towerblocks

There's always one! Four little girls in the shadow of the Ballymun tower blocks.

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

• 24 older comments, and then…
• Robin Parkes said:

  That is such a lovely photo. I see two are wearing the same style of dress. Doubtless they're sisters. I remember a girl telling me that she was from Ballymun and then added emphatically "but not the flats!" That would have been the early 70s.

• National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:

  Robin Parkes Good morning Robin, no that was taken in 1969 when the complex had just been opened! I remember a meeting with some of the people who lived in the towers and they occasionally referred to the people "on the level"! It took a while for the penny to drop - they were referring to those fortunate people who lived in the houses within the complex!

• Robin Parkes said:

  National Library of Ireland on The Commons I edited my comment after seeing 1969. It was the "Taken on August 3, 2011" that threw me.

• beachcomber australia said:

  This photo must have been taken by Elinor, since Reginald died in 1968, the previous year. catalogue.nli.ie/Collection/vtls000046408 Requesting an updated and more detailed blurb about the Wiltshires, and/or a Wikipedia article. Please !

• Robin Parkes said:

  I love the square format and the use of a twin lens reflex.