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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEW11T - . Made at Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK in 2016, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The subject captured here is Shankill Road Mural -Welcome To The Shankill Road, West Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. The surrounding context encompasses public transport information, regional identity, transport accessibility, street-level design, contemporary social history, public realm, changing land use, temporary artwork, visual street culture, mural culture, street-side transport, public-realm art, contemporary mural, and archival record. The modern context includes continuing discussion of temporary works, creative districts and the blurred boundary between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti. For current editorial use, integrated transport and local connectivity provide additional context, especially through the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing. The archival value lies partly in recording materials and architectural details around Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK before changing commercial priorities alters the character of the place. The wider setting retains connections with local bus network, everyday life, community identity, surface public transport, historical comparison, before-and-after reference, local history, and creative placemaking. Elements such as Mural, Ireland, -Welcome, Belfast, and Northern add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. For Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Image HEW11T also remains a dated record of Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK.
Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
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Keywords: Unionist,British,Shankil,rd,painting,art,artist,martyr,fighter,para,paramilitary,soldier,wall,gable,end,gable end,community,protestant,Shankill Road Mural,West,West Belfast,NI,Northern Ireland,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,Art,Artists,the,troubles,The Troubles,Good Friday Agreement,Peace,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,unionism,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,DUP,democratic Unionist,red hand,of Ulster,Red Hand Of Ulster,Shankill,Rd,road,Shankill Road,streets of Belfast,protestant,religion,intolerance,prejudice,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEW127 - . An identifiable period record of Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK in 2016, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The image documents Shankill Road Mural -Lest we Forget, West Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. The broader subject matter reaches into creative placemaking, visual archive, urban graphics, historic commemoration, archival record, urban artwork, graffiti heritage, epitaph, memorial stone, documentary photography, funerary heritage, stencil art, before-and-after reference, and public art. Current relevance extends to public art and temporary works, particularly through the role of murals and stencils in giving creative districts a distinctive identity. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into genealogy and public commemoration, not least because of the conservation challenge posed by weathered historic stone and lettering. Small period details of building condition and alterations at Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK may become more significant with time, particularly following changing commercial priorities. Other useful contextual ideas include public-realm art, contemporary mural, street creativity, community identity, memorial culture, community memory, changing streetscape, and regional identity. The combination of Belfast, -Lest, Shankill, Northern, and Mural anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. A further contemporary connection is public art and the blurred boundary between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti as part of the longer story of Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK.
Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
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Keywords: Unionist,British,Shankil,rd,painting,art,artist,martyr,fighter,para,paramilitary,soldier,wall,gable,end,gable end,community,protestant,Shankill Road Mural,West,West Belfast,NI,Northern Ireland,best,Ulster Freedom Fighters,Battalion,Simply The Best,firewood,Bonfire,tinder,July,marching season,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,Art,Artists,the,troubles,The Troubles,Good Friday Agreement,Peace,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,unionism,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,DUP,democratic Unionist,red hand,of Ulster,Red Hand Of Ulster,Shankill,Rd,road,Shankill Road,streets of Belfast,protestant,religion,intolerance,prejudice,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,Irish History,Ireland History,Northern Ireland History
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEW13J - . This scene at Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK in 2016 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The subject captured here is Shankill Road Mural -2nd Batt UFF UDA Simply The Best, West Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. The locality and subject together evoke urban graphics, visual street culture, creative placemaking, visual archive, street-level design, surface public transport, public-realm art, local history, urban artwork, contemporary mural, street creativity, passenger transport, bus route infrastructure, and community identity. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with creative districts, graffiti policy and the blurred boundary between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti. The modern context includes continuing discussion of passenger information, local connectivity and how local bus services affect access to work, education and healthcare. The image fixes commercial use and occupation within Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against replacement signage. The photograph additionally reflects roadside transit, local mobility, public transport stop, roadside stop, changing land use, public realm, transport accessibility, and historical comparison. The recorded references to Northern, Ireland, Belfast, Mural, and Simply preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. It also preserves a trace of local identity within the wider story of Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK.
Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
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Keywords: Unionist,British,Shankil,rd,painting,art,artist,martyr,fighter,para,paramilitary,soldier,wall,gable,end,gable end,community,protestant,Shankill Road Mural,West,West Belfast,NI,Northern Ireland,best,Ulster Freedom Fighters,Battalion,Simply The Best,firewood,Bonfire,tinder,July,marching season,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,Art,Artists,the,troubles,The Troubles,Good Friday Agreement,Peace,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,unionism,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,DUP,democratic Unionist,red hand,of Ulster,Red Hand Of Ulster,Shankill,Rd,road,Shankill Road,streets of Belfast,protestant,religion,intolerance,prejudice,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEW141 - . Photographed at Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK in 2016, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The defining feature is Shankill Road Mural -2nd Batt UFF UDA Simply The Best, West Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. Other connected aspects include documentary photography, graffiti heritage, visual street culture, local mobility, public transport stop, street-level design, before-and-after reference, social history, roadside stop, local character, historical comparison, contemporary social history, roadside transit, and bus infrastructure. For current editorial use, gentrification and regeneration provide additional context, especially through how temporary street art can become an important record of neighbourhood culture. Current relevance extends to accessibility and rural transport, particularly through the importance of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and public transport. Small period details of landscape treatment and surrounding development at Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK may become more significant with time, particularly following new construction. The subject also sits alongside transport accessibility, public art, mural culture, visual archive, public transport information, passenger transport, temporary artwork, and place identity. Details involving Northern, Mural, Belfast, Shankill, and Ireland make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. By fixing the subject within Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The record includes period character for later comparison. That local specificity strengthens the long-term documentary value of image HEW141.
Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
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Keywords: Unionist,British,Shankil,rd,artist,martyr,fighter,para,soldier,wall,gable,end,gable end,West,NI,Northern Ireland,thirty,years,of,slaughter,30,30 years of slaughter,terrace,terraced,house,houses,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,Art,Artists,the,troubles,The Troubles,Good Friday Agreement,Peace,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,unionism,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,DUP,democratic Unionist,red hand,of Ulster,Red Hand Of Ulster,Shankill,Rd,road,Shankill Road,streets of Belfast,protestant,religion,intolerance,prejudice,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEW14P - . Recorded at Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK in 2016, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The main point of reference is Shankill Road Mural -thirty years of slaughter, West Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. The subject also carries associations with stencil art, visual street culture, local bus network, place identity, temporary artwork, public transport information, mural culture, surface public transport, community identity, before-and-after reference, roadside stop, graffiti heritage, local character, and creative placemaking. Current relevance extends to temporary works and graffiti policy, particularly through the blurred boundary between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into rural transport and bus service funding, not least because of the challenge of maintaining reliable services outside dense city centres. The image fixes building condition and alterations within Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against later reinterpretation. Further associations within the scene are changing streetscape, urban artwork, roadside transit, changing land use, documentary photography, regional identity, bus infrastructure, and local mobility. The combination of Ireland, Shankill, Mural, years, and Belfast anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The wider setting at Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The frame retains period character before later change alters the scene. The scene captures a trace of local identity as a date-specific reference.
Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
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Keywords: Unionist,British,Shankil,rd,painting,art,artist,martyr,fighter,para,paramilitary,soldier,wall,gable,end,gable end,community,protestant,Shankill Road Mural,West,West Belfast,NI,Northern Ireland,For God for Ulster,For Ulster,For God,flags,flying,flags flying,poppy,poppies,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,Art,Artists,the,troubles,The Troubles,Good Friday Agreement,Peace,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,unionism,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,DUP,democratic Unionist,red hand,of Ulster,Red Hand Of Ulster,Shankill,Rd,road,Shankill Road,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEW18C - . This dated editorial view of Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK in 2016 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The defining feature is Shankill Road Mural -For God for Ulster, West Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. Other connected aspects include surface public transport, passenger transport, local mobility, street-side transport, public-realm art, everyday life, bus infrastructure, creative placemaking, before-and-after reference, roadside transit, visual street culture, street creativity, community identity, and local character. The modern context includes continuing discussion of regeneration, public art and how regeneration can both promote and displace informal urban art. For current editorial use, accessibility and passenger information provide additional context, especially through the challenge of maintaining reliable services outside dense city centres. The archival value lies partly in recording period objects and surrounding context around Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK before conservation work alters the character of the place. The surrounding story also includes place identity, mural culture, changing streetscape, graffiti heritage, documentary photography, stencil art, contemporary social history, and public transport stop. References to Mural, Northern, Shankill, Belfast, and Ulster give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The period setting at Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Its period value extends to regeneration and the role of murals and stencils in giving creative districts a distinctive identity in a form that can be compared with future views of Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK.
Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
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Keywords: Northern Ireland,Peace,Wall,Cupar way,West Belfast,Belfast,Irish,art,artworks,artwork,purple,poem,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,Art,Artists,the,troubles,The Troubles,Good Friday Agreement,Peace,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,Unionist,unionism,Protestant,Catholic,republican,Sinn Fein,community,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,UVF,DUP,British,GB,Empire,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,Belfast protestant community,Peoples army,Belfast catholic community,Irelands Berlin wall
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDF00F - The peace lines or peace walls are a series of border barriers in Northern Ireland that separate Catholic and Protestant neighbourhoods. They have been built at urban interface areas in Belfast, Derry, Portadown and elsewhere. The stated purpose of the peace lines is to minimise inter-communal violence between Catholics (most of whom are nationalists who self-identify as Irish) and Protestants (most of whom are unionists who self-identify as British).
The peace lines range in length from a few hundred yards to over three miles (5 km). They may be made of iron, brick, and/or steel and are up to 25 feet (7.6 m) high. Some have gates in them (sometimes staffed by police) that allow passage during daylight but are closed at night.
The most prominent peace lines in the past few years separate the nationalist Falls Road and unionist Shankill Road areas of West Belfast
the Catholic Short Strand from the Protestant Cluan Place areas of East Belfast
and the Protestant Fountain estate and Catholic Bishop Street area of Derry.
In 2008, a public discussion began about how and when the peace lines could be removed. While, on 1 September 2011, Belfast City Council agreed to develop a strategy regarding the removal of peace walls, a study was released in 2012 indicating that 69% of residents believe that the peace walls are still necessary because of potential violence. At the end of 2011, several local community initiatives resulted in the opening of a number of interface structures for a trial period.
In January 2012, the International Fund for Ireland launched a Peace Walls funding programme to support local communities who want to work towards beginning to remove the peace walls. In May 2013, the Northern Ireland Executive committed to the removal of all peace lines by mutual consent by 2023.
Cupar way,West Belfast,NI,UK
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Keywords: Northern Ireland,Peace,Wall,Cupar way,West Belfast,Belfast,Irish,art,artworks,artwork,Berlin wall,Dalai Lama,Open Your Arms To Change,but dont let go of your values,Open,your,arms,to,change,,but,dont,let,go,of,your,values,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,Art,Artists,the,troubles,The Troubles,Good Friday Agreement,Peace,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,Unionist,unionism,Protestant,Catholic,republican,Sinn Fein,community,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,UVF,DUP,British,GB,Empire,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,Belfast protestant community,Peoples army,Belfast catholic community,Irelands Berlin wall
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDF039 - The peace lines or peace walls are a series of border barriers in Northern Ireland that separate Catholic and Protestant neighbourhoods. They have been built at urban interface areas in Belfast, Derry, Portadown and elsewhere. The stated purpose of the peace lines is to minimise inter-communal violence between Catholics (most of whom are nationalists who self-identify as Irish) and Protestants (most of whom are unionists who self-identify as British).
