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Kai Johansen’s Bar

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Kai Johansen was a Danish international who played for Rangers from 1965-1970, most famously scoring the only goal in the 1966 Scottish Cup final against Celtic (WP). He retired in 1970 and went on to manage two teams in South Africa, as well as owning businesses, including pubs and tanning salons, in Denmark and Scotland (Herald). The pub mentioned in the board above is perhaps “Kai Johansen’s Bar” at 564 Govan Road, Glasgow (images at Follow Follow).

“Every week in Glasgow, to watch the boys in blue/We wanted to form a band, of us there was just a few./We sat in Johansen’s bar, sometimes, he joined us too./He treated us like his sons, and nobody understood why/But through this hospitality, we become adopted sons of Kai./Now we have our name, we will now make it stand./Known as Rathecoole’s finest, the Sons Of Kai flute band.”

See previously: The Famous | Welcome To Our Homeland | We’re From The Coole.

Derrycoole Way, Rathcoole, Newtownabbey

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Upbeat Feel Good

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In January, Bangor singer-songwriter Foy Vance (web) had reason to feel good when he, along with Ed Sheeran and Max Martin, won the (Primetime Creative) Emmy for ‘Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics’ for the song ‘A Beautiful Game’ (youtube) which was used in the final episode of the TV show Ted Lasso (Billboard | Emmys).

Vance’s portrait has been painted by Jossie Pops (ig) in Primrose Avenue. “Upbeat Feel Good” is a song (youtube) from his 2016 album The Wild Swan.

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Cupar Way 2024

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Here is a selection of art from the Cupar Way section of the west Belfast “peace” line. Some of the artists came into town for Hit The North 2024 (Lidia Cao, Lours, Elno). We also see work by DEUX, SNAK, NOYS, BAISE?, NOTA, Keyto, and Kilian (Road Rage Ruth).

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The Rocker

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The cover Jim Fitzpatrick did in 1973 for Thin Lizzy’s ‘Vagabonds Of The Western World’ album was reproduced in 2024 in east Belfast as a tribute to local guitarist Eric Bell (the middle figure). There is video of Bell playing the solo to ‘The Rocker’ in Berlin the week of the album’s launch, in September, 1973 (youtube). Bell – aged 22 – left the band at the end of the year, a few months after the release of ‘Vagabonds’ (WP). He currently lives in Co Down (BelTel).

By Blaze FX (web) Woodstock Road at Jocelyn Avenue. Tom McClean has video of the launch (youtube).

The album is also one of the cassette tapes featured in Back On The Streets further along the Woodstock Road. There is also a Thin Lizzy mural in Bangor.

There is a Visual History page on The Influence Of Jim Fitzpatrick on muraling.

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Where Strangers Meet

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Australian artist Sophi Odling (web | ig) stuck around after HTN24 and painted this piece in Whiteabbey. It is perhaps part of phase two of Antrim And Newtownabbey Borough Council’s beautification project; for phase one, see Botanical Borough.

Odling also painted a large piece for HTN24 in York Lane, called Tomorrow.

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Frank McKelvey

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Francis “Frank” McKelvey grew up at 56 Woodvale Road (based on Lennon Wylie and the blue plaque on the wall at this address – Street View). That would put him a stone’s throw from Woodvale Park, which provides the backdrop for this new mural at the end of Woodvale Street. The photograph reproduced, of “Woodvale park pond”, can be seen on the Old Shankill Fb page. The pond was filled in after the second World War (City Council). McKelvey’s ‘A Summer’s Day‘ is perhaps of Woodvale Park pond. He died in 1974 (Ulster History Circle).

By Holly Hooks (ig) in Woodvale Street, west Belfast.

March 24th

February 14th

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Spinning Memories

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The inspiration for this new piece of street art by KMG (ig) was the Strand Spinning Mill (formerly the Jaffe Spinning Mill) which closed in 1983 and is now the Portview Trade Centre. During WWI the mill made munitions and during WWII viscose rayon. The film Lint And Linen (youtube) covers both pre-industrial and mechanical linen-production (though mostly focused on yarn from line fibres rather than from tow, which was the Strand mill’s claim to fame (Duffy Rafferty)); the painting appears to present a more primitive and imaginary age in which fibres could be spun using the human hand.

For photographs of the old mill on the Trade Centre, see previously the image of A Block in Strand Spinning Mill.

“Spinning memories” is the name of a planned collection of stories for an archive at Portview (Portview Stories).

Townsley Street, east Belfast, next to the White Witch and facing Aslan Is On The Move.

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Micky Modelle

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DJ and producer Micky Modelle (Fb) grew up in Tullycarnet and lives in Bangor (Kilcooley Fb). On Saturday week (May 25th) he will be playing at the Electic Love (web) festival in Belfast.

The in-progress shot (final image) is from March 29th. Painted by (artist and former DJ) Glen Molloy (ig) and launched on May 10th. The original photograph can be seen at Twisted Records.

Replaces a UYM board in Drumhirk Drive, Kilcooley, Bangor.

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