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Paint the cannons pink

39 steps Story Shortlisted 1

You may have the same reaction to the walls in ‘stroke city’ aka Londonderry / Derry, depending on which side of the fence you lie.

I don’t want to return to tread these battlements again. I felt uneasy walking a line that divided people and where blood had flowed for centuries. Ancient cannons still point towards houses that lie below. Injustice endures.

 

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