“Break the stigma – be kind to your mind” – mental-health messaging by Pigment Space (ig) on the shutters of the Walk Inn Charity Shop, Holywood Road, east Belfast – next to Forever Changes (Bill Harris hair salon) and The Holywood Arches (Arches café), and across from Be Your Own Kind Of Beautiful (Norah Mitchell flowers).
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The image above shows a unified and wider view of the two pieces seen previously in Bloomfield House and In All Theatres Of Conflict: on the left, a board marking the centenary of the Ulster Volunteers’ ‘Larne Gun-Running’; on the right, a board commemorating the casualties from the 36th (Ulster) Division in WWI; above them both are small boards from the ‘Poppy Trail’ collection of deceased locals.
A close-up of the circular plaque above ‘Gunrunners’ can be seen in the Peter Moloney collection.
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This is (at least) the third different tarp at the entrance to Cluan Place in memory of Ian Ogle, who was killed on the evening of January 27th, 2019. Five people have been found guilty of the murder and officially received their sentences in March; four others have been convicted of lesser charges (BBC | ITv | Belfast Media | Judiciary NI).
The small board “In memory of Ian Ogle” (immediately below) is also a recent addition.
For the previous tarps and background on Ogle’s death, see 2022 (burned), 2022 (unmolested), and 2020.
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The memorial garden in Barrington Gardens at long last appears to be finished. The house on the corner of Donegall Road was knocked down in 2012 or 2013 and work began converting the waste ground into a memorial to local Great War casualties in late November 2023. See this entry for images from both November 2023 and October 2024.
Since 2024, three pillars have been added below the main board, one each for the 10th (Irish) Division, 36th (Ulster) Division, and 16th (Irish Division) – for the service of the three divisions, see The Cost Of War, We Are The Dead, and (for the particular story of John Meeke and Willie Redmond) Comrades In Arms – and an iron bench to the 36th has been placed below the crests of the YCV, Inniskilling Fusiliers, Royal Irish Fusiliers, and the Royal Irish Rifles on the side-wall to the left.
Silhouetted graveside mourners appear on either side of the main board and in the gates to the garden
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Roses on the shutters of Norah Mitchell flowers (web) on the Holywood Road, east Belfast.
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Love’s 1967 album ‘Forever Changes’ (listen on youtube) features the faces of the five band-members pressed together into the shape of a heart, or Africa. The bottom face was originally drawn (by Bob Pepper) without a smile (WP).
By Graffic (ig) on Hollywood Road, east Belfast, on the shutters of the Bill Harris hair salon.
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Boombox-head, computer-head, and light-bulb-head are having a good time in this new piece by Leo Boyd (web) on the Cupar Way war-wall (or: “peace” line), riffing on a vintage Keith Haring piece, 1986’s Crack Is Wack.
See also: other recent work by Leo in the same style and the same characters; Don’t Look Wack by FGB in Bangor.
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This is an old piece by Friz (web) on the T13 building between the Titanic centre and the H&W cranes, originally a warehouse, then an indoor skydiving venue, and most recently an “urban sport park”.
Hamilton Road, east Belfast
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Various street artists and writers painted the underpass at the end of Kyle Street that goes into Victoria Park (Belfast City Council). Here (top to bottom) is work by Friz (web), emic (web), GWELO, Wee Nuls (web), NOYS (ig), Rob Hilken (web), BORE, FGB (web), Imogen Donegan (ig), Jam (ig) + GoodRobottt (ig), Danni Simpson (web) + Karl Fenz (web)
With support from the Eastside Partnership (web), Connswater Greenway (web), and National Trust (web).
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Ballynafeigh is the neighborhood just across Ormeau bridge, containing Annadale flats and surrounding streets – home to Ormeau Road UDA/UFF and Ballynafeigh Apprentice Boys flute band (Fb). The painted boards shown here was painted by Daniela Balmaverde (web) with help from local volunteers and presents imagery from non-Western cultures along with slogans on tree-trunks: “Cultural dialogue”, “Celebrate identities”, Shared neighbourhood”, “Community development”, “Tolerance”, and “Respect cultural diversity”.
The mural is at the Ormeau Road entrance to Ormeau park opposite Candahar Street. The Brigada Romona Para mural was previously in this spot.
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