The peace lines range in length from a few hundred yards to over three miles (5 km). They may be made of iron, brick, and/or steel and are up to 25 feet (7.6 m) high. Some have gates in them (sometimes staffed by police) that allow passage during daylight but are closed at night.
The most prominent peace lines in the past few years separate the nationalist Falls Road and unionist Shankill Road areas of West Belfast
the Catholic Short Strand from the Protestant Cluan Place areas of East Belfast
and the Protestant Fountain estate and Catholic Bishop Street area of Derry.
In 2008, a public discussion began about how and when the peace lines could be removed. While, on 1 September 2011, Belfast City Council agreed to develop a strategy regarding the removal of peace walls, a study was released in 2012 indicating that 69% of residents believe that the peace walls are still necessary because of potential violence. At the end of 2011, several local community initiatives resulted in the opening of a number of interface structures for a trial period.
In January 2012, the International Fund for Ireland launched a Peace Walls funding programme to support local communities who want to work towards beginning to remove the peace walls. In May 2013, the Northern Ireland Executive committed to the removal of all peace lines by mutual consent by 2023. GoTonySmith
Cupar way,West Belfast,NI,UK
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Keywords: Northern Ireland,Peace,Wall,Cupar way,West Belfast,Belfast,Irish,art,artworks,artwork,road,people,Christian,Berlin wall,Falls road History,Catholic History,Belfast Catholic History,Irish history,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,Art,Artists,the,troubles,The Troubles,Good Friday Agreement,Peace,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,Unionist,unionism,Protestant,Catholic,republican,Sinn Fein,community,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,UVF,DUP,British,GB,Empire,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,Belfast protestant community,Peoples army,Belfast catholic community,Irelands Berlin wall
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDM17C - The peace lines or peace walls are a series of border barriers in Northern Ireland that separate Catholic and Protestant neighbourhoods. They have been built at urban interface areas in Belfast, Derry, Portadown and elsewhere. The stated purpose of the peace lines is to minimise inter-communal violence between Catholics (most of whom are nationalists who self-identify as Irish) and Protestants (most of whom are unionists who self-identify as British).
The peace lines range in length from a few hundred yards to over three miles (5 km). They may be made of iron, brick, and/or steel and are up to 25 feet (7.6 m) high. Some have gates in them (sometimes staffed by police) that allow passage during daylight but are closed at night.
The most prominent peace lines in the past few years separate the nationalist Falls Road and unionist Shankill Road areas of West Belfast
the Catholic Short Strand from the Protestant Cluan Place areas of East Belfast
and the Protestant Fountain estate and Catholic Bishop Street area of Derry.
In 2008, a public discussion began about how and when the peace lines could be removed. While, on 1 September 2011, Belfast City Council agreed to develop a strategy regarding the removal of peace walls, a study was released in 2012 indicating that 69% of residents believe that the peace walls are still necessary because of potential violence. At the end of 2011, several local community initiatives resulted in the opening of a number of interface structures for a trial period.
In January 2012, the International Fund for Ireland launched a Peace Walls funding programme to support local communities who want to work towards beginning to remove the peace walls. In May 2013, the Northern Ireland Executive committed to the removal of all peace lines by mutual consent by 2023.
