Before and after: Lower Shankill murals redesigns

Before: the landmark ‘C Company - Simply the Best’ mural marks the Gateway to the Shankill Road and refers to the notorious loyalist paramilitary group led by Johnny Adair Photograph: Harrison Photography/Belfast City Council

After: the new mural to the Gateway is by the artist Steven Tunley, who worked with community representatives to provide a positive image of the area's proud heritage Photograph: Sabine Kalke /Belfast City Council

Before: this mural depicts the persecution of Protestant in Rome in 1600. It was replaced in April 2009 Photograph: Harrison Photography /Belfast City Council

After: the artist Ed Reynolds worked with Lower Shankill Community Association’s human rights group to create a mural that has contemporary relevance to all Photograph: Sabine Kalke /Belfast City Council

Before: a common paramilitary image of two silhouetted gunmen commemorates the Scottish Brigade of the loyalist UDA force Photograph: LSCA archive /Belfast City Council

After: the new image by Tim McCarthy represents an event in July 1969 in Christopher Street when children digging in the rubble of the then demolished ‘Scotch Flats’ discovered a hoard of gold sovereigns Photograph: Sabine Kalke/Belfast City Council

Before: this wall was a site for local slogans and graffiti Photograph: Sabine Kalke /Belfast City Council

After: the new mural depicts Martin Luther, a symbolic figure for the predominantly Prostestant area. The artist Tim McCarthy worked with the Lower Shankill Community Association in researching this aerosol work Photograph: Sabine Kalke/Belfast City Council

Before: the Drumcree mural depicted a fraught time in the 90s when the traditional Orange Order march through the nationalist Garvaghy Road district of Portadown to Drumcree was an annual flashpoint for protest and violence Photograph: Sabine Kalke/Belfast City Council

After: Lesley Cherry's new mural presents an A-Z of the Shankill, celebrating history and tradition and depicting images of those who have become famous rather than infamous beyond the area Photograph: Sabine Kalke /Belfast City Council

Before: the Siege of Derry mural commemorated 1689 when 13 apprentice boys closed the gates of the city against the advancing Jacobite army of the Catholic monarch James II. The siege lasted 105 days Photograph: Sabine Kalke/Belfast City Council

After: replacing the Derry Siege is a new mural celebrating three contemporary Shankill boxing heroes, Tommy Armour, Jimmy Warnock and Davy Larmour. Cherry worked with young people from the Hammer boxing club to create this digital work Photograph: Sabine Kalke /Belfast City Council

Before: a wall with loyalist paramilitary UDA graffito Photograph: Sabine Kalke /Belfast City Council

After: Tunley's digital artworks commemorate the experience of residents during the first and second world wars, from enlisting for the Great War to VE Day celebrations in 1945 Photograph: Sabine Kalke /Balfast City Council