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Granville Gardens, Banbridge
The Northern Ireland Housing Trust was a body created to deal with the post-WWII housing shortage. A paper read by Sir Lucius O'Brien, (the Trust’s Chairman) on 20th March, 1953 included this: “The first report on housing in Northern Ireland, published in 1944 by the Housing Committee! of the Planning Advisory Board, revealed a serious state of affairs. The report estimated that 100,000 houses were needed immediately to provide reasonable housing conditions. The magnitude of such a figure may be judged by the fact that about 50,000 houses only, or an average of 2,500 per annum, were built between 1919 and 1939.”
The Trust supplemented the work of the numerous councils and often provided houses of a very high standard. Some might say that Granville was one of its best.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 28 Aug 2010
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Chimney Stack at Cowdy's Mill
The chimney stack of Cowdy's Linen Mill just before it was demolished. The River Bann around Banbridge was once lined with these mills.
Image: © Ciaran Mac Murchaidh
Taken: 21 Mar 2016
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St Teresa's Catholic Chapel, Scarva Road, Banbridge
Banbridge has three Catholic chapels. About a third of the population of the town are Roman Catholics.
Image: © Eric Jones
Taken: 6 Nov 2013
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Car showroom, Banbridge
Now selling used cars, the showroom, on the Scarva Road, dates from the mid-1960’s when it was built as a Rootes Group dealership. The buildings in the background were once (if my memory is correct) part of the Silverford Ropeworks.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 28 Aug 2010
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St Theresa's church, Banbridge
St Theresa’s (RC) church seen from the Edenderry Road - an attractive piece of modern ecclesiastical architecture benefiting from a corner site with the Scarva Road.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 21 Dec 2008
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Edenderry Terrace, Banbridge
A terrace at the Scarva Street end of the Edenderry Road. Currently offered for sale as a site for apartments.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 28 Aug 2010
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View west along Scarva Road, Banbridge
This is an area of new sub-urban housing estates.
Image: © Eric Jones
Taken: 6 Nov 2013
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Looking down Scarva Street , Banbridge
Image: © HENRY CLARK
Taken: 22 Aug 2009
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Workhouse memorial, Banbridge (1 of 7)
An overall view of the memorial park showing the sculpture depicting a separated family. Continue to
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Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 28 Feb 2010
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Workhouse memorial, Banbridge (2 of 7)
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Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 28 Feb 2010
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