IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
The Orchard, HOLYWOOD, BT18 0BD

Flush bracket located on the railway bridge on Farmhill Road, Holywood Image Somewhat inexplicably, the bracket is on the north-eastern side of the eastern wall of the bridge - i.e. on the far side of the road directly overhanging the railway. To access the bracket it would have been necessary to plant a long ladder on the railway below or precariously hang over the edge - which is what I had to do to get the photograph. The number on the bracket is OSBM 3450. The mark is 30.65 metres above MSL. A flush bracket is a type of bench mark set onto the face of a building. See also http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=11037856 for many other examples I have found.

The site of a now-demolished house, at the Bangor Road end of the Farmhill Road Image

An “end of dual carriageway” sign, at the Whinney Hill junction, on this dual carriageway Image The road becomes four lanes until Ballyrobert where the dual carriageway resumes. Note also the overhead traffic lights.

There are road overbridges at both ends of Marino station making railway photography easy. C3K set 3002 is passing under the Farmhill Road Image with the 10.45 Portadown - Bangor.

See Image In 1983 Marino station was a particularly unkempt place. NIR was in another of its periods of shortage of rolling stock and (as seen here) used locomotives and coaches, acquired for the Dublin “Enterprise” serviceImage on stopping suburban trains. This is the 10.00 Bangor – Portadown.

Old stone railway bridge at the Bangor end of Marino station.

The line around Marino was subject to occasional flooding. A Civil Engineer’s Dept train is on the down line while the up (to Belfast) line has been lifted and is being excavated.

This is the Bangor – Belfast road at Marino, immediately after the start of the dual carriageway. The Belfast-bound carriageway (left) was added alongside the old road which now forms the Bangor-bound carriageway. The mature trees enhance the road considerably. Whinney Hill is behind the photographer (to the left).

Bus stop and shelter, on the inwards side of Whinney Hill, beside the Belfast-bound lanes of this dual carriageway Image Served by the Ulsterbus Bangor – Belfast service.

Two new houses under construction, at Cultra Avenue, close to the railway bridge. 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.