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Waveney Grove, BELFAST, BT15 4FW

A GVIR pillar box (BT15 706) at Donegall Park Avenue, east of Castle Gardens.

Properties, on the western side of the Shore Road, of which only no 564 (right) is occupied. This had been vacant ground until the 1950’s. I cannot find any current planning permission for the site.

An “Enviro-Grate” grating cover at the Donegall Park Avenue end of Castle Gardens – one of several in the street. Described by the makers, Pipeline and Drainage Systems Limited of Sheffield http://www.pds-plc.com/envirograte.aspx, as being made from a unique 100% composite recycled material that has no resale value and no danger of theft. This photograph appears as a matter of geographical and historical record only. It is not an advertisement. I have no connection with the manufacturer.

A mobile road sign, powered by a solar panel, warning of lane closures on the Shore Road.

A vacant site, on the southern side of Donegall Park Avenue, between Castle Gardens and Inisfayle Drive, with an agents’ board advertising a proposed development of seven houses. This photograph appears as a matter of geographical and historical record only. I have no connection with any of the parties involved in the proposed development and sale.

The Shore Road frontage.

Chimneys and chimney pots at the other end of this derelict terrace Image

An old and peeling wall advertisement, on a derelict row of terrace houses on the Shore Road, advertising “India” tyres. “India “ tyres were produced from 1927 to 1981 (from 1930 at this factory Image and Image).

Autumn trees at the Loughside Park (foreground), autumn colours in the grounds of the Cavehill Country Park and a low cloud passing over the Cavehill http://www.geograph.org.uk/snippet/5171.

The pile of debris in the foreground is the remains of industrial buildings which once occupied the site. The precise location is now the entrance to the small car park serving Loughside Park. The terraces of houses and the small shopping parade remain, as do the crags of Cave Hill in the background. Trolleybus 246 was the last trolleybus built for Belfast, in 1958, and was intended to be the forerunner of a fleet of new trolleybuses. Shortly afterwards the works connected with the reconstruction of the Lagan bridge prompted a decision to convert trolleybus operation to motorbuses and it remained a unique vehicle for Belfast. It was a Sunbeam F4A with locally built Harkness body and was the only 30 foot long 2-axle trolleybus in the Belfast fleet. It is seen here on an enthusiast tour, newly repainted prior to being sold for preservation to the London Trolleybus Preservation Society. It is currently based at the East Anglia Transport Museum. This is one of a series of views featuring buses in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=137652761