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Never Doubt I Love

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03211 2015-12-04 SOA Head Shot+

Jax Teller might have survived ninety-two episodes of Sons Of Anarchy before meeting his fate but he made it barely two months on the streets of Belfast before being executed: he has taken a shot to the head and the ‘men of mayhem’ patches on his cut-off have been painted out.

The unaltered Visual Waste piece can be seen in Men Of Mayhem.

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X03211 north st Doubt thou the stars are fire; doubt that the sun doth move; doubt truth to be a liar; but never doubt I love Shakespeare Hamlet

Keep Your Eyes On The Road

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02859 2015-08-26 GlendermottEyes+

Above is a piece from the Release The Pressure (Fb) streetart festival in London-/Derry in July, one side full of technicolour eyes by Vyal One (web | Instagram) and the other with swirls by ArtByEoin (web | Fb). If you know who the artist was, please comment or e-mail; there doesn’t seem to be much info on-line about this piece.

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Some Day Soon We’ll March Proudly On Parade

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03213 2015-12-04 McCallum+

Brian “Herbie” McCallum was a 29 year-old attending a contentious loyalist parade to Whiterock Orange Hall, being re-routed by the RUC, when the grenade he was carrying exploded prematurely, killing him instantly. The mural and memorial shown above is at the top of Ainsworth Avenue, close to the spot of the incident. He died in hospital three days later. (CAIN | Border & Border Politics | Irish News article at Nuzhound | Independent)

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X03213 29-6-93 YCV young citizen volunteers PAF protestant action force we will remember him. The officers and members of Sweeney’s ‘A’ Company 1st Belfast Battalion Ulster Volunteer Force.

Monkeylore

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A white-headed capuchin (possibly – WP) by One Love Louis (Louis Masai Michel) (Fb | Instagram | Tw) for CNB15.

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Let The Fight Go On

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02844 2015-08-25 OHaraLetFightGoOn+

Patsy O’Hara mural and (out of shot to the left but shown in close-up below) memorial stone: This memorial is dedicated to the memory of Volunteer Patsy O’Hara, Irish National Liberation Army and H-Block martyr, who gave his life on 21st May 1981. Also dedicated to his nine brave comrades. “If you strike at, imprison, or kill us, out of our prisons or graves we will still evoke a spirit that will thwart you, and perhaps, raise a force that will destroy you! We defy you! Do your worst!” – James Connolly

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Blackjack Tattoo

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Colourful work by Glen Molloy (Instagram) for Blackjack Tattoo Studio at the top of the Shankill Road.

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A Bottle Of Wine & Patsy Cline

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02986 2015-09-03 Patsy Cline+

Gerard ‘Mo Chara’ Kelly painted these three images of Patsy Cline in the back garden of a Springhill neighbour. Cline died in 1963 at age 30; the three panels show different stages of her short career: the first shows her in cowboy gear, before turning to pop music, the second is based on a 1957 publicity shot for her new label, Decca, and the third shows her in 1961. Her cover of Don Gibson’s Sweet Dreams was released as a single in the wake of her death.

Here is video of Patsy singing Willie Nelson’s Crazy and, below that, Marsha Thornton doing the song from which today’s title comes:

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The Woods Are Lovely, Dark And Deep

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03039 2015-09-23 Hicks CNB15 Wood+

An enchanted forest in purple and gold – street art by London-based artist Ed Hicks (Instagram | Fb) for CNB15. The piece is in a narrow alley (Exchange Place, next to the Black Box) which makes quality images of the whole thing difficult to get – you are encouraged to see the full thing in person.

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Robots In Disguise

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03193 2015-11-19 Megatron+

Transformer Megatron is powerless to stop these pigeons from eating up scraps of bread thrown to them on North Street. Work by KrikSix (web) for CNB15.

Replaces Verz’s Psychedelic Dog.

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Bangor Protestant Boys

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02785 2015-08-20 BangorPBFBFlags+

The UVF and YCV flags together with the Ulster Banner and Union Flag make up this Bangor Protestant Boys flute band (Fb) mural.

Below is a vintage Protest Action Force triangular board on the adjacent building.

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