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people's heritage series

A WALK IN THE CITY 1 Local people, historians, artists & celebrities take us on a conversational walk in the city to places, which have special meaning for them and allow us to explore new ways of seeing Belfast. In this video, Bobby Foster - Black Mountain, Peter Rosser - St. George's Church, Nisha Tandon - Cara House, Kate Hutchinson - River Lagan, Julian Simmons - Four Corners.
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A WALK IN THE CITY 2 Local people, historians, artists & celebrities take us on a conversational walk in the city to places, which have special meaning for them and allow us to explore new ways of seeing Belfast. In this video, Pete Bleakley- Glencairn Park, Sara McClintock- Lanyon Place, Fergal McCann- Clonard, Daniel Clarke- Belvoir Park Forest, Jasper Rutherford- Woodstock.
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A WALK IN THE CITY 3 Local people, historians, artists & celebrities take us on a conversational walk in the city to places, which have special meaning for them. In this video, Bill Austin-Long’s Corner, Peter Emerson-McArt’s Fort, Gao Xiang-Great Victoria Street Baptist Church, P.A. MagLochlainn-Queens University, Joe Baker- Glenravel Street.
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A WALK IN THE CITY 4 Local people, historians, artists & celebrities take us on a conversational walk in the city to places, which have special meaning for them and allow us to explore new ways of seeing Belfast. In this video, Albert Haslett - Ariel Street, Kathleen Neill - Queen’s Island, Natty Wailer - Beechmount, Gearoid O Caireallain - Shaw’s Road, Ken Newell - Newforge.
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A WALK IN THE CITY 5 Local people, historians, artists & celebrities take us on a conversational walk in the city to places, which have special meaning for them and allow us to explore new ways of seeing Belfast. In this video, Susan Crowthers, - Botanic Gardens, Julius Anakaa - Clarendon Dock, Marcus Hunter-Neill - East Belfast, Andrew McClelland - Exchange Place.
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GLENCAIRN The former Glencairn estate covered over one hundred acres. Two houses, Glencairn and Fernhill, were positioned on hilltops either side of a sloping valley, whilst a third house, Glendivis, stood between the Ballygomartin River and Glencairn Road. Local historian Bobby Foster and Glencairn residents take a look at Glencairn estate and the times it has seen.
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CLIFTON STREET CEMETERY The Cemetery is the final resting place of many of Belfast’s forefathers, as well as some of its wayward sons. Everyone from mill owners, shipbuilders, paupers, thieves and political rebels, rest within its walls. Hear about some of the famous people buried here, and the lengths to which some people went, to protect themselves from the ‘bodysnatchers!’
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EDENDERRY
Built between 1866 and 1911 by the linen manufacturer John Shaw Brown, Edenderry is an excellent example of a semi-planned industrial community. Now a conservation area, it retains the charm and features of a nineteenth century mill village. Meet some of the people who worked to make John Shaw Brown's linen some of the finest in the world.
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HUGH THOMSON: COLERAINE’S FAMOUS SON Born in Coleraine in 1860, Thomson was a talented illustrator and up to 2006 over 700 of his illustrations lay in an attic until they were acquired by the Heritage Lottery Fund & Coleraine Borough Council. The story of a local boy whose illustrations gave form to personalities described by Dickens, Thackeray, Jane Austin, Goldsmith, George Eliot & Shakespeare.
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WAVES FROM RATHLIN Over 100 years ago, Guglielmo Marconi demonstrated successfully he ending of signals over a distance without wire, hence the term wireless.' Before this time, ships had made themselves known to shore stations by a hoist of flags. It was realised in more recent times that an engineer by the name of Edwin Glanville was the unsung hero of the achievement.
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AN IRISH WALK The An Droichead Walking Group was formed to create an opportunity for people to speak the Irish language in an informal setting. Today, the group goes on walks all over Ireland and NvTv caught up with them on one of their trips. Watch this video Buy DVD

DOWNPATRICK HERITAGE RAILWAY Entirely run by volunteers, this unique railway allows you to enjoy the beautiful countryside of County Down on board vintage passenger trains and sample the atmosphere of an early 20th Century railway station.
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people's heritage

During 2005-2006, Northern Visions worked with community and cultural groups, volunteers and professional organisations in Northern Ireland to complete a series of people’s heritage documentaries aimed to bring stories of local heritage to life and broaden definitions of the relationship between the past, present and future.

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