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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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.)
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This house-front on the Shore Road is a mix of union flags and Christmas decorations. The centre-piece states that the resident is “Proud To Be British”.
The ASDA railings in the background were the site of the memorial to Billy Hunter.
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This vintage UDA/UFF stencil goes back to the time of the ceasefire and the Agreement.
On the shutters of A1 Alterations on the Newtownards Road, east Belfast.
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The industrial high-point of Belfast, according to this mural, would seem to be when people travelled on trams, cloth was woven by hand, and Titanic sat in dry dock. Only the Shorts-Bombardier aircraft confuses the nostalgia.
Bloomfield Ave, east Belfast.
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A Post Office box on the Falls Road that’s green, has a Free Marian Price sticker on it, and has a letter-only aperture to prevents parcel-bombs, pipe-bombs, etc. being inserted
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Another union jack, this time on the Shore Road, next to a banner boasting that Crusaders (featured previously 1 | 2) are “All Ireland Champions 2012”, having won the Setanta cup (WP). “Setanta” is Cúchulainn’s original name; Setanta sports-television business based in Dublin (WP).
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Seasonal greeting in support of Republican political prisoners – with candles at base – in Northumberland St. This is the centre part of a wider mural-board composite – left and right shots below.
The “Nollaıg shona” and board in the picture just above together replace the previous “human rights” mural; the area below the “doors” hoarding, where the phoenix now appears, was previously blank.
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Here is a board bearing Carson’s image, on the Newtownards Road at Welland Street, opposite the junction with the Albertbridge Road, below a banner to East Belfast Protestant Boys. Carson also appears in a variety of other murals concerning the Ulster Covenant and the threat of Home Rule.
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Protests over the December 3rd vote not to fly the union jack every day at Belfast City Hall continued last night (2012-12-17 — video from BBC-NI | U.tv). The image above shows a flag flying on the loyalist side framed by the pedestrian gate on Northumberland Street. The image below shows one shot across the Cupar Way “peace” line, from Conway Street.
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