF mural is in Island Street, Belfast. The “Ulster Freedom Fighters” is a cover name, beginning in 1973, for the Ulster Defence Association, formed in 1971.
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Emblems of the UDA and UYM (Ulster Young Militants) against pastel backgrounds in Island Street.
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“We are the pilgrims, master – we shall go always a little further” is a line from James Elroy Flecker’s verse poem Hassan and is inscribed on the clock tower of the the Hereford barracks of the SAS (WP). It is used here by “East Belfast Ulster Volunteer Force – The People’s Army”.
Tamar Street, east Belfast
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Three figureheads of the Protestant Reformation: Martin Lurther 1483-1546, John Calvin 1509-1564, and John Wesley 1703-1791.
Major Street, east Belfast
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RMS Titanic makes its first appearance in a mural, on Dee Street, Belfast. The “unsinkable” ship, built in east Belfast at Harland & Wolff shipyards (shown in the skyline of the mural), hit an iceberg and foundered on the night of 14-15th April, 1912, killing approximately 1,500 people.
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“C Coy lost volunteers,” “In memory of the volunteers who made the supreme sacrifice” and “In memory of all loyalists who gave their lives – lest we forget.” Red Hand Commando mural and plaques in Hunt Street, just off the Newtownards Road, Belfast.
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The 36th Division East Belfast regimental flag and the flag of the YCV, rather than of the Ulster Volunteers, flank a modified crest of the Division – the letters “EBPB” have replaced a harp and crown. “Our message is simple: Where our music is welcome we will play it loud; where our music is challenged we will play it louder.” “In memory of John Boyd Richard Cowan Steven Hamill. Always remembers by East Belfast Protestant Boys FB.” (Fb | tw)
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“UFF formed 1973.” Two hooded gunmen kneel on a free-floating Northern Ireland. Avoniel Road, Belfast.
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