Cupar way,West Belfast,NI,UK
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Keywords: Bayardo,memorial,UFF,Unionist,mural,off,rd,Road,West Belfast,Northern Ireland,UK,Ireland,fighter,fighting,murder,pub,pubs,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,City,Centre,Art,Artists,the,troubles,The Troubles,Good Friday Agreement,Peace,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,Unionist,unionism,Protestant,community,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,UVF,DUP,British,GB,Empire,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,Belfast protestant community,Peoples army
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDWRXP - . An on-location photograph from Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK in 2016, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The frame specifically shows Bayardo Bar mural, off Shankill Road West Belfast,Northern Ireland,UK. The subject also carries associations with graffiti heritage, urban artwork, community identity, urban graphics, public realm, public art, changing streetscape, public monument, memorial stone, local character, archival record, documentary photography, historic commemoration, and before-and-after reference. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into heritage conservation and genealogy, not least because of the value of memorials for genealogy and local history. Today's relevance is strengthened by tourism, public art and the continuing question of the role of murals and stencils in giving creative districts a distinctive identity. The archival value lies partly in recording local activity and public use around Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK before closure or conversion alters the character of the place. Other useful contextual ideas include stencil art, local remembrance, contemporary social history, creative placemaking, historical comparison, contemporary mural, mortality symbolism, and street-level design. Elements such as Shankill, Belfast, mural, Bayardo, and Northern add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Around Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The scene further reflects heritage conservation and the value of memorials for genealogy and local history without losing the local specificity of Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK. The scene captures evidence of changing use for future local research.
Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK
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Keywords: Red hand,Ulster,memorial,mural,off,rd,Road,West Belfast,Northern Ireland,UK,Ireland,fighting,st,Rex,Bar,bars,Irish,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,Art,Artists,the,troubles,The Troubles,Good Friday Agreement,Peace,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,Unionist,unionism,Protestant,community,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,UVF,DUP,British,GB,Empire,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,Belfast protestant community,Peoples army
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDWT0G - . Recorded at Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK in 2016, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The photograph centres on Moscow st, Rex Bar, Shankill Road West Belfast,Northern Ireland,UK. The locality and subject together evoke local character, place identity, visual archive, changing streetscape, regional identity, public realm, before-and-after reference, local history, surface public transport, public transport stop, roadside transit, street-side transport, transport accessibility, and period detail. The wider contemporary story combines accessibility, decarbonisation and the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing. The image fixes equipment and working practice within Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against changing commercial priorities. The subject also sits alongside documentary photography, local bus network, social history, archival record, contemporary social history, bus route infrastructure, historical comparison, and public transport information. The recorded references to Ireland, Belfast, Moscow, Shankill, and Northern preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. A further contemporary connection is accessibility and the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing within the specific setting of Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK. The wider significance includes decarbonisation and the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing as part of the longer story of Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK. The image fixes a trace of local identity for future local research. It also preserves a local visual benchmark before later change alters the scene.
Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDWT25 - SHANKILL PROTESTANT BOYS FLUTE BAND
The Shankill Protestant Boys Flute Band”or as they are more famously known now”The SPB”were formed in the Shankill area in 1980. The reasons for forming the band were much more than simply establishing another flute band”the Shankill had many at that time. The men behind the formation had other ideas. They wanted to promote and express their Protestant culture and also remember the brave Volunteers and Servicemen who had fought and died during two World Wars”in particular during the Somme offensive”and to remember those in more recent times who perished during the conflict in the war against violent Republicanism.
Sadly many of those who served the band since their beginnings 33 years ago are no longer with us”either passed away or in many instances murdered. However of the original founders around ten remain. Some, remarkably are still marching while others retain honorary membership. Gary Lenaghan”The Hunters”Harold Reynolds-The Young's”The Freel's”John McQuade”Derek Mawhinney”The Finlay's were all there at the start and remain heavily involved today.
The SPB were the first flute band to receive and carry the colours of the 1st Battalion of the Ulster Volunteer Force”in 1982”and to this day carry those colours with pride and dignity. It is a commonly known fact that these colours are carried on ALL occasions”at no time are they excluded”and in the past this has caused some difficulties”with both the Police and indeed with certain sections of the Loyal Orders. At one stage during the Eighties the band came into conflict with the Scottish Orange Institution which forced the band off the road because of their refusal to parade without their beloved colours. Since then the SPB have not walked in Scotland with the Orange.
