Saturday, 23 November 2024
Textile
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'The First Bomb in Coleraine', by June Gamble. (Photo: Deborah Stockdale)
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| Title of Textile: | The First Bomb in Coleraine |
| Maker: | June Gamble, Focus on Families, Ballysally, Coleraine |
| Country of Origin: | Northern Ireland |
| Year Produced: | 2013 |
| Size (cm): | 30cm x 50cm |
| Materials: | A mixture of natural and man made fabrics on a natural fabric backing |
| Type of Textile: | Arpillera |
| Description: | June recalls being at work in the shirt factory on Ballycastle Road, when the car bomb planted by the IRA exploded on Railway Road, Coleraine on June 12th 1973, killing six Protestant civilians. In this arpillera, we see her making the journey home with her sister, detouring to avoid the town centre.
http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch73.htm
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| Owner: | Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council Museum Collection |
| Location: | Coleraine Museum, Northern Ireland |
| Original / Replica: | Original |
| Photographer: | Deborah Stockdale |
| Provenance: | Produced in Conflict Textile facilitated workshops, as part of "Stitching and Unstitching The Troubles" phase 1 & 2, 2012/2013. (HM0724) |
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