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Free Derry Wall, 40 anni

René Querin

14 anni fa

Il Free Derry Wall compie 40 anni.

Qui di seguito, alcune immagini tratte dal libro fotografico di Jim Collins e Adrian Kerr, che ripercorre la vita del Free Derry Corner.

Galleria fotografica

The original handwritten slogan on 33 Lecky Road in 1969. (Pic by Jim Davies, courtesy Guildhall Press)

British soldiers shelter from rioters with their backs to the Wall. (Pic Barney McMonagle, courtesy Guildhall Press)

A crowd gathers at Free Derry Wall for a civil rights march. (Pic Derry Journal, courtesy Guildhall Press)

British soldiers prepare for a confrontation with youths in the shadow of Free Derry Wall. (Pic courtesy Guildhall Press)

Free Derry Wall in the seventies. (Pic courtesy Guildhall Press)

Shoppers pass Free Derry Wall. (Pic courtesy Guildhall Press)

British soldiers pose for a souvenir photograph in 1988. (Pic courtesy Guildhall Press)

The back of Free Derry Wall is used to voice opinion on proposals to change the council's name to Derry in 1984. (Pic courtesy Guildhall Press)

The Wall transformed by community artists for the Gasyard Feile in 2007 (Pic courtesy Guildhall Press)

The Wall gets a new coat of paint in support of the Palestinian cause in 2005. (Pic courtesy Guildhall Press)

An RUC landrover passes by the Bloody Sunday billboard on the back of Free Derry Wall. (Pic courtesy Guildhall Press)

An anti-racism network mural on the back of Free Derry Wall in 2006. (Pic courtesy Guildhall Press)

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