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Examples of Security Posters

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Title: Security Poster (1)
Date: 1970s (?)
Produced by: Northern Ireland government (?)
Main text within image: 'They May Look Harmless But ...'
Description: An example of one of the posters produced to remind people to be alert for 'firebombs' / incendiary devices.
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Title: Security Poster (2)
Date: 1970s (?)
Produced by: Northern Ireland government (?)
Main text within image: 'People Injured, Less Jobs, Business Lost'
Description: An example of one of the posters produced to remind people to be alert for firebombs / incendiary devices.
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Title: Security Poster (3)
Date: 1980s (?)
Produced by: Public Information Centre
Main text within image: 'Intimidation! Rumour!'
Description: Poster encouraging people to report any incidents of intimidation. (The reference to 'Rumour' may have related to rumours about the activities of paramilitary groups.)
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Title: Security Leaflet (4)
Date: 1974
Produced by: 'Security Forces'
Main text within image: 'THIS GUNMAN --'
Description: A two-page (double-sided) leaflet issued by the 'Security Forces' warning parents about the dangers of allowing children to play with toy guns.
(Leaflet courtesy of John Walker Rodgers.)
Image formats: [PDF; 524KB] [JPEG Page 1] [JPEG Page 2]


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