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Knockmore Park, BANGOR, BT20 3SL

Off the Maxwell Road - leading to Farnham Road.

The old George V GPO cable marker on Downshire Road in Bangor, previously seen in Image I returned to check if it was still extant - clearly it is but appears to have had a good shove and is now at an angle, possibly when the new gate post behind was installed. I also checked the rear for a foundry name but it appeared blank. See the site at https://gpo-markers.derektp.co.uk/markers for more information and the locations of these marker posts.

Old GPO cable marker on Downshire Road. Would appear to date from sometime between 1910-36 (probably towards the earlier date given when the road was laid out). This was placed by the General Post Office as a marker plate for their underground Cable network. Originally this would have had a plate giving the distance in feet and inches from post to the underground cable, but this has been removed. Often mistaken as bench marks, the arrow actually signifies that the GPO is a government department. Any other information that I can add on this is welcomed - a quick search of this site would seem to suggest that examples such as this are rare; another in Lisburn is seen at Image

A set of gates at a development site on Downshire Road in Bangor. The gates were made by Smith and Pearson of Dublin - see Image I doubt if they'll survive much longer.

Detail of the gates seen in Image This is the foundry inscription - "Smith & Pearson Ltd., Dublin". Smith and Pearson originated in Ship Street behind Dublin Castle. Thomas Pearson & Co. began manufacturing wire and other steel goods and later amalgamated with Smith. By the early 20th century they were one of the leading structural steel companies in Dublin and had large premises on Liffey Quays in the city. The firm was wound up c1978.

A set of gates at a house on Downshire Road in Bangor. The gates were made by Smith and Pearson of Dublin - see Image

The lower end of Maxwell Park in Bangor looking towards the junction with Maxwell Road and Kensington Park. A drop-box is seen on the left of picture.

Another old electricity box of the same design and same crests as those seen in Image and Image (they are quite numerous in the Maxwell Road / Princetown Road / Downshire Road area of Bangor - I didn't bother photographing them all).

See Image Possibly the same GR pillar box but on the Maxwell Road just past the corner of the Downshire Road.

George V pillar box on Maxwell Road in Bangor (BT20 548).