Ceasefire: How we changed
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Your support makes all the difference.THE IRA mainland campaign affected many aspects of our daily lives:
stations and streets were strewn with litter as bins were removed
forgotten bags and briefcases became suspicious objects; holdalls, forgotten or otherwise, became suspicious objects
transport delays were commonplace, but cars moved faster in the City of London
British justice creaked as convictions were declared 'unsafe'; body searches and police armed with machine-guns became commonplace
actors with appropriate accents found work in news rooms but dubbed interviewees suffered fewer interruptions than their opponents
we affected nonchalance when ordered to leave the shop/office/station immediately
loud bangs were not necessarily thunder
the Conservative and Unionist Party could no longer rely on the support of the Unionists
steel gates put paid to the childhood snap a la Harold Wilson outside No 10
no romantic dinners at the top of Telecom (formerly Post Office) Tower
Blackpool and Brighton turned into fortresses at party conference time
some of the most beautiful countryside in the British Isles remained unspoilt since few holidayed in Northern Ireland
glaziers made money
a 'Troubles' genre was created with films like The Crying Game and novels like Lies of Silence
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