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Belfast Blitz Walking Tour AUDIO GUIDE QR CODE BELFAST Cathedral Quarter WALKING TOUR 4c YORK STREET CATHEDRAL 4b GARDENS ACADEMY STREET AVENUE BELFAST CATHEDRAL 2 STREET 1 ROYAL TALBOT DONEGALL STREET NORTHERN IRELAND WAR MEMORIALMUSEUM NORTH STREET ROYAL AVENUE 6 12 ROSEMARY ST 7d BRIDGE STREET WINECELLAR ENTRY LOMBARD STREET 8 DONEGALL PLACE CITY HALL TOMB ST TOMB ALBERT SQUARE 11 VICTORIA STREET STREET SKIPPER STREET WARING ALBERT SUGARHOUSE CLOCK ENTRY HIGH STREET 9 To access the Audio Tour guide Scan the QR code with your smartphone camera OR Download the smartify app OR Go to smartify.com/tours/Belfast-blitz Photographs courtesy of Belfast Telegraph unless stated otherwise NORTHERN IRELAND WAR MEMORIALMUSEUM 2 Donegall Street burning with Belfast Cathedral in background 4b The corner of Donegall Street and York Street, now Cathedral Gardens 4a The International Bar on the corner of Donegall Street and York Street 4c Royal Welch Fusiliers clearing rubble on York Street © IWM H9464 5a Belfast Telegraph building 5b Reporters continuing to work at Belfast Telegraph 5c Belfast Public Library Demolishing Hazlett’s store 6 in North Street North Street pre-war 7a PRONI CAB-3-G-15 North Street 7b after the raids PRONI CAB- 3-G-15 7c A view from North Street towards the Northern Whig on Bridge Street during a raid Blitzed Square 7d on Bridge Street 8a Bridge Street BELUM.P1.1984 © The Estate of D. V. Blair, Ulster Museum Collection 8b NIWM fundraising in converted tram in Blitzed Square Courtesy Michael Longley 8c High Street looking towards the Albert Clock 9a Sugar House Entry on High Street BELUM.P2.1984 © The Estate of D. V. Blair, Ulster Museum Collection 9b Wings For Victory April 1943by Doris Blair 9c The National Bank Skipper Street Sugar House Entry on High Street BELUM.P2.1984 © The Estate of D. V. Blair, Ulster Museum Collection 10 Corner of Waring Street and Victoria Street from the Albert Clock 11 Corner of Tomb Street and Albert Square, facing the Custom House Bomb damage on Waring Street reveals a new view 12 of the Albert Clock 13a The opening of Rosemary Street from Waring Street Rosemary Street Presbyterian Church 13b Belfast City Hall 14 BELUM.Y7822 Museums NI, Garland © National H. W. Museum Collection Ulster.
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