A riotous time in Belfast

[Wig]

Link here to an RAOC photographers account of a Belfast riot in 1970

http://wp.me/p259Gc-1i

 

[Bombardier]

Some great pictures there
Why not upload the pics to our database and place a link back to your Blog and include copyright information.

 

[Bombardier]

As I recall a Royal Military Policeman went into the Linfield fans to arrest or stop a particular fan that he deemed more out of order than was called for. It was, in retrospect an ill judged and foolish thing to do, unarmed as he was. The fans turned on him, more policemen, military and civil, went to his aid, a struggle, a melee, a surge, a baton, a roar and they were off.

An Ill judged and foolish thing to do

Agreed !

 

[Smiffy]

Hindsight is a wonderful thing though eh?

 

[ENGINEER]

A month later and I got back from Kenya with 1LI and was caught in the Falls Road riots where we were shot at from roof tops such as the RVH. We did fire back. Another part of the problem was we tried to get the street lamps switched off and TAC HQ which was me too couldn't do it. The response from my boss -the Ops officer and IO was "If they are still on, shoot the f***ing things out."

 

[Firefox]

Another part of the problem was we tried to get the street lamps switched off and TAC HQ which was me too couldn't do it. The response from my boss -the Ops officer and IO was "If they are still on, shoot the f***ing things out."

Brilliant