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Greenmount Court, BANGOR, BT20 3EH

This sits at the end of Manse Road, marking where the road becomes pedestrian only. Surely the only example in Bangor!

A very old cast-iron bollard at the end of Manse Road in Bangor. It has probably just been place here to prevent vehicles passing from the road onto a short lane which runs to the Brunswick Road. I believe that bollards of this style were once common in the town as they had been used in groups of 4 to surround gas lamps, protecting them from accidentical damage from passing carts or vehicles. The images at http://www.flickr.com/photos/adambangor/6057528496/in/set-72157605377535044/ & http://www.francisfrith.com/bangor,county-down/photos/bangor_40270/ show examples. No foundry name is visible, but it looks identical to an example seen in Lurgan cast by George Smith’s Sun Foundry, Glasgow Image See also Image and Image for related images of the same bollard.

A bollard, in the style of an old town-boundary post, at the end of the lane leading from Manse Road to this path Image and the Brunswick Road Image

On a miserable January day, NIR 111 class diesel locomotive No. 112 "Northern Counties" pulls a flat wagon and two ballast hoppers out of Bangor station. The BCDR signal cabin (demolished 1995) and station (demolished 1999) can be seen in the background.

A path runs from the Brunswick Road, at the Boyne Bridge, parallel to the railway, to the station. There are branches off the main path serving local streets. This sign is at the start on the Brunswick Road. Continue to Image

A UTA built MED sets pulls out of Bangor station with a passenger service to Belfast (Central). At left can be seen Bangor's manual signal cabin - designed by G P Culverwell and built in 1898, it became redundant on 26 March 1988 with the completion of a centrally controlled signalling system. One of the very few surviving BCDR buildings on the Belfast - Bangor line, the cabin was demolished in November 1995.

C4K set 4013 departing Bangor with the 13.57 to Portadown. This Image remains stored in the middle road. C3K set no 3004 is at platform 1 (right).

Northern Ireland Railways' 80-class No. 89 pulls the 13.25 passenger service to Portadown out of Bangor station. Seen at left, Bangor's BCDR signal cabin closed on 26 March 1988 and was later demolished. The railway station was rebuilt in 2000, reopening on 22 January 2001 as a combined rail/bus interchange. Compare this view with Image

A narrow street, on the western side of the Manse Road (bottom) built, in the early 1930’s, on the site of what had once been allotments. The view is from Windsor Gardens Image

For many years, Northern Ireland Railways hired the CIE/IE weed control train to spray the NIR system. For the 1989 season, the train was hauled by NIR 101 class diesel locomotive No. 101 "Eagle", seen pulling out of Bangor station on its return to Belfast. In the tighter financial times of the 21st Century, NIR's weeds are now sprayed by hand - or not at all. 101 was scrapped in 2011.