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The Ledley Hall mural, Belfast (December 2017)
A mural, at the corner of Lord Street and Kingswood Street, showing the Ledley Hall http://ledleyhallboysandgirlsclub.com/. It replaced an older one which had faded badly.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 7 Dec 2017
0.05 miles
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Tim Collins mural, Belfast
A mural, at Kenbaan Street, in honour of Tim Collins, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Collins_(British_Army_officer) , a former colonel in the Royal Irish Regiment, best known for his speech before the invasion of Iraq http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKkILSv54OU. An actor appears in the link.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 7 Dec 2013
0.06 miles
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"The Sorting Office", Belfast
Apartments, on the Beersbridge Road, named after the East Belfast Sorting Office which previously occupied the site.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 15 Jul 2011
0.06 miles
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Former mission hall, Lord Street, Belfast (December 2017)
To the best of my knowledge the Belfast City Mission hall, at the corner of Haig Street (left), is now closed. If I am wrong please let me know. The mission seems to have been established here after the First World War.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 7 Dec 2017
0.07 miles
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Grand Fondo sign, Belfast (June 2016)
Some roads in east Belfast and parts of Co Down were closed yesterday for the passing of a gran fondo cycle race https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Fondo. Crossing the route was by means of controlled “gateways” at selected places. This sign is at the Castlereagh Road end of the Beersbridge Road. See also http://www.geograph.org.uk/of/Giro+d%27Italia+templepatrick.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 6 Jun 2016
0.08 miles
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No 70 Beersbridge Road, Belfast
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Image (October 2012). The vacant shop now has a “sold” sign. It seems to have formed part of a large auction sale conducted during November 2013.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 7 Dec 2013
0.08 miles
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The "Bunch of Grapes", Belfast (1)
Well-known locally, there has been a bar on this site (corner of the Beersbridge Road and Kenbaan Street (right) since the end of the 19th century. Now “at rest” and offered to let, it traded for a time as the “Eye-Brox”.
Image shows the “bunch of grapes”. Continue to
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Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 19 Dec 2011
0.08 miles
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The "Bunch of Grapes", Belfast (2)
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Image The “bunch of grapes” facing the Castlereagh Road. This window was probably part of the owner’s accommodation in the Victorian/Edwardian era when publicans lived on the premises.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 19 Dec 2011
0.08 miles
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Former "Bunch of Grapes", Belfast (June 2016)
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Image (December 2011). The premises with a “sold” patch on the agents’ sign. I have not been able to find any application for planning permission for redevelopment. Continue to
Image
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 6 Jun 2016
0.08 miles
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Former "Bunch of Grapes", Belfast (December 2017)
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Image Still standing and still with the “sold” sign.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 7 Dec 2017
0.08 miles