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Osborne Park, BANGOR, BT20 3DJ

Cut bench mark located on north-western tip of St. Comgalls church on Brunswick Road in Bangor. See also http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=11037856 for many other examples I have found.

Drain cover located in a private driveway on Osborne Drive, Bangor (house vacant at time of photograph). It is marked "J.P. Corry and Co. Ltd., 28 Talbot Street, Belfast". This is an earlier version of modern covers such as Image and Image produced by J.P. Corry http://www.jpcorry.com/ . James P. Corry & Co. was founded by Robert Corry in 1800. By 1826 he had established a timber importing business from Canada and began purchasing a number of sailing ships to travel to and from Ireland. They were ordering ships from Harland and Wolff as far back as 1860 - in fact the iron sailing ship 'Jane Porter' was the fourth vessel launched by the yard on 1st September 1860. Talbot Street in Belfast now looks like this Image

Conal Browne, Social Democratic and Labour Party, at the Brunswick Road, Bangor.

Post mounted Elizabeth II box on the Brunswick Road in Bangor (BT20 319).

The torch relay on the Bryansburn Road in Bangor. The torch arrives! A relay runner heads towards Bangor town centre. The men in grey running alongside are officers from the Metropolitan Police Service. According to the service: "As the host city police force, the Met will be providing a torch security team, who are responsible for the integrity, safety and security of the Olympic and Paralympic Flames and the torchbearer who is holding the Flame. A Torch Security Team will provide the immediate protection to the Flame and the torchbearer throughout the Relays."

The torch relay on the Bryansburn Road in Bangor. The torch arrives! A relay runner heads towards Bangor town centre. The man in grey running alongside is an officer from the Metropolitan Police Service. According to the service: "As the host city police force, the Met will be providing a torch security team, who are responsible for the integrity, safety and security of the Olympic and Paralympic Flames and the torchbearer who is holding the Flame. A Torch Security Team will provide the immediate protection to the Flame and the torchbearer throughout the Relays."

The Brunswick Road runs from Abbey Street and the Belfast Road in the general direction of Bangor West. This is the view towards Bangor West.

Much of the Belfast-Bangor railway is in deep cutting. In the last stretch into Bangor the line has the Belfast Road on one side and a rock cut on the other. This is the 09.30 from Lisburn as it approaches the Boyne Bridge under the Brunswick Road. The Belfast Road is on the left.

A pleasant mainly residential area despite its close proximity to the town centre. This is the view towards the junction with Abbey Street/Belfast Road.

The torch relay on the Bryansburn Road in Bangor. About 10 minutes before the torch appears a cavalcade of official cars, buses, police and corporate sponsorship vehicles appears.