great vids posted my mother (rip) was a very proud market woman from little may street wonderful to see the memories kept alive for the next generation to view.....keep up the good work.
Loved the video. Who cares if the pictures were in there twice. Would have watched it over again anyhow. Keep up the great work. Belfast lives on in the minds of those Born & raised there & left to live in other lands.
Although born and bred around Belfast docks, my late dad used to sing this song all the time, specially when he'd downed a few brandy's and soda water...
Worked as an Apprentice in Dunbar Street, circa 1973 would go across to the Dockers Club in Corporation Street at Lunchtime great place and great people...
Great photos of a great city.....i remember getting my fist dog from a pet shop in smithfield....looks like the one from this video........great memories...thanks for posting
The Divis flats are a replica of the Crescents in Hulme Manchester!!!!! Same bastard architect I suspect!! He actually got awards for them! They lasted 24 years in Manchester and they stopped putting families in after 6 years and people would squat there and not even get asked for rent!! Morrrissey , Ian Brown and Steve Coogan are some famous squatters.. Cheers to my Irish cousins!!!!
Mickey Marley and his roundabout I would have seen in the streets around where I lived some 60 years ago. I even plucked grass from the gardens to feed his horse.
It is good seeing the old photos, and stirring up the memory, but as has been said, it is a Derry song; and the lyrics put that beyond dispute...And it is only half the Song. Nice to watch despite all that, and no mistake...It is a pity that all the cities and towns look similar, and are losing their identity. Same shops, same chains of money spinners with the same sad look about them. It is like a disease spreading, and it is not just in Ireland.
It is good seeing the old photos, and stirring up the memory, but as has been said, it is a Derry song; and the lyrics put that beyond dispute...And it is only half the Song. Nice to watch despite all that, and no mistake...It is a pity that all the cities and towns look similar, and are losing their identity. Same shops, same chains of money spinners with the saome sad look about them. It is like a disease spreading, and it is not just in Ireland. Octopus of corporate madness consumes all.
@1.44 im so glad to see this photo,i can remember as young child 4 or 5 that there was always a motorbike shop next to montgomerys pet shop,this just transcends me,i think them steel beams that are being erected in the background are the start of castle court??
Ah, those were the days. Apart from the Troubles that is! Reminds me of how much charm aul Belast used to have, even during the darkness. I'd forgotten about Micky Marley's Roundabout on High St. What a character he was! Now Belfast is just like any other town- bland, corporate and soulless. Damn shame.
That was great. It's the first time I've actually seen the Park Picture House and Mooney's, places my father has told me about many times, and are the settings for many stories in his memoirs. (He was born in Belfast in 1935.) Do you happen to know if and where I can find photos of those places, and who I might contact for permission to reprint them? I'd appreciate any help you can give. Thanks again for this. I'll show it to my "da" and I'm sure he'll love it. :)
brooks4x...A lot of my photos on this slideshow.The wheels on the cart are Honda ones...I took it in a yard off the Ormeau Road in the early 90's. The bloke was a knife sharpener.
varaderowill the bloke with the horse and cart was not a knife sharpener.! He collected scrap metal.! One thing your right about is ,yes the photo was took on the ormeau road.!
This song is called 'The town I loved so well' and is about Londonderry, not Belfast ;) What a lovely song though, even though the band singing it are Republican leaning I still enjoy listening to it as a Unionist.
The warmest place and people on earth.
Very very beautiful.
My mummy used to tell my brothers their standing there like a Burton’s dummy lol
Belfast has been a second home to me over the years. It`s a Brilliant city, full of Lovely friendly people.
great vids posted my mother (rip) was a very proud market woman from little may street wonderful to see the memories kept alive for the next generation to view.....keep up the good work.
Loved the video. Who cares if the pictures were in there twice. Would have watched it over again anyhow. Keep up the great work.
Belfast lives on in the minds of those Born & raised there & left to live in other lands.
brilliant thank you
when i was a kid i work in murdocks shop plucking chicken in the back
Although born and bred around Belfast docks, my late dad used to sing this song all the time, specially when he'd downed a few brandy's and soda water...
Worked as an Apprentice in Dunbar Street, circa 1973 would go across to the Dockers Club in Corporation Street at Lunchtime great place and great people...
Great photos of a great city.....i remember getting my fist dog from a pet shop in smithfield....looks like the one from this video........great memories...thanks for posting
Place looks better then than now 🇬🇧
Belfast Belfast Wonderful Town!!!
i love u belfast u will always be my home !!!!!
Always
I told you not to come back, 😂
@@JohnMcMahon. but I did.
A city I always enjoyed visiting, have to get back up there soon
Ah Andrews motor cycle shop,loved going into the show room to see the newest bikes, even bought a bsa bantam there
The Divis flats are a replica of the Crescents in Hulme Manchester!!!!! Same bastard architect I suspect!! He actually got awards for them! They lasted 24 years in Manchester and they stopped putting families in after 6 years and people would squat there and not even get asked for rent!! Morrrissey , Ian Brown and Steve Coogan are some famous squatters.. Cheers to my Irish cousins!!!!
