August 1969 was a turning point.
Hundreds of homes were destroyed, tens of thousands became refugees and the social geography of Belfast changed forever with new emerging ghettoes and separation walls.
There is other television and photographic images of this defining period but Jim Moreland’s pictures reveal, in a very graphic way, the devastation of families who have lost their homes and whose few belongings litter the footpaths and roads in front of gutted houses.
This collection of photographs is an extraordinary record of an extraordinary time in our history.
Jim Moreland has done an enormous public service by taking these photographs.
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