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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PM63J0 - . The Union Jack Souvenier Shop, World Flag supplies, British By Birthright, 354 Newtownards Rd, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, BT4 1HG. Photographed on 19 August 2017, this summer image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is 354 Newtownards Rd, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, BT4 1HG, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Ireland, Ulster, community, politics, politicians, graffiti, murals, art, streetart, shop, store, retail, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The retail context supports editorial themes around high streets, shopping centres, consumer behaviour, independent and chain businesses, store branding, commercial property, hospitality and the changing economics of town and city centres. Shopfronts, promotional material, prices, signage and surrounding public space can become valuable historical evidence as businesses close, rebrand, relocate or adapt to online competition and changing consumer demand. The political or campaigning content is suitable for neutral editorial coverage of protest, organised labour, elections, public debate, campaigning, civil society and the way political messages are presented in public. Placards, posters, leaflets, slogans and demonstrations are valuable documentary evidence of a particular moment and can support later historical comparison without implying endorsement of the views displayed. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. The composition retains practical contextual detail for news, feature, documentary, educational and historical use.
354 Newtownards Rd, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, BT4 1HG
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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: 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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Keywords: Red hand,Ulster,memorial,UFF,Unionist,mural,off,rd,Road,West Belfast,Northern Ireland,UK,Ireland,fighter,fighting,Flute,1980,crest,flag,flags,SPB,Longkesh,USSF,Protestant Boys Flute Band,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,Shankill Protestant Boys
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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Keywords: Ulster,memorial,UFF,Unionist,mural,off,rd,Road,West Belfast,Northern Ireland,UK,Ireland,fighter,fighting,Ulster,army,1916,poppy,memorials,Somme,association,Helens,War memorial,Helens tower,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 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 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 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 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
