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Hamilton Road, BANGOR, BT20 4LF

The main parade proceeds along Hamilton Road.

Cut bench mark located on the bottom left of the main entrance to the Dufferin Memorial Hall Image on Hamilton Road in Bangor. See also http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=11037856 for many other examples I have found.

Masonic Hall on Hamilton Road in Bangor. Ruby Street runs to the right of the hall. The foundation stone for the hall was laid on the 5th August 1882 and the building, constructed by McLaughlin & Harvey, was officially opened on the 25th August 1883.

Memorial hall on Hamilton Road. It is squeezed in between other buildings on the street and photographs are awkward if, like me, you have no suitable wide angle lens. The hall was built by local builder JH Savage to a design by Belfast firm Young & Mackenzie and opened in 1905. A memorial to the Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, the hall features the monogram DA above the door and coat-of-arms in the gable (see Image). Designed as a parish hall, it has served many purposes including a spell as the local court house during World War Two. The hall is a memorial to Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava who died in 1902. The marquess had a varied and interesting life which included spells as Governor General of Canada from 1872 – 1878 and Viceroy of India from 1884 – 1888. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood,_1st_Marquess_of_Dufferin_and_Ava for more information.

Detail of the gable in Image showing the coat-of-arms of the Marquess of Dufferin and Ava http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood,_1st_Marquess_of_Dufferin_and_Ava . Clearly in a bad state of repair - the coat-of-arms may have been carved from the local Scrabo sandstone which is soft and easy to work with but weathers very badly.

There is evidence that Freemasonry existed in Ireland 500 years ago. The Grand Lodge of Ireland was constituted in 1725 and is the second oldest Grand Lodge in the world.

Billboard advertisement for 'Carlsberg' lager at Mills Row in Bangor.

Advert for the 2016 Balmoral Show at Mills Road, Bangor. See also Image

Advert for......a drink I think. The hoarding, which also mentions the Great Ulster Pub Week http://www.pubsofulster.org/The-Great-Ulster-Pub-Week , is on the corner of Hamilton Road and Mills Road in Bangor.

Police Service Northern Ireland motocyclist on Hamilton Road ahead of the main 'Twelfth' parade through Bangor.