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Old European Components Corporation sign, Dundonald
Rolls Royce (Dundonald), Fisher Body, ECC and the factory have all passed into history but this sign remains, attached to a rusty fence, on the Carrowreagh Road.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 30 Apr 2014
0.04 miles
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Pillar box BT16 402, Dundonald
EIIR pillar box (BT16 402) on the Carrowreagh Road.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 30 Apr 2014
0.06 miles
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Ards TT plaque, Dundonald
The Ards TT was a motor race over 13½ miles of public roads. The course started here, on the Upper Newtownards Road, Dundonald and ran via Newtownards (over Bradshaw’s Brae) and Comber. The first race was in 1928. The last in 1936 during which a competitor’s car crashed killing eight spectators.
Image shows the equivalent memorial in Newtownards.
This YouTube video shows a lap of the course in 2007 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvbqCuo5ePg.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 26 Jun 2011
0.08 miles
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The Rolls-Royce site, Dundonald (2013-3)
The former security office, facing the Carrowreagh Road.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 18 Apr 2013
0.08 miles
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The Rolls-Royce site, Dundonald (2013-2)
A pile of rubble, inside the fence, close to the Carrowreagh Road.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 18 Apr 2013
0.09 miles
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The entrance to Carrowreagh Road
This image was taken from the Upper Newtownards Road.
Image: © Eric Jones
Taken: 21 May 2012
0.09 miles
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The Rolls-Royce site, Dundonald (2013-1)
Part of the site close to the northern side of the Upper Newtownards Road.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 18 Apr 2013
0.12 miles
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The Rolls-Royce site, Dundonald (2013-4)
The site seen through the leafless trees on the Upper Newtownards Road.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 18 Apr 2013
0.15 miles
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The Carrowreagh Road, Dundonald - April 2014(2)
The 40mph speed limit sign (now further out than previously), at the start of developed Dundonald, on the Carrowreagh Road. Part of the Millreagh development (still under construction) is in the background.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 30 Apr 2014
0.18 miles
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Field and plastic sheeting, Dundonald (April 2014)
A crop, sown under plastic sheeting, on the western side of the Carrowreagh Road (just outside the built-up area). This seems to be a growing trend but, as a townie, I haven’t the faintest idea what lies beneath.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 30 Apr 2014
0.22 miles