Mickey Marley and his roundabout I would have seen in the streets around where I lived some 60 years ago. I even plucked grass from the gardens to feed his horse.
MY MOTHER WOULD TAKE ME TO MOONEYS FOR DINNER UPSTAIRS IN A BIG ROOM WHEN I WAS HOME FROM THE USA . LOVED IT❤❤❤
I was hoping to see my mum and dad who’ve been married now for 53 years as a young new couple, not to be but lovely all the same ☘️
and I remember him bringing me to smithfield market for a wee wander round the shops
The city has undergone massive redevelopment over the past couple of decades! It is good that the gates around the city centre have now gone.
1:58 Mickey Marlys roundabout! It used to come around our streets in Andersonstown in the sixties. Great wee memories there.
God bless Belfast
Belfast yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It is good seeing the old photos, and stirring up the memory, but as has been said, it is a Derry song; and the lyrics put that beyond dispute...And it is only half the Song. Nice to watch despite all that, and no mistake...It is a pity that all the cities and towns look similar, and are losing their identity. Same shops, same chains of money spinners with the same sad look about them. It is like a disease spreading, and it is not just in Ireland.
Nice
It is good seeing the old photos, and stirring up the memory, but as has been said, it is a Derry song; and the lyrics put that beyond dispute...And it is only half the Song. Nice to watch despite all that, and no mistake...It is a pity that all the cities and towns look similar, and are losing their identity. Same shops, same chains of money spinners with the saome sad look about them. It is like a disease spreading, and it is not just in Ireland. Octopus of corporate madness consumes all.
Yeah could have chosen belfast by the band barnbrack more appropriate lyrics me thinks
I can't believe they couldn't find enough photos of Belfast that they had to repeat them.
Or a song about Belfast.
The Town I Loved So Well is about Derry
Belfast very rundown now
Montgomery's pet shop where I bought my first pet --a white mouse
@1.44 im so glad to see this photo,i can remember as young child 4 or 5 that there was always a motorbike shop next to montgomerys pet shop,this just transcends me,i think them steel beams that are being erected in the background are the start of castle court??
Andrew's Motorcycle & bicycle shop
Good 2 c these old pictures of belfast in a by gone era and not so long ago The city centre was a lot better then that what it is 2 day in 2021
Ah, those were the days. Apart from the Troubles that is! Reminds me of how much charm aul Belast used to have, even during the darkness. I'd forgotten about Micky Marley's Roundabout on High St. What a character he was! Now Belfast is just like any other town- bland, corporate and soulless. Damn shame.
That was great. It's the first time I've actually seen the Park Picture House and Mooney's, places my father has told me about many times, and are the settings for many stories in his memoirs. (He was born in Belfast in 1935.)
Do you happen to know if and where I can find photos of those places, and who I might contact for permission to reprint them? I'd appreciate any help you can give. Thanks again for this. I'll show it to my "da" and I'm sure he'll love it. :)
when i sold the tally i would run messages for the ladies of the night (dubarrys)
Songs about Derry is it not
brooks4x...A lot of my photos on this slideshow.The wheels on the cart are Honda ones...I took it in a yard off the Ormeau Road in the early 90's. The bloke was a knife sharpener.
varaderowill the bloke with the horse and cart was not a knife sharpener.! He collected scrap metal.! One thing your right about is ,yes the photo was took on the ormeau road.!
@@marketmade Is Mooney's Bar in the Docks area near the ferry terminal and is it still there?
Aye...i was thinking that...Nice1 :)
Where did you get these photos?
good video i have been to all thoes places.ex pound loney man
Don't be fighting with the Sandy Row ones on the Boyne Bridge lol
very dodgy history that pub
This song is called 'The town I loved so well' and is about Londonderry, not Belfast ;) What a lovely song though, even though the band singing it are Republican leaning I still enjoy listening to it as a Unionist.
LondonBrit I’m surprised you didn’t get a load of comments telling you it’s spelt like ‘Derry’
its called derry lol
@@johnj.anthonymcquade6876
Jaysus, fairly grim. Not even a single Mickey Dee's.
Hunter Thompson moscow had mcdonalds before belfast kinda insane
Should never have opened here, they're shite.
Seen the front of the ormea baths where I learned to swim.
@Ulster1922 YHANKS FOR THE COMMENT.
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gurn up
Du Barrys comments anyone? Sailortown location not modern day.
Bottom of High Street behind Albert Clock
Du Barry,s where you got more than booze on the menu 🤭
@ 1:21 Du-Barry's . Sure that's where yer ma is.
Prod or taig...... Didn't everybody say that.
no not taig catholic pal
@campfirestories sent you a pm m8
Wrong music 😂