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Timbey Park, BELFAST, BT7 3BT

See Image One of the blocks, overlooking the Annadale Embankment (out of picture to the left). Annadale Flats managed to avoid the “green space” fashion Image and got, instead, an easily managed bank with trees.

In the years after the end of WWII there was a movement (or, perhaps, even a fad) in public sector housing for flat roofs and geometrically straight lines. Annadale Flats remains one of the greats of that era although it took the movement in a different direction by spreading the properties along the embankment by the Lagan when others were being built in as clusters in estates. Now a remarkable example of a period when economic expansion and a brave new world beckoned. Incidentally the name “Annadale” is said to come from the earlier estate on the site – that of Lady Anne Mornington, mother of the Duke of Wellington and is thought to be a variation of her name to “Annadale” “Anne's Dale”.

The Annadale Embankment Image, looking towards the Ormeau Bridge, from close to here Image The Lagan Image is partly hidden at middle left.

See Image The same project includes the laying of a new steel distributor main along the Annadale Embankment, the pipes for which are in place awaiting burial. Continue to Image

The River Lagan, looking downstream, seen from the King’s Bridge at Stranmillis. The Stranmillis Embankment is behind the trees on the left.

See Image Some of the blocks, overlooking the Annadale Embankment, close to Sunnyside Street. The gloomy mist is probably the Sahara dust mentioned in the shared description (below).

Ava Street Pentecostal church, in Ava Street, opposite Blackwood Street. Built in 1927 and part of the world-wide apostolic church. Architecturally in the “gospel hall style”. See also Image

See Image The circular stained-glass windowm showing the date of construction as 1927.

The inscription on the plaque and the description in the Ulster History Circle’s website http://www.ulsterhistory.co.uk/jamesyoung.htm are understatements when describing the late James Young. More than just a Belfast Stanley Baxter, his portrayals of the lady from Cheeryvelley, the trade union official, the window cleaner and “Orange Lily” caught the public’s attention. He became an institution not understood outside Northern Ireland. In the days before “coming out” became fashionable he kept his personal life a secret. He was funny but perceptive, entertaining but thought provoking when delivering a political homily. Some of his performances may be seen on Youtube. The plaque is on a house in Fernwood Street Image, off the Ormeau Road.

Pictured on the River Lagan along the Stranmillis Embankment