Going To School In Belfast (1960-1969)

[@adolfball4215]

I know the grey uniforms are definitely Everton Girls Secondary school. I bet none of the girls know this footage even exists. So if you know any of them then tell 'em it's up on KZbin now. Forty five years later.

[@raycope2086]

My heart broke at all those little girls smiling and laughing together, not knowing of the obscenities and the horrors yet to come into their lives; and those young soldiers standing there on that street watching the kids go by to school, thinking of their own families back home on the mainland, and not realising that some of them probably won't make it home again. It was a disgraceful time, and those who perpetrated their cowardly attacks on both communities, are still here, and ruling the estates with their violence and their drug dealing, but still flting their coloured rags pretending to be the protectors of the people.

[@stsilas01]

Memories. Had some hot times by the shops 1976. Not the best place I've ever been to lol.

[@adolfobell5338]

That's early 1970's. Crumlin Road. Bottom of Oldpark or thereabouts? 3:57 - 4:28 Doesn't that just break your heart?

[@A_10_PaAng_111]

Why? Kids going to school.

[@jenrutherford6690]

I can't believe how short those uniforms were

[@jenrutherford6690]

@Adam WadeI know , we had nuns measure ours . In my part of the world the girls can wear uniform shorts or trousers if they wish

[@RobertK1993]

Bet British soilders flirting Irish Roman Catholic school girls underage perverts IRA wouldn't do that maybe UVF and UDA would like British army buddies.

[@patriciaabidi4481]

We rolled outs at the waist on the way to/from School but never short in School, Sister Amelia would have killed us! 😎

[@888ssss]

thats how teacher likes em'

[@A_10_PaAng_111]

60s 😁😜

[@ItsAWasteOfTime]

Crumlin Road shops mid 1972

[@olearyma57]

No earlier. By mid 72 the soldiers were not static targets anymore. I can't remember the Protestant school girls walking by the shops at that stage. It is the Ardoyne shops on the Crumlin Road.

[@adolfball4215]

I say Crumlin Road 1970.

[@stsilas01]

this is the shops at Ardoyne on the Crumlin Road

[@michaelstephen819]

That's not 1960 - 1969, that's the 70's. Maybe as late as 1975. All those red double deckers had been burned by the early 80's, but there were plenty of them around in '75.

[@oscarosullivan4513]

So buses from that era

[@mh53j]

That's an awfully wide sidewalk! Was this type of military presence "normal" around schools or was this in response to an incident or threat of violence against the children? I have read that children were targeted for harassment at times, but I thought it was more like the 80s or 90s; may have happened all during the "troubles", I don't know. If anyone could provide some context, it would be greatly appreciated.

[@littlenemo14]

I served there in Ardoyne, Belfast, in 76. The school is a little further up the road from where the soldiers are standing. I don’t recall paying too much attention to schools when we were there then. I don’t know why so many soldiers are standing around like this so casually. This particular spot was a pretty dangerous place to be for a soldier, mind you, most of Belfast was dangerous to us but the fact that there are so many children and civilians around actually gives them some kind of cover.

[@mrherbman1]

Douglas Birch This was everyday life for Catholics from babies in prams to grandparents on their way to be buried Yes the didn't even allow Catholics to bury their dead in peace Harassment, Intimidation, Brutality was an everyday part of life

[@seanmckillen9090]

​@@littlenemo14my uncle was shot dead there 76 outside the bookies u lot fired back at the gunmen loyalists escaped to the shankill that day very sad😥

[@johnshooter4763]

Where was this filmed, west, east, north or south?

[@keithriley3159]

What tickles me is try standing on the street filming school girls now, you’d get lynched 😂. No faces blurred out, but all relatively happy to be filmed, different times

[@Shorty0202]

2:53 is that fella wearing a St Mary’s uniform

[@Noodles37UK]

70s.

[@johanakermyr1437]

Audio to expensive for Pathe'?

[@michaelstephen819]

What audio do you want? Footsteps maybe? Or stupid music perhaps? Are you a millennial by any chance?

[@brucekilby9957]

No need for audio. Maybe to much swearing and it had to be cut. The quality of the footage is still good for 72-75. Those skirts are short,Circa72 and the British guns. Armilites? 🇬🇧⚘

[@Jungleland33]

@@brucekilby9957 those guns are FALs. Belgian not American.

[@brucekilby9957]

@@Jungleland33 Are you sure there not SLRs?🇬🇧

[@jdoyle6821]

@@brucekilby9957 The weapons are SLR's 7.62 calibre,we used them in ADEN 66 67,open sight, good up to 300metres.

[@rodneylamont3811]

I think this was early 70s

[@johnhickman2033]

1971, I imagine...

[@stiofandundealgan1280]

It's incredible ! British soldiers standing on the sidewalk, attached to the stores, staring at the civilians and pupils with their machine guns ; my God ! Occupied NI because of that shameful partition ! In this video, maybe the 1st Battalion of the British Parachute Regiment who killed several innocent civilians in Ballymurphy (1971) and in Derry (1972) ?

[@samwallace7313]

And all the innocent civilians murdered by the gutless ira, or do they not count.

[@davidcullen1956]

plenty of jail bait there mmmmmmmmmm

[@saulpaulsaul3378]

Qrare number done

[@amylee3531]

Another battle where Atheism would have prevented a stupid battle

[@michaelstephen819]

Get your facts right. There were a great number of factors besides religion that lead to the troubles. Politics, social class, ethnicity, past immigration, historical feuds, royalism v parlamentarianism... Some big words there - look them up.

[@youtubeaccount5738]

Cringe atheist

[@amylee3531]

@@michaelstephen819 I never said there wasn't lol

[@amylee3531]

@@youtubeaccount5738being an Atheist isn't a big deal. It just means I believe in one less god then you. Considering there are over 2300 but in Hinduism alone there 330,000,000...but one less then most ;)

[@youtubeaccount5738]

@@amylee3531 Don’t know what you’re talkin’ aboot, woman. Am a Muslim, and a Muslim I shall be. I only believe in one God.