through a huge security cordon known as the ring of steel. these days, a bus service called the glider makes a relatively easy trip between the east and west of the city several times a day. we ve taken thatjourney with some of northern ireland s so called peace generation , born after the agreement. sarah girvin reports. if the good friday agreement was the start of a journey, what s the direction of travel 25 years later? during the troubles, it wasn t possible to travel on just one bus between largely unionist east and largely nationalist west belfast. and even if it had been, not many people would have felt safe enough to do so. the free movement of today is a big change. you can see from these photographs. these are of the entity which was known as the ring of steel. this is to go shopping, this is to go to work. this is everyday civilian life. we encountered these search points and checkpoints, and this goes on for a quarter of a century. so what do our passengers
and, you know, it s alien to me looking at some . of those photographs. it s all free moving for me now. i ve actually never travelled on the glider from west to east, so it s a bit different. but i have obviously been to east belfast, but yeah, so it would still be a bit unusual. i think belfast, because of our history, is kind of divided into those four areas. so that s probably why, as well. good friday agreement is amazing, but i also know that we are maybe not where we said we would be. and you know, with not a running government, as well, just kind of shows you that we still have a lot to work out. but here, you know, we still have peace, which is a big thing. those who lived through the troubles remember how difficult travel could be. i would never have dreamt of traveling east to west or, you know, beyond my district, because maybe we just didn t have the same feelings of safety. my kids now, i am pleased to say, there s no boundaries. the glider very much, you know, it s notju
these days, a bus service called the glider makes a relatively easy trip between the east and west of the city several times a day. we ve taken thatjourney with some of northern ireland s so called peace generation , born after the agreement, . sarah girvin reports if the good friday agreement was the start of a journey, what s the direction of travel 25 years later? during the troubles, it wasn t possible to travel on just one bus between largely unionist east and largely nationalist west belfast. and even if it had been, not many people would have felt safe enough to do so. the free movement of today is a big change. you can see from these photographs. these are of the entity which was known as the ring of steel. this is to go shopping, this is to go to work. this is everyday civilian life. we encountered these search points and checkpoints, and this goes on for a quarter of a century. so, what do our passengers make of these images of northern ireland s past? it s insane. it s almo
18 overs gone, rcb are 189 1, thanks to 61 from virat kohli. more now on the 25th anniversary of the historic good friday agreement. during the troubles in northern ireland, people who wanted to travel across belfast had to pass through a huge security cordon known as the ring of steel. these days, a bus service called the glider makes a relatively easy trip between the east and west of the city several times a day. we ve taken thatjourney with some of northern ireland s so called peace generation , born after the agreement, . born after the agreement. if the good friday agreement was the start of a journey, what s the direction of travel 25 years later? during the troubles, it wasn t possible to travel on just one bus between largely unionist east and largely nationalist west belfast. and even if it had been, not many people would have felt