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Farnham Park, BANGOR, BT20 3SR

Grit box on Tennyson Avenue in Bangor.

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.

Cut bench mark at the bottom of a wall around a house on the Bryansburn Road in Bangor. Located approximately 20 metres west of the junction with Farnham Road. See also http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=11037856 for many other examples I have found.

See Image The same GR pillar box, at the Bryansburn Road end of Farnham Road, looking in the other direction.

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

George V postbox on Farnham Road in Bangor (BT20 407).

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.

This stone house off Princetown Road was renovated over several years. Now looking very well.

See Image (April 2011). A similar product, without the “Vina” name, at the Bryansburn Road end of Windsor Avenue. See also Image (December 2011).