“It’s less about sandwiches and buns and more about days like this - seeing the community come together.” The words of one elderly lady on Shaw Street after the second year of their ‘Big Lunch’ street party. It was a grey, rainy Sunday afternoon but this little east Belfast street was lit up with laughter [...]
The Shaw Street Redemption
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Well, what can I tell you about Shaw Street? We moved here nearly two years ago while I was heavily pregnant with my son, Teddy. It’s just a regular terraced street in east Belfast with its own wee unspoken rules… writes Janette Myles.
These little rules included the fact that cars on the left can park [...]
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