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R6ix
14-05-2009, 11:27 PM
i have visited northern ireland a few times, and was always intrested in the troubles over there, and took some pics of police and army bases, heres a few.http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j146/r6ix/derry.jpg
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wolfism
15-05-2009, 04:34 PM
This is a fascinating subject, well worth taking the time to record, as I believe a lot of checkpoints and watchtowers have been or are being demolished. Not only a good historical record, but quite evocative, too. IIRC, there was an article in Blueprint(?) magazine a couple of years ago about Donovan Wylie who also set out to do what you've done, and a bit of googling showed up his book about the watch towers - http://www.steidlville.com/books/547-British-Watchtowers.html
Think I'll buy a copy since I've been reminded of it ... :thumb

R6ix
15-05-2009, 10:49 PM
the mural is in the falls road area,a nationalist part of town, many of the towers are now gone,and police bases abandoned,the picture of the hole in the grey stone wall is the bullet hole that killed a soldier, it was never repaired,i have a few more i may put uplthe link is good to watch towers, i went to the original expedition of these pics at a gallery in belfast a few yrs agfo