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The Poster
Billy Robinson
There were a lot of attacks
taking place on people in work, going to work
and coming home from work. A lot of intimidation took place… it was
really at its height from the late 70s to the early 80s. There was a
heightening of tension in the workplace. There was shooting of Catholic
and Protestant taxi drivers. It was taking place on a nightly basis. It was in
the home, it was in the workplace, in the streets. There really was a lot of
fear and lots of tensions.
I hated the divisions in this country to the extent that I had wanted to
leave it from my early teenage days. I hated that other people would tell
me who I could socialise with or who I could be friends with. That really
got to me big style and I never liked this place for that reason and I never
ever wanted to be seen as a Catholic… you know this traditional
Catholic. I wanted to be taken as I am and to have whatever friends I
wanted.
At this time I was involved in the (Trade) Union and then I became a rep’
in it and then I was asked if I would stand for office. Even though I was
getting fed up with the job itself, I stood for office and was elected.
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One of the crisis points happened one morning. I received a phone call
from one of our members in an establishment in East Belfast -he
informed us that there was a poster up in the premises; a recruitment
poster for one of the paramilitary groups. It was there on the wall and
management was aware of it, but for obvious reasons there was a fear of
actually removing it. His concern was that it would cause conflict within
the site. We thanked him for calling and my colleague and I had a
discussion about it. We were very frightened because we knew we had
to remove it or somebody had to remove it. So we arrived at the site and
went into the room where all the staff would congregate to get their
jobs in the morning - probably about 200 people. We spotted the poster.
The noise level was pretty high - people were on their phones or having
conversation with mates or whatever, so the only way to draw attention
was to knock a locker over… a steel locker. There was silence. We stood
on a chair and we made a statement - “this was a place of work, no place
for politics.” We removed the poster. When we got down we were half
expecting some reaction, but there was no reaction … just the noise
level went back up again, people went back to their work. So we were
leaving and truthfully we were trying to get out as quick as we could but
individuals came to us, particularly of a Protestant background because
it was a majority Protestant site and they thanked us and said that they
were glad we took it down because their fear was that it would cause
fear, conflict and really destroy relationships in the site.
I had felt very frightened and nervous. I felt you know I am a fool for
putting myself out? But on the other hand it felt good in the end - it was
good to do it. Fear- it’s a four letter word but it sits across everything in
this society and stops us having conversations.
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Up Standing - Stories of courage from Northern Ireland (<em>collection</em>)
Description
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A collection of 16 personal stories, published in book format and DVD, related to the Northern Ireland conflict.
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The Corrymeela Community in partnership with Facing History and Ourselves.
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The Corrymeela Community
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1 May 2013
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Document
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English
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Northern Ireland | 1968-2013
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<strong>Pettis, Sean. (ed.) </strong><span>(2013). Up Standing: Stories of Courage from Northern Ireland. 36. Belfast: The Corrymeela Press.</span>
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http://www.storiesofcourage.net/
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"‘UP Standing - Stories of courage from Northern Ireland’ features diverse accounts from people who stood up to violence, discrimination or prejudice in Northern Ireland. It provides a window into often untold stories of courage that individuals have shown in the context of a divided and often violent society." (Up Standing; 2013; back cover)
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deposited
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25
Stories Collected
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16
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9
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Yes (signed 13 November 2014)
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No
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Billy Robinson
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2013; Publication
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<span>'The Poster', chapter, in, </span><strong>Pettis, Sean. (ed.) </strong><span>(2013). Up Standing: Stories of Courage from Northern Ireland. Belfast: The Corrymeela Press.<br /><strong>Also available at:</strong><br /><a href="http://www.storiesofcourage.net/" target="_blank">http://www.storiesofcourage.net/</a></span>
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Belfast
Publisher
The Corrymeela Press
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Chapter in book
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Published
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2
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<em>The Poster</em><span>, by Billy Robinson (</span><em>story text</em><span>)</span>
Description
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One of 16 personal accounts that were published in the book: 'Up Standing: Stories of courage from Northern Ireland'. (2013).
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The Corrymeela Community in partnership with Facing History and Ourselves.
Publisher
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The Corrymeela Press
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2013
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PDF version of book chapter
Language
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English
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deposited
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2145
Corrymeela Community
Up Standing