Stewarts supermarket bombed (on Lisburn Road).
Bloody Friday, the next day on Botanic Avenue at Gardeners newsagent. 2 car bombs had destroyed the veg shop and damaged other shops all buildings now sadly demolished.
Start of riot in Shaftesbury Square after Ulster Workers Strike, 1974.
Army Road block due to bomb.
Traffic cop in Shaftesbury Square.
Stewarts supermarket bombed (on Lisburn Road).
Stewarts supermarket bombed (on Lisburn Road).
Remnants of car bomb.
Stewarts supermarket bombed (on Lisburn Road).
The day after; Mr Sands standing outside his burnt out shop. I expect this was sectarian damage.
The day after Smithfield Market was burnt down, it was raining, a great loss to Belfast. 1974.
Start of riot in Shaftesbury Square after Ulster Workers Strike, 1974.
Start of riot in Shaftesbury Square after Ulster Workers Strike, 1974.
Waiting for bomb to go off, Donegal Square.
Waiting for bomb to go off, Donegal Square.
Stewarts supermarket bombed (on Lisburn Road).
Stewarts supermarket bombed (on Lisburn Road).
Stewarts supermarket bombed (on Lisburn Road).
Loading furniture from Ross’s auction house.
Photo 24 was featured in the Belfast Telegraph but I cannot remember the exact date, but during the Ulster Workers strike. Mr Sands had a carpet shop on Dublin Road and it was set alight by protestant youths from Sandy Row, the flames caught a nearby car and police officers moved the car.
Photo 24 was featured in the Belfast Telegraph but I cannot remember the exact date, but during the Ulster Workers strike. Mr Sands had a carpet shop on Dublin Road and it was set alight by protestant youths from Sandy Row, the flames caught a nearby car and police officers moved the car.
Photo 24 was featured in the Belfast Telegraph but I cannot remember the exact date, but during the Ulster Workers strike. Mr Sands had a carpet shop on Dublin Road and it was set alight by protestant youths from Sandy Row, the flames caught a nearby car and police officers moved the car.
Photo 24 was featured in the Belfast Telegraph but I cannot remember the exact date, but during the Ulster Workers strike. Mr Sands had a carpet shop on Dublin Road and it was set alight by protestant youths from Sandy Row, the flames caught a nearby car and police officers moved the car.
I was in town and bombs went off, smoke was drifting into the sky, I went up the Queens library tower to take these photos. It was 6th December 1971 when Marcus Wards printing works was bombed and burnt out (it was replaced by a cinema in 1992 which is now being demolished to make way for an office block).
Bloody Friday, the next day on Botanic Avenue at Gardeners newsagent. 2 car bombs had destroyed the veg shop and damaged other shops all buildings now sadly demolished.
A restored ‘willy’s jeep’ These were American army jeeps left in Northern Ireland and used by farmers. This one was restored (unsuccessfully) by myself.
The playwright Stewart Parker, in the destroyed phone box outside Gardeners bookshop after Bloody Friday.
I was in town and bombs went off, smoke was drifting into the sky, I went up the Queens library tower to take these photos. It was 6th December 1971 when Marcus Wards printing works was bombed and burnt out (it was replaced by a cinema in 1992 which is now being demolished to make way for an office block).
Suspect device in or under car at Rugby Road.
Suspect device in or under car at Rugby Road.
Suspect device in or under car at Rugby Road.
Bloody Friday, the next day on Botanic Avenue at Gardeners newsagent. 2 car bombs had destroyed the veg shop and damaged other shops all buildings now sadly demolished.
I was in town and bombs went off, smoke was drifting into the sky, I went up the Queens library tower to take these photos. It was 6th December 1971 when Marcus Wards printing works was bombed and burnt out (it was replaced by a cinema in 1992 which is now being demolished to make way for an office block).
I was in town and bombs went off, smoke was drifting into the sky, I went up the Queens library tower to take these photos. It was 6th December 1971 when Marcus Wards printing works was bombed and burnt out (it was replaced by a cinema in 1992 which is now being demolished to make way for an office block).
Notice posted in Gardeners Newsagent during Ulster Workers strike which stated that ONLY the newsletter would be sold.
Markets area about 1975.