It was a hobby for youths to mess with the brits, young Donegal lads would take the bus into derry to spend the day throwing shit at them
The fella looks like Luke Kelly.
I’ve seen this one on this subreddit before.
The Brit then threatened them with a hammer didn’t he…??
Some afro on your man.
Many of the British soldiers in Derry in 1972 would have been some of the last British people (for now) to grow up in post war urban slums.
The post world war 2 NHS, public housing, improving economy and welfare help meant average height improved as people had more food and grew up in better circumstances so fewer young men were stunted.
You notice it in pictures from the time the officers are still often much taller than the ordinary soliders as if its world war 1.
we need to take the north back, its rightfully ours by inheritance.
Our irish ancestors walked the north, the disgust on their face will it be shall they know we gave it to the brits
I am one for a united ireland, there shall be no ‘north’
By take back, I mean peacefully. No blood shall be shed for the cuase!
As Luke Kelly sings a ballad in the background
Maybe she meant that’s how big his massive Scottish wiener is having caught a glimpse.
I’m more intrigued at the tiny hammer in his right hand… what’s he up to, there?
Then got chased away by the same lad wielding a hammer.
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She’s a ride
A no good Scottish traitor
It’s called Creggan. There is no “the”. But I guess someone from The Dublin wouldn’t know 🙄
Man, 50 years ago. That’s like, half a century.
It’s just called Creggan…
Wee lad looks a bit upset.
An early Hitachi . . .
Mods, ban this troll account.
that’s a good 8 inches
The Scots regiments were usually known as the ‘scotchies’ not exactly Catholic lovers, some of them made the UDR look like playschool teachers. The British soldiers in the pic I believe were the Argyll and sutherland highlanders regiment. A tacking hammer is fuck all to them, they were the first to load up using spent HP2 batteries into their rubber bullet guns.
You can tell your man with the fro is shouting “Yeeehooo”
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It was a hobby for youths to mess with the brits, young Donegal lads would take the bus into derry to spend the day throwing shit at them
The fella looks like Luke Kelly.
I’ve seen this one on this subreddit before.
The Brit then threatened them with a hammer didn’t he…??
Some afro on your man.
Many of the British soldiers in Derry in 1972 would have been some of the last British people (for now) to grow up in post war urban slums.
The post world war 2 NHS, public housing, improving economy and welfare help meant average height improved as people had more food and grew up in better circumstances so fewer young men were stunted.
You notice it in pictures from the time the officers are still often much taller than the ordinary soliders as if its world war 1.
we need to take the north back, its rightfully ours by inheritance.
Our irish ancestors walked the north, the disgust on their face will it be shall they know we gave it to the brits
I am one for a united ireland, there shall be no ‘north’
By take back, I mean peacefully. No blood shall be shed for the cuase!
As Luke Kelly sings a ballad in the background
Maybe she meant that’s how big his massive Scottish wiener is having caught a glimpse.
I’m more intrigued at the tiny hammer in his right hand… what’s he up to, there?
Then got chased away by the same lad wielding a hammer.
[deleted]
She’s a ride
A no good Scottish traitor
It’s called Creggan. There is no “the”. But I guess someone from The Dublin wouldn’t know 🙄
Man, 50 years ago. That’s like, half a century.
It’s just called Creggan…
Wee lad looks a bit upset.
An early Hitachi . . .
Mods, ban this troll account.
that’s a good 8 inches
The Scots regiments were usually known as the ‘scotchies’ not exactly Catholic lovers, some of them made the UDR look like playschool teachers. The British soldiers in the pic I believe were the Argyll and sutherland highlanders regiment. A tacking hammer is fuck all to them, they were the first to load up using spent HP2 batteries into their rubber bullet guns.
You can tell your man with the fro is shouting “Yeeehooo”
I will never get sick of this photo
It’s Thomas Muller