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Hamilton Road, BANGOR, BT20 4LN

Another of the old electricity boxes found in Bangor. This one is on Moira Drive. Again it is marked 'Borough of Bangor Electricity Department'. The box was made by Johnson & Phillips Electrical Engineers of London - see Image See also http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=9637907 for some related images.

Detail of the electricity box on Moira Drive in Bangor seen in Image It is marked 'Johnson and Pillips Ltd.', of London. Johnson and Phillips was formed in Charlton, south-east London, in 1875 and was originally manufacturing equipment for the telegraph industry; later the company expanded to take advantage of the fledgling electricity supply market in the early 1900s. The company is still trading today, but appears to be based in Pakistan http://www.johnsonphillips.pk/historypage.html . See also http://atlantic-cable.com/CableCos/JohnsonPhillips/index.htm for further information.

Gatepost located on Hamilton Road - this is a pedestrian entrance to the presbyterian church Image The post is one of a pair, but sadly the gate has long since been removed. Both posts appear to be made of cast iron and bear the name 'Jones, Belfast' Image See also Image for an identical post in Belfast.

Detail of the gatepost on Hamilton Road in Bangor seen in Image 'Jones, Belfast' appears at the bottom of each post. I can find little information on the company, although they also cast gates found at St Eugene's Cathedral Image The 1901 Belfast street directory lists a 'Jones, Geo., architectural iron worker, 77 George's Street Great'. See also Image for an identical post in Belfast.

One of a pair of semis, on western side of the Hamilton Road, built in about 1910. Now blocked up, the windows were originally in the Arts and Crafts style similar to the one on the left.

Manhole cover located in the grounds of Hamilton Road Presbyterian Church in Bangor Image It bears the name 'John Forsythe' of Great Georges Street in Belfast (see Image - the street has changed almost beyond recognition from the early 20th Century). Similar to another example seen in Image See also Image for a closer look at the inscription.

Detail of the John Forsythe manhole cover seen in Image, located at Hamilton Road Presbyterian Church in Bangor.

Elizabeth II postbox on Hamilton Road, outside Bangor Library (BT20 288).

Completed in 1932 as the Savoy Hotel, between the Donaghadee (left) and Hamilton Roads, to a design by Robert N Savage and extended and refaced the following year by John McBride Neill. The Savoy was undoubtedly one of the places for what we now call “package tours”. It was operated by Gaston’s and served a base for touring the north of Ireland. I have the “Gaston’s Tours” brochure for 1969 (the last year before the start of the bombing campaign). Guests were met “as they disembark from the Heysham and Liverpool steamers” or “on arrival at the air terminal at Gt Victoria Street, Belfast”. Accommodation for a seven-day stay with six coach tours cost £14-18 (depending on the season). It was fully licensed with 160 bedrooms, lounge bar, ballroom and resident orchestra. Now converted for residential use.