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'Our homes are two minutes from each other but a peace wall makes it 20 minutes'
Key takeaways
- But a huge brick wall on the Springfield/Springmartin Road in Belfast effectively stops them being neighbours and makes that a 20 to 30 minute walk.
- So-called peace lines separate some nationalist Catholic and unionist Protestant areas of the city.
- Lily, 73, is a Protestant and Michelle, 46, is a Catholic, and the two have had to overcome a psychological as well as a physical barrier to form their friendship.
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Mark Simpson Community correspondent, BBC News NIBBCLily and Michelle have becomes friends If there was not a peace wall between Lily Brannon and Michelle Bradley's homes the friends would be a mere two minute walk away from each other.
But a huge brick wall on the Springfield/Springmartin Road in Belfast effectively stops them being neighbours and makes that a 20 to 30 minute walk.
So-called peace lines separate some nationalist Catholic and unionist Protestant areas of the city.
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