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Life in Belfast as represented on its walls – Murals, Graffiti, Street Art

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Victory To The NHS

2021-03-302021-04-04Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

“Almond Drive [Twinbrook] supports front line workers.” “Victory to the NHS” in the fight against coronavirus and Covid-19, rather than “Victory to the Provos“. Click and click again to enlarge (to 1500 x 1198)Copyright © 2021 Extramural ActivityCamera Settings: f5,…

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banner/tarp, Belfast, Belfast - west, CNR

Thanks NHS

2020-11-042020-11-04Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

East Belfast’s Lismore Street is recently famous for the removal of bonfire materials in 2019. (See previously: A Vote For The IRA | Dump Wood, No Shite.) The corner of the street usually serves as the “Dump Wood” sign but…

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Belfast, Belfast - east, graffiti/writing, PUL

Thank You NHS

2020-07-082021-12-16Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

Union flags with “Thank You NHS” in east Belfast, one (above) in front of “Freedom Corner” on Newtownards Road (for the recent history of the mural on the right, see East Belfast Brigade) and another (below) in Ballarat Street. Click…

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Belfast, Belfast - east, mural, PUL

Thank You NHS

2020-06-182021-05-02Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

Link 47 (in the Crescent Link Retail Park, London-/Derry) is currently only doing take-out and delivery but the mural on its side wall supports the NHS workers who have been going to work daily during the coronavirus pandemic. The mural…

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London-/Derry, mural

I ♥ NHS

2020-05-312021-05-01Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

“Republican Network For Unity thank all NHS frontline staff” – RNU banner on the play-pitch at the bottom of the NLR. Click and click again to enlarge (to full size) Copyright © 2020 Sabine Troendle (web | Fb) Camera Settings:…

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banner/tarp, Belfast, Belfast - north, CNR, internet/social media

Thank You NHS

2020-05-172022-04-13Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

This is Glen Molloy’s (Fb) contribution to the public support for NHS staff during the coronavirus pandemic. The mural is in the Tullyally area of Londonderry, near Altnagelvin hospital. Click and click again to enlarge (to 1800 x 1200) Copyright…

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London-/Derry, mural, PUL

NHS Blue

2020-05-012020-05-01Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

Letter-boxes in nationalist west Belfast have sometimes been painted green (e.g. 2016), though blue and not green is the official colour of Ireland. The box shown above, across from the Royal Victoria Hospital, is blue not for Ireland but in…

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Belfast, Belfast - west, CNR

Our NHS

2020-04-242020-04-25Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

“No surrender to Covid-19”. Two banners from Donegall Road in support of “our brave NHS”: above, the 1st South Belfast Linfield Supporters Club (Fb)  and below, the Rangers Supporters Club in Barrington Gardens (Barrington Street). For the Covenant and Somme…

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banner/tarp, Belfast, Belfast - south, PUL

Pass Not This Spot In Sorrow

2023-05-132023-05-13Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

There has been a 36th Division board on this wall since 2003 (see Steeple Defenders) and this second one is now more than a decade old – see the 2013 post on Peter’s site. It is accompanied by two quotations:“Pass not…

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Antrim/Randalstown, board/placard, mural, PUL, UVF/RHC/YCV, WWI

At Home And Abroad

2023-02-22Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

Side by side in Erskine Park, Ballyclare: a memorial to the 36th (Ulster) Division of the World War of 1914-1918 and “Thank you NHS and all key workers” of the global pandemic, 2020-2023. Click and click again to enlarge (to…

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Ballyclare, board/placard, PUL, Union Flag, WWI
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