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Battle at the barricades

Battle at the barricades

Date5/5/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: Battle at the barricades: A British soldier fires plastic bullets at rioters as another soldier tries to clear a barricade thrown up across a sidestreet in the Falls Rd. area of Belfast today. The riots were sparked by the death in a prison hospital of IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0013544F
      It's like the Berlin Wall, a Ward's Island resident says of the reinforced snowfence barricades that now block the boardwalk in front of several houses
      It's like the Berlin Wall, a Ward's Island resident says of the reinforced snowfence barricades that now block the boardwalk in front of several houses
      Lennon, Frank
      9 September 1968
      Man the barricades
      Man the barricades
      Dunlop, Al
      6/16/1987
      Barricades hold back Trudeau wellwishers at a giant Liberal rally in Maple Leaf Gardens
      Barricades hold back Trudeau wellwishers at a giant Liberal rally in Maple Leaf Gardens
      Darrell, Dick
      5/9/1979
      Mod scene at city hall party. Many fans were crushed against barricades as more than 20,000 people jammed into Nathan Phillips Square for a Toronto bi(...)
      Mod scene at city hall party. Many fans were crushed against barricades as more than 20,000 people jammed into Nathan Phillips Square for a Toronto bi(...)
      Lennon, Frank
      5/25/1984
      Children play among Moore park street barricades (above) as cars pass by (right)
      Children play among Moore park street barricades (above) as cars pass by (right)
      Spremo, Boris
      12/13/1973
      Mob scene at city hall party. Many fans were crushed against barricades as more than 20,000 people jammed into Nathan Phillips Square for a Toronto bi(...)
      Mob scene at city hall party. Many fans were crushed against barricades as more than 20,000 people jammed into Nathan Phillips Square for a Toronto bi(...)
      Millar, Cal
      5/25/1984
      Shouting and placard-waving parents and pupils were held back momentarily by barricades at the Legislature today before breaking through into hallways(...)
      Shouting and placard-waving parents and pupils were held back momentarily by barricades at the Legislature today before breaking through into hallways(...)
      Combs, Erin
      10/14/1987
      Children play among Moore Park street barricades (above) as cars pass by (right)
      Children play among Moore Park street barricades (above) as cars pass by (right)
      Spremo, Boris
      12/13/1973
      U.S. Psychologist Harold Lyons. Breaking barren barricades of machismo
      U.S. Psychologist Harold Lyons. Breaking barren barricades of machismo
      Bull, Ron
      5/11/1978
      In Windsor, union barricade causes traffic jam like this
      In Windsor, union barricade causes traffic jam like this
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      11/5/1945
      Police Barricade Outside East 13th St Tenement
      Police Barricade Outside East 13th St Tenement
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      7/20/1995
      Owner of a private car, after presenting proper identification, was assisted out of the thickest of the barricade in front of the Ford plant's main gate by good-natured pickets
      Owner of a private car, after presenting proper identification, was assisted out of the thickest of the barricade in front of the Ford plant's main gate by good-natured pickets
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      11/8/1945