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War And Peace

2013-06-292024-12-21Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

The three central panels of the World Wars memorial in Tullycarnet (featured previously), along with two smaller stones, stand in front of a mural reading “Time for peace. Invest in kids … not war!”. The image of a boy playing with a ball against a wall is based on a 1994 photograph by Crispin Rodwell. The slogan in the photograph, originally, was “Time for peace; time to go” but for publication, as here, the second part was cropped out.

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Hands Up

2013-06-152024-12-21Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

These pictures of children with a hand in the air can be found above the office of Cumann Pobaıl Mhachaıre Botháın, the Marrowbone Community Association office on the Oldpark Road/Bóthar Na Seanphaırce.

Below is a short (15 min) documentary about the area.

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The Keeper

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In an alley running between the backs of houses off Lord Street, the paint-ghost of a child ‘keeper tends goal. Wide shot below …

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Páıstí Na Carraıge

2013-01-062024-12-16Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

Stories from mythical Ireland including the Children Of Lear, Oısín & Nıamh, and the Salmon Of Knowledge are depicted in a 2006 mural painted by Mo Chara with the children of the Whiterock Children’s Centre.

Whiterock Road, west Belfast.

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Through The Wardrobe

2012-12-272024-12-16Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

The right-most part of the Townsend St. Mickey Marley mural is painted on the security gate. The girl swinging on the rope seems to have inadvertently intruded from another world.

Wider shot below …

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Mickey Marley’s Roundabout

2012-12-262024-12-16Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

Wide shot of the mural detailed yesterday of children’s street games and of Mickey Marley’s Roundabout, pulled by his horse Joey. Mickey Marley was so well-known that a song was written for him, which you can hear on youtube. Townsend St. Presbyterian church can be seen in the background and in the mural.

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All The Children Laugh And Shout

2012-12-252024-12-16Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

Here is a detail from a fairly long mural depicting children’s street games and Mickey Marley’s Roundabout on a wall and security gate that are part of the Townsend Street “peace” line. More to come. (See also: Stroud St.)