Great post. Loving the Supra from.1989

When you went to Belfast back then there wasn't bombing and shootings all the time.

What? No immigrants. Maybe they were frightened of the troubles? This looks like a very divided white Celtic Anglo Saxon culture before immigration began?

When buskers were buskers ...no big amps and miles taking up the whole street

Brilliant video

Very well made film.

This is how great and strong we are, all the troubles going on. Meanwhile still lived. Don't loose this, this is ours. Protestant and Catholic, ❤

Good times.

you can take the man out of Belfast but never Belfast out of the man, I’m always thankful for that. Always be my hometown.👏👏👏🎼🎼🎼

So it wasn’t all bombing’s shooting’s and kidnappings?

My favourite city. Lovely people and just a great feeling being there.

Where's the explosions and dead bodies strewn over the road? I wanna look at them! I want to see the anguish and the bigotry!

Where was all of this done, I was 4 most of 87. Wonder if I knew anyone coming out of shorts or h and w?

Harry Halls and Just Books were two favourite haunts, back in my teens.

Great little piece of social history here John. I’m assuming you’re the same John Campbell from the credits that did the camera work and editing. If so, can you remember what date in 87 this was filmed or was it over several days?

Priceless , great to see the old town...many thanks

An excellent video bringing back some great memories.

27:34 I feel like these boys probably got a second look before popping on public transpo that day.

Surreal to watch such normalcy while knowing with such certainy how much violence was still to come.

What a great wee film. Even when i moved here in 2002, Belfast still looked pretty much like this. It was so individual, independent, interesting. Now its just a generic uk/Ireland shopping zone. 5:53 the Gram Shop!!! Golden Discs too. HMV came and destroyed all these shops. Then went out of business. The Welcome Chinese on Stranmillis (still there i think!). U2 at the Kings Hall!! The Beaten Docket. Ah bollocks Belfast sold its soul for an Apple Store and 12 Starbucks. Who is the featured sculptor? City Airport (Harbour Airport) was amazing back then. And again even 2000-2 it was so informal. Just wander into arrival to meet parents.

Oh yes! I was there. Graduated in 1982 with HND in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Council of National Academic Awards (abolished in 1989). A really good course and practically biased. I was part of the Christian Union and remember SkyRider coming to play.

Brilliant! I graduated in 1982, so these pictures are VERY familiar! Not many people had cameras around campus in those days, so photos are scarce. MANY THANKS!

Great stuff, I was there that year too when they had the ford rs200 in the days when ford had their own room and it was the Ulster motor show not the Belfast motor show

Magic ! Brought back so many memories.

Lovely. Brings back memories.

Thanks for this ☺️. Remember seeing the VW Corrado there in metallic green years back when it came out and fell for it.

Interesting to see Belfast back in the day..

Maybe I have mistake but seems to me that ladies were much slimer than in 2005 when I was there

U2 at the Kings Hall. The Joshua Tree tour. What a night that was.

the guy blowing the condom of his head, humors remained!

I remember the 2-tone tour October 1979 when the Specials and Madness and the Selester performed inside the Hutton Hall brilliant gig but loads of violence in the middle of the Selester set. still got my poster from the concert.

Fantastic. Lavery's back entry, sitting on the kegs ❤

This is so much better than all that biased shite about the 'troubles' - Belfast was so much more than that.

Did security forces take the day off when he was there?

Amazing how times have changed

Fantastic to see writing my book and researching some stuff came across this brilliant just brilliant

Everything so much less cluttered from this era

This took me back, DJ'ing for the Hall of Residence association Fancy Dress party. Great times.

Great to see the original belfast town again , i forgot how good an atmosphere it had , the artist drawing on the ground, all the busker bands , the original cornmarket bandstand and all the various stalls .... town really isnt the same today they should have kept cornmarket and not closed all the stalls , knocked down too many old beautiful buildings too

Very nostalgic. I was there 81-84.

Thanks for posting. I enjoyed four years (76-80) studying Industrial Engineering. A great course that was recognised as a UK leader at that time. I did not live on campus but many of my fellow students did and enjoy the halls and we all visited the Union bar for a pie and a pint at lunch time. Highlights included the Bayfordbury to Hatfield Pram race, German study tours and The Police performing for Rock goes to college on the BBC.

Great trip down memory lane. I was at the Altered Images performance, we were dragged out of the student bar and told it was free as no one turned up. If I remember correctly a few weeks before Happy Birthday charted!

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnWtlneEetGNnq8 Mica Drive and my old Primary school St.Pauls

Yeh ... that's fantastic to see.

Didn’t I help with filming this…I can’t remember…I think I did.

This is good stuff: thanks for putting it up, John. I was thinking of snipping some of the pics from the video, but wondered if you would make the originals available. And have you any more? There is a general lack of photos from that era.

John 3.16-21

Much rather be dead now and live back then

Just lovely!

Hi all, I am writing a film that for plot reasons is largely set in Belfast in the early 80's. Is there anyone out there that may be able to help me with some pointers? Renumeration upon commisioned output and full mentions in credits etc. Thanks and regards to all! [email protected]