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Central Avenue, BANGOR, BT20 3AU

Central Avenue in Bangor during the cold spell in December 2010. Around 2-3 inches fell on the town centre on the night of 16th/17th December 2010; this persisted on the ground and was topped up by a further 3-4 inches a few days later. The cold spell saw persistent sub-zero temperatures in the town and at one point the marina had partially frozen over - see Image A thaw did not set in until the 27th December. Central Avenue is a straight road leading from Main Street to Dufferin Avenue, although it dips dramatically between the two as it crosses Southwell Road. The street features on maps from 1833, although buildings were only developed after 1860. It was known as either Middle Road or Diocesan Road in the mid 19th Century. See also Image

Part of a drainage cover located on Primrose Street in Bangor. It is marked "Brown and Co., Chamberlain Street, Belfast". The Ulster Metal Works were also based in Chamberlain Street - Brown and Company may have been part of this larger organisation. See also Image further along the street showing another Brown and Company cover with the address Sydney Street West in Belfast.

Part of a drainage cover located on Primose Street, Bangor. It bears the name of "John Smyth, 88 Ann Street, Belfast". John Smyth was working in Ann Street in the early 1900s - I think that number 88 is now occupied by a bank - see Image

See Image The shop now seems to have closed.

European election poster for Anna Lo of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland http://allianceparty.org/ . This one was at Dufferin Avenue in Bangor.

See Image The view from just beyond the Southwell Road (starting close to where the previous one ended). The redbrick terrace (circa 1895) is an island in a sea of stucco. The building beyond the cars on the left is a recent block of apartments in the general style of the street.

Looking towards Bryansburn Road in the distance.

Part of a drainage cover located on Primrose Street in Bangor. It is marked "Brown and Co., Sydney Street West, Belfast". See also Image on the same street, showing and Brown and Company cover with the address of Chamberlain Street in Belfast.

Democratic Unionist Party http://www.mydup.com/ poster for the four candidates it put forward for the local council election in the Bangor Central District Electoral Area. The DUP carefully try to manage their votes to ensure that all candidates are returned - there were many variations of this poster around the town but with the candidates in differing orders of preference. On this occasion it was ineffectual as only two of their candidates were elected.

Part of a drainage cover located on Primrose Street in Bangor. It is marked "J. Moore and Sons Ltd., Millfield Foundry, Belfast". This is almost certainly the same James Moore seen in Image