The end of the 2003 marching season |
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| The marching season comes to an end with the parades of the Blackmen on the last Saturday in August. In 2003, the Belfast Black went to Ballynahinch in Co. Down. Most of these pictures were taken as the Blackmen left the West Belfast Orange Hall, Shankill Road, in the morning and returned home the same evening. This is not an exclusively Shankill Road or even Belfast site. We would welcome your pictures, with captions where possible giving the name of the band or RBP number and the place it was taken. Please send pictures in JPEG format. Contact Blackpix@the-twelfth.org.uk | ||
Church Parade, August 24th 2003 |
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| Pride of the Raven FB | Pride of the Raven bass drummer | RBP colour party |
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RBP District No 3 |
Walking to church | RBP District No 4 |
Walking to the Assembly point and leaving WBOH, August 30th 2003 |
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| RBP375 leaving WBOH | Ready to go | Walking to assembly point |
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| Head of the parade | RBP635 | RBP375 banner |
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| Waiting to see the men off | Shankill Defenders FB close-up. | ready to leave WBOH |
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| Setting off | Shankill Rd Defenders beating out a rhythm | Shankill Defenders FB on the Road. |
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| Shankill Defenders FB. | Pride of Ardoyne bandsman | PSNI take up the rear |
Welcome home! Breaking up after a long day. WBOH, August 30th 2003 |
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| Ttired Blackmen return | RBP1069 | Pride of the Shankill FB |
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| RBP 296 nearly home. | On guard. | Hillview FB drummer. |
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| Officers review the parade | RBP391 Daddy's little girl. | Pride of the Shankill colour party |
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| Millar Memorial drum major | Millar Memorial FB | Shankill Road Defenders FB |
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| Shankill Defenders FB bass drum | Shankill Defenders fluters | Shankill Defenders fluter close-up |
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| National Anthem SRDFB. | Beating out the National Anthem | Breaking up. |
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| All over for another year. Furling the flags. | ||
Robinson Memorial Band Parade, Shankill Road, Belfast - September 7th 2003 |
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These pictures were taken from the upstairs window of the Glenwood Publications office on the Shankill Road. |
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| Mount Vernon Volunteers FB | Cloughfern Young Conquerors FB | Craigneuk True Defenders FB |
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| Goldsprings FB | Goldsprings FB drummer | Playing on. Goldsprings FB, Comber |
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| Sons of the Somme FB, Scotland | Unidentified Military style flute band | Shankill Star FB |
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| Sons of Ulster FB, Glasgow | ||