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Hawthorn Hall, ANTRIM, BT41 1DJ

A plaque, at a house on the Belfast Road, Antrim, commemorating the photographer WA Green. This is the link to the Ulster History Circle site http://www.ulsterhistory.co.uk/wagreen.htm but this link http://www.rascal.ac.uk/index.php?CollectionID=89&navOp=locID&navVar=33 gives a much better description of his work and achievements. The collection is now in the hands of the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum which levies a charge for reuse – no Creative Commons Licence in his time.

The Belfast Road on the approach towards the centre of Antrim. On the right a house has been demolished - the site is vacant pending potential redevelopment. I believe that a gate pier at the front of the house, also demolished, had a flush bracket bench mark on it - this has also gone. The bracket was numbered OSBM 3268.

Built c.1848 as a manse for the Rev Charles Morrison minister of First Antrim Presbyterian Church. It was sold in 1860 to one Thomas Hugh Adams, whose descendants lived here until 1941 when James Adams, sometime coroner for South Antrim died. It is now the home of a distinguished writer, who kindly gave me permission to take photographs.

Bourlon Road, Antrim. Although it has been a cul-de-sac for many years it would once have went from the Belfast Road, where the photo was taken from, to the Greystone Road. After realigning the Greystone Road to link it to the then just completed Fountain Hill, Bourlon Road was terminated near the spot where it would have joined the Greystone Road. This would have happened in the late '60's when Antrim started to rapidly expand with the arrival of the British Enkalon factory manufacturing nylon thread and a consequent growth in the population coming from all over N. Ireland for the well-paid jobs which became available. Unfortunately the boom times ended suddenly in 1980 when Enkalon closed down, unable to compete with cheap nylon products from the Far East.

Situated about 1 mile east of Antrim station on the main railway line from Londonderry to Belfast (Central), the accommodation crossing at Moylena was closed at some point in the early 1970s. Now obliterated, there were still some traces when a 2-car MPD set passed in 1980 with the 16.26 service from Antrim to Belfast. Constructed by the Ulster Transport Authority (UTA) 1957-61, the MPDs were at the cutting-edge of railcar technology. Withdrawn 1978-85, none survive in preservation.

A team of police outriders signals the approach of the 2014 Giro d'Italia cycle race through Antrim.

Taxis decked out in official Giro d'Italia pink act as support vehicles for the race as it comes through Antrim.

The A522 Belfast Road south east of the centre of Antrim. This is the main route into Antrim from Templepatrick if you choose not to take the M2 motorway.

The railway to Bleach Green and Belfast (looking towards Antrim station) from the overbridge on the Belmont Road Image The line is due to receive an hourly service from Belfast (Gt Victoria Street) to Coleraine (between 06.05 and 22.10) from 6 January 2013. Milepost 21 (from Belfast York Road) is towards the upper middle (left).