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Old Manse Avenue, ANTRIM, BT41 1FN

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.

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.

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.

A subway under Fountain Hill. It carries one of the many paths in and around the Parkhall estate.