"Summer of 69" mural, Belfast
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"Summer of 69" mural, Belfast
Image: © Albert Bridge Taken: 24 Oct 2013
A mural, at Hopewell Crescent off the Crumlin Road depicting the devastation of the summer (and particularly August) in 1969. The early days of “The Troubles” (a term borrowed from an earlier conflict) saw a mass movement of people and destruction of homes. The sight of furniture dumped in the street and the word “taken” painted on an empty house next to a burned-out one is not to be forgotten. Rumours of the dead being carried away through the sewers. Ach sure the tourists love it all when they see it from their open-top buses but they weren’t there and many weren't even born.
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Image Location
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54.607323
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-5.942258