A subdued, sheet-covered, Indian community hall, between the Carlisle Memorial church and the Clifton Street Orange Order hall, was open to the public during the European Heritage Open Days last month.
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Here are two final images from the Clifton Street Orange Lodge, the first showing various insignia on a sash, including a Bible and crossed swords, the second showing various halberds.
The title of the post comes from a well-known phrase “with the Bible in one hand and the sword in the other”, the earliest appearance of which seems to be in Giovanni Battista Nicolini’s 1854 History Of The Jesuits: “Protestantism, a giant in its infancy, standing in a menacing attitude, with the Bible in one hand and the sword in the other, bid defiance to the impugners of the Sacred Volume.”
Previously: All Our Hope On Thee Is Stayed | Occupy | Total Abstinence | Across The Water
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Somewhat battered nail-up (one of a pair) in Springhill Heights, possibly referring to the Provisionals rather than the Real/New/Continuity IRA.
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Three images of a low wall mural in Hogarth Street (in Tiger’s Bay). Above is the right-hand side, showing workers of a former era heading home from the shipyard. One of the H&W cranes can be seen in the background (and to its left, the new Titanic centre). Below is the right-hand side of the piece, depicting a preacher with a sandwich board: Seek, and you shall find – Matthew: 7:7. The artist is (reportedly) the same person as did the Belfast Blitz mural on the other side of the street.
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“Che Guevara – Blood of an Irish rebel.” A colourful new mural has been completed on the Falls Road (at the end of McQuillan Street) in time for the anniversary of Che Guevara’s death, on October 9th, 1967. The mural features multiple copies of Korda’s iconic Guerillero Heroico (discussed in the Visual History page on Jim Fitzpatrick), two quotes from Che – “When forces of oppression come to maintain themselves in power against established law, peace is considered already broken” and “If you tremble with indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine” – and the flags of (from left to right) the Basque Country, Palestine, Ireland, Cuba, Catalonia and Argentina (where Che was born; or perhaps Guatemala, where he was first active – the shield above contains no central icon, which would distinguish the flags).
Che’s father declared that the blood of Irish rebels ran through his son, in reference to their Irish ancestry. For genealogical information, see the previous entry on the Che Guevara Lynch mural in Derry.
The artist is Damian “DeeDee” Walker, of the Gaelforce group. The piece has been in progress for about a month.
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New street art on North Street by MELS (and specifically Viktor Sümegi) shows a ruby-lipped and ruby-crowned female face with sheep’s (?) horns. Replaces the 2012 ‘Lose Or Re-use’ piece showing a store-front in outline, later vandalised with ‘Fuck Art‘.
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UDA graffiti on the shutters of a dilapidated building at the top (southern) end of Sandy Row.
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The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man terrorises New York (from the movie Ghostbusters) in this 2013 Culture Night Belfast piece by davidcreative (David McClelland). The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man was also the subject of a NOTA piece on Great Victoria Street/Downshire Place (Andrew Stewart).
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Above is a recently-added banner, from Tiger’s Bay loyalists, to the Twaddell Avenue protest camp – Carson’s statue in front of Stormont with the words ‘We will not be the generation to fail Ulster. Ulster is British. No Surrender’. A wide shot of the south side of the street, where the camp is, can be found below.
Previously: Civil Rights Camp | Supporters Club | Twaddell Protest Camp
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Two more images from inside the Clifton Street Orange Lodge, one of Britannia and a lion by the shore, between the army and the navy, and the other (below) of the victory of William of Orange over James in 1690.
Previously: Total Abstinence | Occupy | All Our Hope On Thee Is Stayed
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