THESE PHOTOS CONTINUE ALONG THE WALL TO MAGAZINE STREET UPPER "BUTCHERS GATE"
THIS IS THE ENTRANCE TO THE BOG SIDE FROM THE CITY, THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE CHECK POINTS THAT I FELT UNEASY ABOUT, IT WAS A VERY SMALL AND COMPACT WITH LOTS OF PEOPLE GOING THROUGH EVERY DAY, HERE WE USED TO HAVE A FEMALE CIVILIAN SEARCH WITH US. I JUST FELT AN EASY TARGET IN THE TINY CHECK POINT WITH NO WHERE TO RUN.
LATER ON IN JULY THAT YEAR AFTER OUR TOUR HAD ENDED THAT AN RA SOLDIER WAS KILLED THERE.



THESE PHOTOS ARE TAKEN FROM THE BOG SIDE, THOUGHT I WOULD TAKE ONE OF THE "MOJO" SIGN, WHATS A MOJO ?




THE NEXT ONES ARE OF BUTCHER STREET TO THE DIAMOND, THIS WAS THE CENTRE TO ALL THE MAJOR ROADS, AGAIN THIS LOOKS MUCH THE SAME, LOOKING UP BISHOP STREEY WITHIN WAS COVERED BY ANOTHER BATTERY.





THE PHOTOS OF FERRYQUAY GATE, THIS WAS THE FIRAST CHECK POINT I MANNED, WE TOOK OVER FROM ANOTHER REGIMENT ON THE NIGHT WE ARRIVED. I WAS SCARED BUT AT THE SAME TME EXCITED AT MY FIRST TIME ON THE STREETS OF LONDONDERRY, NOW ALL OF OUR FOUR MONTHS OF TRAINING WAS TO BE TESTED.
THIS WAS THE CHECK POINT WHERE THERE WAS A PAPER SHOP ON THE CORNER AND THE GIRL IN THE SHOP WOULD BE CHATTING US UP, I DO BELIEVE THAT ONE OF OUR MEN, NO NAMES MENTIONED DID END UP SEEING THE GIRL (AUDREY I THINK HER NAME WAS) FOR SOME TIME AFTER THE TOUR ??
I ALSO REMEMBER GETTING KICKED IN THE PRIVATES ONE NIGHT BY A FEMALE WHO WAS ON A NIGHT OUT WITH HER FELLOW, MY Bdr THREATENED TO ARREST HER UNLESS SHE KISSED IT BETTER,
""" SHE DIDNT GET ARRESTED """



THESE TWO PHOTOS ARE SHIPQUAY STREET LOOKING DOWN TO BANK PLACE AND THE CHECK POINT, ONLY MEMORIES OF THIS PLACE WAS THE WALK BACK UP TO THE DIAMOND.