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Tag Archives: Dole Office
Word Up, Part 2.
The parking meter at the top of Wellwood Street, just off Great Victoria Street, had been adorned with a small rectangular sticker. In black writing on a silver background, it stated: You are beautiful. It was positioned at just the right … Continue reading
The Thing that went Bump in the Night
I was asleep in my bedroom under the eaves of the student house in Rugby Road when it happened. My little bed was lifted clean off the floor, the jolt of its return awakening me. My first thoughts were that … Continue reading
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Tagged 1992, ambulance, anger, Belfast, blood, bomb, Botanic Avenue, curiosity, disappointment, Dole Office, Donegall Pass, Dublin Road, explosion, fear, Fulton Street, glass, injured baby, IRA, Jason O'Rourke, March 24th 1992, Pakenham Street, Police station, Posnett Street, RUC Station, Sandy Row, Shaftesbury Square, shattered windows, WPLongform
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Doleful
In the 90s they used to hide behind screens of bullet-proof glass at Shaftesbury Square dole office. They needed them. The barrier fostered abuse of power, rage, fear, oppression, and violence. It encouraged those civil servants who were disposed towards … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 1990s, abuse of power, Belfast, bullet-proof glass, class war, Cold War, Conservatives, disaffection, Dole Office, Don King, Ghost Town, inequality, Jason O'Rourke, Literature, Margaret Thatcher, media maniplulation, One in Ten, Queen and David Bowie, racism, recession, security guards, Shaftesbury Square, short story, Specials, UB40, Under Pressure, Unemployment, writing
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