Sydenham The Forgotten Community ,Belfast Northern Ireland

Save Lennox (Law) site BACKGROUND | SOURCE DIGITAL JOURNAL In a shocking decision by senior judges in Northern Ireland, Lennox, a Labrador/American Bulldog, has been ordered destroyed. The ruling upholds the decision of two lower courts, to euthanize a dog that has committed no harm. For two long years, the Barnes family have fought to bring their dog home after he was seized by the City of Belfast in May 2010 and ordered destroyed for being a “pit-bull type” dog. The ruling came in response...Read Full Story

Our photographs of Limerick are available on Flickr: Image by infomatique The original idea behind the "Streets Of Dublin Project" ( www.streetsofdublin.com ) was to document the changes taking place in the City Of Dublin but the scope of the project has been expanded to include other cities, towns and villages throughout Europe. Recently I had the opportunity to visit the city of Belfast. Next week I visit Cork and towards the end of May I hope to visit Limerick. Belfast is currently...Read Full Story

The 2010 Ulster in bloom festival was held in August, once again Sydenham Station was entered in the contest for un manned Station Halts, last year Sydenham came 2nd place pushing Carnalee into 3rd place but they came back fighting this year with lots of  involvement from the community Schools, we are very pleased they gained 2nd place this year as our Community Garden has taken up the most time, we are looking forward to next year when we hope to make 1st prize for the Station and the...Read Full Story

Our photographs of Limerick are available on Flickr: Image by infomatique The original idea behind the "Streets Of Dublin Project" ( www.streetsofdublin.com ) was to document the changes taking place in the City Of Dublin but the scope of the project has been expanded to include other cities, towns and villages throughout Europe. Recently I had the opportunity to visit the city of Belfast. Next week I visit Cork and towards the end of May I hope to visit Limerick. Belfast is currently...Read Full Story

A few nice images I found on flickr: Belfast City Murals – Bobby Sands Image by infomatique I took a bus tour in order to see the murals in Belfast and while I found the murals to be of great interest I found the whole experience to be rather depressing. Murals in Northern Ireland have become symbols of Northern Ireland, depicting the region’s past and present divisions Northern Ireland contains arguably the most famous political murals. Almost 2,000 murals have been documented in Northern...Read Full Story