Driving Tour of Shankill Road Estates

Driving tour through housing estates of the Ulster heartland, the Shankill.
A place close to my own heart, where my parents and grandparents were rared.
Often maligned, but an area rich in culture and still surviving....
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[@youser1093]

Its nice to see the flags are still there in abundance. But my only worry is that in the next 10-15 yrs there will be less i rember seeing the lower Shankill on tv in the early 2000 s there were more flags and much more paramillatry murals it looked amazing. Whithout all the flags and murals this place would look like it could be any area in Britain

[@shadowmanNI]

Yeah, sadly undergoing population change like many areas in England experienced a few years back

[@selinamcilwaine4731]

Not the Shankill I remember!. Thank you just found your channel and so glad I did. I have subscribed.

[@shadowmanNI]

Thanks Selina, yes, fairly changed, my own folks are from the area. Thanks for subscribing

[@JohnSmith-lt3jl]

Does not appear to be as many bricked up houses as there used to be when I worked in the Shankill back in 80’s =love your videos btw

[@shadowmanNI]

Thanks very much mate, aye, some decent new houses have gone in there

[@selinamcilwaine4731]

I was christened in Argyle Presbyterian Church now West Kirk in 1952

[@johnnyfortube]

As a casual observer who somehow found themselves on this page. I think it is very very telling that a community mostly nervous about who they are when they feel they have to piss like a dog on every lamppost along every 50 meters of road, it doesn't tell me confidence, but nervousness about who they are or might end up being. Funny how people are.

[@shadowmanNI]

Well, using that logic, the alphabet flag flyers are insecure, the Palestinian flag flyers are insecure, the Irish flag flyers are insecure etc. Pissing like dogs etc. It's what humans do, we instinctively seek tribes

[@shadowmanNI]

Anyway, thanks for watching, the channel isn't something I'm gonna make money from, but I take a certain enjoyment documenting how things are for future generations

[@johnnyfortube]

I think it is a Northern Irish thing where I live nobody fly's flags unless the world cup @@shadowmanNI

[@rayjacques8850]

Seems like the child catcher from Chitty Bang Bang was there before you, there's no people on the streets

[@shadowmanNI]

Lol, nice early morning drive mate 👍

[@johnbaird6316]

Thanks for this. My mum was from Ambleside Street and my aunt from Ulverston Street. My da came from Ballygomartin. These streets housed people who powered the engine room of the industrial world. Extraordinary, really. Terrible times during The Troubles. It's good to see the streets looking so tidy and handsome, in the main.

[@shadowmanNI]

You are very welcome, I've a strong attachment to the area as that's where my own folks hailed from and was a frequent visitor to.the area in the 80s. I'm glad it has been of enjoyment to yourself. Correct btw, absolute powerhouse of the industrial revolution, people who worked hard and looked after their kin. Thanks for watching 👍

[@selinamcilwaine4731]

Hi. My Aunt was from Ambleside st. as well no. 5. Her married name was Montgomery. I had another Aunt who lived at 151 Silvio Street her married name was Moody. Small world. Glad I saw your comment.❤

[@johnbaird6316]

@@selinamcilwaine4731 - ha, we could be related. My aunt is Lena Montgomery. My mum was Nell Hendry/Baird. Relations or coincidence? 😊

[@selinamcilwaine4731]

We could be!. I was called after my Aunt she got Lena she was my Aunt through marriage. If it's not too cheeky what age is your Mum she might have known my Mum. They where McKay from the "see Sqare"Wilton Street..

[@jamescrawford9883]

Lost me again, Shadowman! I was completely lost! Great video. Cheers from Oz.

[@shadowmanNI]

Happy days James, glad to receive the feedback, one of the reasons I put the videos on here is for those who have long since left these shores, hopefully evoke some memories 👍

[@dwayneroberts3162]

Love your content, just imagine the stories those streets could tell if they could talk, good and bad but steeped in history.

[@shadowmanNI]

Thanks very much for the kind words (and for watching). Absolutely, brought back many memories for me as a kid in the 80s. My dad was a regular visitor to the road, always recall a wee off licence/pub that friends of his owned he used to take us to. It was a corner pub in the woodvale. We used to sit in the wee back bit behind the bar. Can't recall exactly where it was now

[@denisemiller1081]

Great to see Belfast. My mum was from Duncairn Gardens, we immigrated out to Australia when I was 12 way back in 1974.

[@shadowmanNI]

Thanks for watching Denise, must get some footage from around the Duncairn Area as well 👍

[@jackmctaggartfm8087]

I love round 27:04 every house has their flags up

[@jameslarkin8494]

Your easy pleased.

[@jackmctaggartfm8087]

Yh I like the shankill so I do even though I'm not in it much as I live in a loyalist estate myself in Newtownabbey

[@rosemarykennedy5430]

My granny lived in Sugarfield Street but it seems to have disappeared?

[@shadowmanNI]

Still there, though don't think I drove down it. Thanks for watching 👍

[@johnross7344]

Class.

[@shadowmanNI]

Thanks for watching pal 👍

[@fergaoneill5323]

Would never walk around there at night

[@raymiemac71]

And why not

[@craigrobertson2193]

Look.at.there surname

[@olearyma57]

Came down Woodvale just like the driver from the Ardoyne roundabout around 8.30 pm first week in September nobody bothered me.

[@ww-jl3eq]

​@@raymiemac71
Because its a sectarian dump thats why

[@shadowmanNI]

Nah