Newtownards Road - The heart of the British Empire?

[@BLUEBELL258]

My Grandparents lived on Severn Street. We moved to England when I was 3 and visited every year. The best memories of my life (I'm 78) are of my holidays in Belfast-----wonderful Granny and Granda. My heart is still there.

[@kurtyboy01]

The heart of the Empire 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧#British&Proud🟥⬜️🟦

[@FrancineOutsideStreets]

It`s nice My fried. A Supper uploaded. THanks for it. HAve a good Day.

[@nornironnomad]

Thanks for the comment , it means a lot 😀

[@royster7896]

From this area myself, subscribed to your channel and keep up the great work

[@nornironnomad]

Thanks for the comment 👍 if you have any ideas for the channel, let me know , would love to do more on east Belfast as my family came from the area years ago

[@rhyancudor]

good to see NI get some more attention, The british isles has some real class spots that need some more love keep it up boss 👍

[@rasputin5746]

I'm from Wales, I am going to Belfast on the weekend for the first time. Look forward to visiting this street and the Loyalist Conflict Museum.

[@stephensmith4480]

Just Got myself a wee bit from The Union Jack Shop. East Belfast has been like a second home to me. Lovely People 🙏👍👍

[@nornironnomad]

That's great to hear, it's a real treasure trove in there !

[@ChromebookDemo298]

Good to see some of the new murals re-imaging the area, but important to remember what happened in recent history and it is a unique selling point of Belfast

[@ronmor351]

Hello Mark, I am enjoying your channel. ❤

[@nornironnomad]

Thank you lad ! Many more videos to come

[@colingillespie1560]

born and bred just up from the arches spent my early years on the boats in victoria park , templemore baths , avoneil park , gettin a haircut in johnstons and school uniform in brooksys and of course the strand picture house for saturday matinees , the good old days 👍

[@bloodboughtbigphilr8266]

Good to see the non-sectarian celebratory murals go up and hopefully a marker for the future of Northern Ireland that all communities can share in. The more artistic partisan and paramilitary themed murals should still stay as they do attract tourists and serve as a monument to what was then with the new murals showcasing what is now.

[@argopunk]

Interesting. Nice to hear that people are getting along better these days. In my home town, Toronto, the Orangemen's parade used to be one of the biggest parades of the year. And everyone went, Protestants and Catholics alike. But it started getting smaller in the 60s, and nowadays it's tiny. Few even know what it's about. Then again, about half the population is from India, China, Bangladesh, Philippines, and Arab countries, so ties to Britain are definitely not as important as they once were.

[@nornironnomad]

I would love to go and see it sometime , Orangemen from Canada frequent the Rossknowlagh parade in Donegal, Republic of Ireland which I have a video from as well. It is the only Orange parade in the Republic of Ireland.

[@argopunk]

@@nornironnomad Interesting. Donegal is one of the places from which the Irish portion of my background hails (they left in the 1840s). I do know that the Orangemen had their 200th Toronto parade in 2020. I'm actually Catholic but religion isn't such a political or hot topic in Canada. At least it hasn't been between Protestants and Catholics for many years. I think the last riots were in the 1800s. Good thing the Orange Walk/Parade is in July. Best time to come to Toronto or Canada. Montreal is definitely worth a look too. Only problem there is language is highly politicized--English Montrealers vs. French Montrealers.

[@georgeskillen5422]

Great video bud

[@nornironnomad]

Thanks for the comment, would you like to see more like this? What sort of content would you like me to make?

[@kevinrichard100]

Green shirt on Newtonards Road?

[@nornironnomad]

Yes why wouldn't I wear it there?

[@colingillespie1560]

have u heard of a wee team called Northern Ireland our wee team in green

[@bryanmason5966]

😂😂😂😂

[@northred4930]

The women of the UDA 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 oh stop 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@shadowmanNI]

Cry more

[@deanodog3667]

Doris day and adair etc !

[@northred4930]

@@deanodog3667 😂

[@shadowmanNI]

@@northred4930 Uppaaa loyal weemin

[@gerarddeegan1164]

Great gormet food in this part of ireland🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@mikki3562]

What about Donegal, Monaghan and Cavan, they're in Ulster, can I get an Ulster fry in those counties?

[@LouisMenotti]

Yes you can. But they might refer to it as the full Irish.

[@deanodog3667]

The heart of the British empire?? Lolololol

[@windjammer97]

Er British empire is dead mate. Countries left it in their droves post WW2. It's been whitled down to a Commonwealth and even that looks a bit ropey. Ask any English or even global historian.

[@shadowmanNI]

Cry more. 16 counties now part of the eu empire MATE

[@WeldersFSC]

"Whittled down" Don't know chum, 1/3rd of the entire global population to this day still in the 'wealth doesn't sound too "whittled down" to me.

[@gerarddeegan1164]

Why is their a british flag ???? Isent this the flag of ireland🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪😮

[@samwallace7313]

Because we're British that's why 🇬🇧😁

[@gerarddeegan1164]

@@samwallace7313 i think you know its ireland everybody is irish not british😁

[@gerarddeegan1164]

@@samwallace7313 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪😆😁

[@gerarddeegan1164]

@@samwallace7313 your irish its ireland 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@gerarddeegan1164]

@@samwallace7313 oh i just heard theirs a catholic majority in northern ireland making it irish🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪😁😁😁

[@christinamorrison6078]

You need to keep some of our history .

[@christinamorrison6078]

That is only half a ULSTER FRY