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Private Avenue, BELFAST, BT16 2RR

A vacant bungalow, at the corner of the Upper Newtownards Road and Galway Park, now with a “deal agreed” sign. There is the following planning permission (7 June 2011) “Y/2010/0310/F Replacement of existing detached dwelling with two semi-detached houses with one integral garage and driveway to the front of the properties and one stand alone garage to rear of properties”. This photograph appears as a matter of geographical and historical record only. I have no connection with any of the parties involved in the sale or proposed redevelopment.

Wall-mounted VR letter box, at “The Elk” (officially “Ye Olde Elk Inn”), at the apex of the Upper Newtownards Road and the Comber Road (background). Previously seen, before “The Elk” was re-painted, in Image It has the post code BT16 0AB which puts it firmly in Dundonald.

The vacant site, looking from Reaville Park towards the Upper Newtownards Road. The “for sale” board now has an “agreed” patch.

See Image The eye-catching sign on the closed premises.

A former tyre and exhaust business, at the corner of the Upper Newtownards Road and Galway Park (Reaville Park on the Google map), now closed. Image shows the sign.

Not one house but a new development retaining the original number. Described by the agents as “8 newly constructed 2 bedroom turnkey apartments”. This photograph appears as a matter of geographical and historical record only. I have no connection with any of the parties involved in the development or sale. Shown as Reaville Park on the Google map.

The Belfast/Castlereagh boundary sign on the Upper Newtownards Road approaching Dundonald. The new district councils will take over on 1 April 2015. My reading of the official map is that this boundary remains unchanged. Castlereagh Borough will, however, be incorporated into a new (bigger) Lisburn and Castlereagh district.

Victorian postbox set into the wall of the 'Elk' public house on the Upper Newtownards Road, Dundonald.

The existing inward bus stop and shelter at Dundonald Cemetery, on the Upper Newtownards Road, used by Metro services and inward Ulsterbus 500 buses. There is, at present, no bus lane or other bus-priority measures.

Photograph on display in A. McWhinney (Butcher) 4a Castle Street, Comber. County Down Northern Ireland. Corporal S4/064308 Samuel John WALSH Royal Army Service Corps. In France 3 October 1915. Discharged to Class Z 4 May 1919. (The Class Z Reserve was a Reserve contingent of the British Army consisting of previously enlisted soldiers, now discharged) His service records did not survive the London Blitz, WW2. Born 28 September 1891 at Blaris, Lisburn, County Down to John and Sarah Walsh nee Hill. 1901 residing with his parents at 7 Ballystockart, In 1911 the family had moved to number 14. His occupation then was clerk of a distillery He first married Annie Elizabeth Foyle in 1926 and died 30 October 1933 aged 29 years. Her last address was 24 Belveder Park, Stranmillis, Belfast. Laid to rest 1 November Will Calendars PRONI Full Abstract : Walsh Annie Elizabeth of 24 Belvedere Park Belfast died 30 October 1933 Administration Belfast 13 June to Samuel John Walsh mercantile clerk the husband. Effects £26 16s. He died 22 October 1951 at Wellington Place aged 60 years. His last address was the same as his wife. Laid to rest 24 October Will Calendars PRONI Full Abstract : Walsh Samuel John of 24 Belvedere Park Belfast mercantile clerk died 22 October 1951 at Wellington Place Belfast Probate Belfast 14 December to Florence Walsh the widow. Effects £587 14s. 8d. He married his sister-in-law Florence Margaret Foyle in 1934 and she died 22 January 1985 aged 78 years. Her last address was 27 Ava Street, Ormeau Road, Belfast. Laid to rest 24 January. They are all at rest in Dundonald Cemetery in Plot C2 Grave 129.