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Chaim Herzog plaque, Belfast
A plaque, near the Cliftonville Road end of Cliftonpark Avenue, marking the birthplace of Chaim Herzog, sixth president of Israel. Three links – a biography http://www.zionism-israel.com/bio/Chaim_Herzog_biography.htm, a speech http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BxMvnWrmh0 and the plaque http://www.ulsterhistory.co.uk/chaimherzog.htm.
Very close to the edge of the grid square.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 24 Jul 2012
0.06 miles
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Pillar box, Belfast
EIIR pillar box (BT14 92) on the Cliftonville Road, close to Cliftonville Avenue.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 16 May 2013
0.07 miles
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Louis MacNeice plaque, Belfast
See
Image (January 2007). A plaque (behind a fence – bottom) at the poet’s http://www.ulsterhistory.co.uk/louismcneice.htm birthplace, 2 Brookhill Avenue, Cliftonville Road. See also
Image (December 2011).
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 29 Sep 2013
0.11 miles
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Girdwood Community Hub, Belfast (August 2018)
Part of the redevelopment of the former Girdwood Barracks site (off Cliftonpark Avenue). “The Girdwood site in north Belfast has been transformed in to a state of the art shared space hub which offers first-class leisure, community and education facilities” - Belfast City Council website.
There are some very impressive playing fields (out of picture to the left).
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 16 Aug 2018
0.21 miles
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Belfast: Antiochian Orthodox Church of St. Ignatius
Situated on the corner of Antrim Road and Cliftonville Road.
Image: © Chris Downer
Taken: 10 Nov 2007
0.21 miles
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Gull, Queen Mary's Gardens, Belfast (June 2014)
A gull, in a raucous mood, after being fed by visitors to the park.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 17 Jun 2014
0.22 miles
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Feeding the birds
A family brings bread for the birds, and they are evidently appreciative.
This is the lower, more park-like section of the park in the former Antrim Road Waterworks; the upper, more reservoir-like part is in the next square west:
Image
Image: © Chris Downer
Taken: 11 Nov 2007
0.22 miles
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Belfast Bikes, Girdwood (August 2018)
A Belfast Bikes stand at the entrance to the Girdwood Community Hub
Image
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 16 Aug 2018
0.23 miles
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Former Waterworks gate lodge, Belfast
The former Waterworks gate lodge, at the corner of Brookvale Avenue (left) and the Antrim Road. Built circa 1850 and might have been designed by Charles Lanyon. More recently used as a solicitors’ office.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 21 Nov 2011
0.23 miles
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Mallard, Queen Mary's Gardens, Belfast (June 2014)
A mallard duck, in the middle of a contortion, during preening.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 17 Jun 2014
0.23 miles