Northern Visions follows the Ex Prisoners Interpretative Centre as the organisation creates the latest in their series of cultural murals on the Shankill Road. This time the piece depicts the funeral of local war hero Richard Mussen who fought in the Zulu War and WWI.
Includes a discussion with mural artist Sam Bates, William Smith of EPIC, local historian Bobby Foster and grandchildren of Richard Mussen about what the mural means to them.
A grandson discovers his grandfather and the part he played in two important historical events, the signing of the Ulster Covenant and the fight in France during World War One. “Whatever actions carried out or what...
A boy on the Shankill Road experiences the horrors of the Belfast Blitz, a night that would live in his memories forever. “As I grew up and grew older I thought it would eventually go out of my mind, but it w...
Campaign to save the last surviving battleship from the First World War, HMS Caroline, now resting in Belfast docks. Ex crew members talk about their memories and experiences working on this historic ship. ...
The Shankill remembers the victims of the Belfast Blitz which took place on the 15th-16th April 1941. Sam Coulter and Bobby Foster decided to erect a permanent memorial to the victims, with support from the local com...
