Fresh murals and flags proliferated on the Lower Shankill in the early summer. In their midst, this school patrol sign encapsulated the febrile weeks from the Drumcree march and Johnny Adair’s notorious appearances on Drumcree Hill to his self-styled ‘Loyalist Day of Culture’ on the Shankill which sparked the Loyalist feud and led to his arrest three days later.

Label written by Dr Jonathan McCormick, private collector.