Around the same time and with the concept of the Supergrass system being implemented the band became heavily involved with Families For Legal Rights. For ma
Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDWT3P - The Ulster Tower is Northern Ireland's national war memorial. It was one of the first Memorials to be erected on the Western Front and commemorates the men of the 36th (Ulster) Division and all those from Ulster who served in the First World War. The memorial was officially opened on 19 November 1921 and is a very close copy of Helen's Tower which stands in the grounds of the Clandeboye Estate, near Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. Many of the men of the Ulster Division trained in the estate before moving to England and then France early in 1916.
The Tower (plus a small cafe nearby) is staffed by members of the Somme Association, which is based in Belfast.
Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDWT58 - . This location-specific image from Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK in 2016 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The principal subject is Ulster Souvenirs, Shankill Road West Belfast,Northern Ireland,UK. The setting additionally reflects everyday life, public transport stop, archival record, roadside stop, before-and-after reference, place identity, period detail, town-centre economy, local bus network, local history, local trading, small business, bus route infrastructure, and transport accessibility. From a 2025-onward perspective, rural transport and decarbonisation are closely linked to this subject, alongside how local bus services affect access to work, education and healthcare. The wider contemporary story combines commercial rents, store closures and how consumer spending and property costs shape local commercial streets. The archival value lies partly in recording materials and architectural details around Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK before conservation work alters the character of the place. The photograph additionally reflects customer footfall, contemporary social history, local enterprise, bus infrastructure, local mobility, changing streetscape, commercial streetscape, and shopfront economy. Elements such as Souvenirs, Northern, Ulster, Shankill, and Ireland add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. By fixing the subject within Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The image also provides a reference for rural transport and the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing without losing the local specificity of Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK. Image HDWT58 also remains a dated record of Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK.
Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDWT62 - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK in 2016, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The subject captured here is UFF volunteers Unionist mural, off Shankill Road West Belfast,Northern Ireland,UK. Further facets of the scene include urban graphics, street-level design, social history, regional identity, public-realm art, street creativity, public realm, visual archive, stencil art, changing land use, public transport stop, visual street culture, changing streetscape, and place identity. The wider contemporary story combines regeneration, tourism and how temporary street art can become an important record of neighbourhood culture. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with integrated transport, bus service funding and the challenge of maintaining reliable services outside dense city centres. For later comparison, the photograph preserves landscape treatment and surrounding development at Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK, details that may look very different after changed technology. Further associations within the scene are local bus network, graffiti heritage, urban artwork, roadside stop, local mobility, period detail, temporary artwork, and surface public transport. The combination of Ireland, Northern, mural, Belfast, and volunteers anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. A further contemporary connection is regeneration and how temporary street art can become an important record of neighbourhood culture when considered against later change at Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK. The image fixes evidence of changing use before later change alters the scene.
Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDWT6A - . This dated editorial view of Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK in 2016 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The main point of reference is Ulster Volunteers Unionist mural, off Shankill Road West Belfast,Northern Ireland,UK. The setting additionally reflects roadside transit, graffiti heritage, visual archive, bus route infrastructure, urban artwork, street creativity, social history, roadside stop, public transport information, creative placemaking, public transport stop, historical comparison, documentary photography, and local bus network. Today's relevance is strengthened by local identity, temporary works and the continuing question of how temporary street art can become an important record of neighbourhood culture. From a 2025-onward perspective, integrated transport and rural transport are closely linked to this subject, alongside the importance of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and public transport. For later comparison, the photograph preserves street furniture and boundaries at Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK, details that may look very different after conservation work. The location also brings in period detail, urban graphics, changing streetscape, before-and-after reference, street-level design, community identity, passenger transport, and stencil art. The recorded references to Northern, Shankill, Ireland, mural, and Belfast preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. For Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The location additionally provides evidence of local identity and the blurred boundary between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti without losing the local specificity of Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK.
Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDWT79 - . Recorded at Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK in 2016, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The defining feature is Glenwood Primary school, off Shankill Road West Belfast,Northern Ireland,UK - Entrance. The image also relates to exam practice, assessment material, everyday life, changing streetscape, exam preparation, roadside transit, community identity, local bus network, local history, mathematics education, local mobility, historical comparison, school examination, and archival record. The modern context includes continuing discussion of student attainment, assessment pressure and the pressure placed on students by high-stakes assessment. For current editorial use, accessibility and rural transport provide additional context, especially through the importance of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and public transport. Small period details of lettering, decoration and surface detail at Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK may become more significant with time, particularly following conservation work. Further associations within the scene are public realm, before-and-after reference, place identity, bus infrastructure, formal assessment, contemporary social history, local character, and revision resource. The combination of Belfast, Ireland, Entrance, Northern, and Shankill anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The image also provides a reference for student attainment and the role of consistent qualifications in university and employment pathways within the specific setting of Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK. The photograph keeps evidence of earlier appearance for later comparison.
Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7KXC - . This scene at Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK in 2011 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The principal subject is UFF Unionist mural, off Shankill Road West Belfast,Northern Ireland,UK - UDA / UFF. The setting additionally reflects local character, public-realm art, regional identity, visual street culture, street-level design, changing land use, transport accessibility, public realm, urban graphics, local bus network, documentary photography, roadside stop, everyday life, and public art. From a 2025-onward perspective, temporary works and creative districts are closely linked to this subject, alongside the role of murals and stencils in giving creative districts a distinctive identity. The wider contemporary story combines local connectivity, reliability and the importance of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and public transport. As a dated visual record of Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK, the frame retains equipment and working practice, making it especially useful if new ownership subsequently changes the scene. The photograph additionally reflects temporary artwork, contemporary social history, historical comparison, passenger transport, changing streetscape, urban artwork, local history, and community identity. Details involving Shankill, Unionist, Northern, Ireland, and mural make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The period setting at Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The setting also helps illustrate temporary works and the role of murals and stencils in giving creative districts a distinctive identity without losing the local specificity of Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK.
Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7KXH - . This location-specific image from Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK in 2011 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The main point of reference is UFF Unionist mural in memory, off Shankill Road West Belfast,Northern Ireland,UK. The locality and subject together evoke transport accessibility, public transport stop, stencil art, bus route infrastructure, documentary photography, public-realm art, public realm, social history, local bus network, graffiti heritage, surface public transport, mural culture, public art, and local character. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into public art and local identity, not least because of the blurred boundary between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti. Today's relevance is strengthened by integrated transport, accessibility and the continuing question of the importance of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and public transport. Future viewers can use this scene from Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK to compare street furniture and boundaries with whatever follows after different community use. Further associations within the scene are urban graphics, street creativity, place identity, roadside stop, bus infrastructure, passenger transport, street-level design, and creative placemaking. The recorded references to memory, Unionist, Shankill, mural, and Ireland preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. Around Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Another useful connection is public art and how regeneration can both promote and displace informal urban art as part of the longer story of Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK.
Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7KXN - . This authentic period view of Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK in 2011 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The photograph centres on UFF Unionist mural, off Shankill Road West Belfast,Northern Ireland,UK. The subject also carries associations with community identity, regional identity, passenger transport, local history, creative placemaking, temporary artwork, surface public transport, public transport information, street-side transport, changing streetscape, street-level design, bus infrastructure, historical comparison, and mural culture. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into gentrification and graffiti policy, not least because of how temporary street art can become an important record of neighbourhood culture. Today's relevance is strengthened by local connectivity, rural transport and the continuing question of the challenge of maintaining reliable services outside dense city centres. The image fixes street furniture and boundaries within Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against replacement signage. The subject also sits alongside local mobility, changing land use, stencil art, graffiti heritage, public transport stop, period detail, transport accessibility, and local bus network. The combination of Northern, Belfast, Ireland, Unionist, and Shankill anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Another useful connection is gentrification and how temporary street art can become an important record of neighbourhood culture within the specific setting of Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK. The scene captures a trace of local identity for future local research.
Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7KXY - Sandy Row is a street in south Belfast, Northern Ireland. It lends its name to the surrounding residential community, which is predominantly Protestant working-class. The Sandy Row area had a population of 2,153 in 2001.[1][2] It is a staunchly loyalist area of Belfast, being a traditional heartland for affiliation with the paramilitary Ulster Defence Association (UDA) and the Orange Order.
Sandy row, South Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7KY4 - Sandy Row is a street in south Belfast, Northern Ireland. It lends its name to the surrounding residential community, which is predominantly Protestant working-class. The Sandy Row area had a population of 2,153 in 2001.[1][2] It is a staunchly loyalist area of Belfast, being a traditional heartland for affiliation with the paramilitary Ulster Defence Association (UDA) and the Orange Order.
Sandy row, South Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEY9FY - . Boy kicking ball past the Shankill Road Mural, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, BT13 2AA near Ballysillan. Photographed on 23 June 2005. In the longer view, murals, sculptures and civic artworks turn public space into a record of local culture
They can commemorate people and events, respond to politics, celebrate industry or simply enliven streets, while the artists' materials and styles place the work within a particular period. In historical terms, images of parents, children and couples combine personal emotion with wider social context
They can illustrate care, intergenerational relationships, childhood and companionship while also documenting the environment in which those interactions take place. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that public art and murals remain important to place-making, tourism and regeneration, particularly in city districts where street art has become part of the visitor economy
They also raise questions about conservation, ownership, temporary work and the rapid redevelopment of urban neighbourhoods. During 2026, contemporary editorial use often places ordinary family interaction within broader discussions of public space, services, wellbeing and community life. In historical terms, art in public and historic settings adds another layer to the built environment
Sculpture, mosaic, painting and street art can interpret heritage, provoke debate, memorialise communities or create landmarks, and photographs preserve works that may later change or disappear. From a heritage perspective, public art can become part of the identity of a street or neighbourhood, recording political ideas, community history, humour, memory and changing cultural tastes
Murals, sculpture and decorative art are especially valuable as documentary subjects because they may be altered, moved, weathered or removed. Additional high-relevance terminology includes visual culture, cultural identity, community art, urban art, and visual storytelling.
Shankill Road Mural, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, BT13 2AA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDM14K - The peace lines or peace walls are a series of border barriers in Northern Ireland that separate Catholic and Protestant neighbourhoods. They have been built at urban interface areas in Belfast, Derry, Portadown and elsewhere. The stated purpose of the peace lines is to minimise inter-communal violence between Catholics (most of whom are nationalists who self-identify as Irish) and Protestants (most of whom are unionists who self-identify as British).
The peace lines range in length from a few hundred yards to over three miles (5 km). They may be made of iron, brick, and/or steel and are up to 25 feet (7.6 m) high. Some have gates in them (sometimes staffed by police) that allow passage during daylight but are closed at night.
The most prominent peace lines in the past few years separate the nationalist Falls Road and unionist Shankill Road areas of West Belfast
the Catholic Short Strand from the Protestant Cluan Place areas of East Belfast
and the Protestant Fountain estate and Catholic Bishop Street area of Derry.
In 2008, a public discussion began about how and when the peace lines could be removed. While, on 1 September 2011, Belfast City Council agreed to develop a strategy regarding the removal of peace walls, a study was released in 2012 indicating that 69% of residents believe that the peace walls are still necessary because of potential violence. At the end of 2011, several local community initiatives resulted in the opening of a number of interface structures for a trial period.
In January 2012, the International Fund for Ireland launched a Peace Walls funding programme to support local communities who want to work towards beginning to remove the peace walls. In May 2013, the Northern Ireland Executive committed to the removal of all peace lines by mutual consent by 2023.
Cupar way,West Belfast,NI,UK
