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North Street, BELFAST, BT1 1LF

At the back of a building in North Street.

See Image (April 2008). The Peter’s Hill/Shankill end of North Street, from Winetavern Street. There was a branch of “Woolworth’s” here (it later became a “Dunne’s Stores”) but I’ve forgotten exactly where.

See Image The buildings in the previous photo once had names such as “Windsor Buildings” and “Merchants’ Buildings”. The part between Winetavern Street and Millfield was numbered 142-192 (the even numbers are on the left going out from the city centre) but I cannot say, for sure, which is which now. This lion, with a shield bearing the intertwined letters “F” and “C”, is above the ground floor on the building on the right. Continue to Image

Originally Law’s Lane, it runs from North Street Image to Samuel Street Image Semi derelict, it suffers from the general problems besetting Gresham Street and surrounding area described in Image

The view from North Street. The site includes the vacant ground behind the advertising hoarding and the building with the “for sale” sign.

This part of North Street Image fared badly during the “Troubles”, partly with the general decline of central Belfast and partly (I’d guess) because of its proximity to potential “flashpoints”. Now with the limbo period awaiting the extension to the Castle Court Image described in Image it has an air of something between neglect and death throes. There are three buildings here at the Peter’s Hill end. Law’s Court Image is just above the passing car on the right. Some might remember features of the street such as McMurray’s, Christies, the wee Woolies and the Elephant all of which have passed into history. To see some of the detail on the buildings continue to Image

See Image The buildings in the first photo in this series Image once had names such as “Windsor Buildings” and “Merchants’ Buildings”. The part between Winetavern Street and Millfield was numbered 142-192 (the even numbers are on the left going out from the city centre) but I cannot say, for sure, which is which now. This datestone is above the first floor on the building on the right. Continue to Image

Pictured at the corner of Union Street and North Street

See Image The buildings in the first photo in this series Image once had names such as “Windsor Buildings” and “Merchants’ Buildings”. The part between Winetavern Street and Millfield was numbered 142-192 (the even numbers are on the left going out from the city centre) but I cannot say, for sure, which is which now. This detail (which includes the letters “MB” – probably short for “Merchants’ Buildings”) is at roof level on the middle building. Continue to Image

See Image The buildings in the first photo in this series Image once had names such as “Windsor Buildings” and “Merchants’ Buildings”. The part between Winetavern Street and Millfield was numbered 142-192 (the even numbers are on the left going out from the city centre) but I cannot say, for sure, which is which now. This detail on the first floor of the middle building.