painted wall – Page 16 – Paddy Duffy Collection

Urban Roots

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These flowers are by emic (web) on the Earlswood Road side of the Urban Roots salon (web) on the Upper Newtownards Road. The image above – with some of the doodle-grid still visible – is from the end of March, while the images of the completed piece are from May.

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The World Is Our Playground

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Children play among and with the landmarks of the world – riding the Sydney opera house, building the pyramids out of sand, climbing the Eiffel Tower, building the Taj Mahal from blocks, blowing on a windmill, and swinging from Samson and Goliath.

This is an old (2016) piece by Friz (web), still in excellent shape on the wall of Currie Primary school, off the Limestone Road in north Belfast.

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Many Moons To Go

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A student makes their way through the cycles of the moon, with Pride pin, skull earring, and owl familiar (and horcrux scar on the cheek?) to guide the way.

Street art by emic (web) at Belfast Royal Academy on the Cliftonville Road, north Belfast.

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I Wished I Was More Like Nature

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“I wished I was more like Nature. Her secret is: patience.” Street art by German artist Hera Of Herakut (ig) in Academy Street for Hit The North 2025 (Seedhead Arts).

May 1st:

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Last Of A Dying Breed

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Street art by German artist Jack Lack (web) in Little Patrick Street for Hit The North 2025 (Seedhead Arts).

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From D-Day To VE Day

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39 Allied divisions – 12 of them British – participated in the Normandy Landings – officially “Operation Neptune” – that took place on June 6th, 1944; in planning for the operation, the original “D-Day” was June 5th, but bad weather postponed it until the following day, when 160,000 troops stormed the beaches of the Bay Of The Seine. By the end of August, Paris had been liberated, and by the following May, victory in Europe had been achieved. 2024 was the eightieth anniversary of D-Day and 2025 the eightieth anniversary of VE Day, on May 8th.

This D-Day board and VE Day mural are in Edlingham Street, Tiger’s Bay, north Belfast. Also included below is a WWI memorial electrical box in Mervue Street, though as can be seen from the board (immediately below) the ‘graveside mourner’ silhouette is becoming a generic symbol of lost UK forces.