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Loughside Chase, BELFAST, BT15 4JE

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.

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

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

The Shore Road frontage.

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

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.

Milepost 1¾ (from Belfast York Road) clearly visible from this path Image

C3K set 3017 passing milepost 1¾ Image with the 10.10 Belfast Gt Victoria Street – Portrush. Before the building of the M2 Image, on land reclaimed from Belfast Lough, the railway ran along the loughshore.

Trees along the path on the eastern side of the Loughside Park. Not obvious but the railway and M2 motorway can be heard but not seen on the left. This photograph appears as a matter of record only and is not part of any campaign for or against commercial development proposals.