SNAPSHOTS OF
BELFAST Photographs of old Belfast
1925 - 1929
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COVER PICTURE - Grand Central Hotel, Royal Avenue, 1929
SNAPSHOTS OF
BELFAST 1925 - 1929
Joe Baker
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1925
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ABOVE & BELOW - Families being evicted from their homes in May Street
ABOVE - Firemen fight a blaze on board the SS Rowanpark in Belfast Docks. BELOW - The ship arriving in Belfast Lough Removing shearlegs at the Abercorn Basin
The White Star liner Bardic being repaired at Harland & Wolff Shipyard
The evicted houses in May Street demolished.
now
The funeral of Lieut-Colonel Mitchell turning into Clifton Street from Henry Place after leaving Victoria Barracks.
The headquarters of the Ulster Footwear Firm of Samuel Doak in Queen Street
A horse gets a drink from a watering trough at the corner of Comber Place and Crumlin Road
ABOVE - Road works in Denmark Street BELOW - Children find their own use for the road works sand
Belfast dockers unload cases of oranges from the SS Alhama
1925
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Children at the Graymount Open-Air School
The Inverlago, the first of the group of four specially designed shallow-draft oil vessels being launched at Harland & Wolff
The kiosk and car stand in Castle Place
Fighting a blaze at Green Brothers stores in Wellington Place The new Cunarder-Aurania in Belfast Lough
The Ligoniel Public Baths
The 15th Troop of Belfast Boy Scouts under the command of Scoutmaster Quigley pictured at the University Road Methodist Church
Ormeau Road
ABOVE - The water well at Carlisle Circus which was used to supply the old Belfast Poor House on North Queen Street BELOW - The Cavehill
The grass roller of Botanic Gardens
The launch of the Port Dunedin at Workman Clark’s North Yard
Extensions being added to Queens University
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1925
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ABOVE & BELOW - Work on the new Lagan Boulevards
ABOVE - A steam navvy at work on the Lagan Boulevard. BELOW - A piling machine at work on a temporary bridge
Childrens outing from Short Strand
Listening to the radio at the Giant’s Ring
Collapse of the staging near the Ormeau Bridge
The Bee Hive on the Falls Road when occupied by the B-Specials
A group of happy swimmers at the Antrim Road Waterworks
The twin screw Royal Mail Motor Liner Auturias before launching. On the left are the Alcantara, a sister ship and the Union Castle Motor Liner Carnarvon Castle
ABOVE - The temporary bridge where the new weir is to be constructed. BELOW - Reclaiming land for the building of a new road
Tate’s Avenue where it is proposed to erect a new bridge over the railway
1925
St Mary’s Football Team
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The liner Newfoundland in York Dock Hopefield House, Antrim Road
ABOVE & BELOW - Cossacks arrive in Belfast at the Midland Railway Fighting a blaze at Wilson’s Sack and Bag Company in Great Patrick Street
Work continues on the boulevards
Collision between a cart and a tram on the Crumlin Road
A Seaplane in the slips of Harland & Wolff
Principal Cossacks arrive at the City Hall Police move in on a Wolfe Tone Society meeting on Cavehill Demolishing old buildings at the Belfast Market
A flooded Bridge End
New concrete jetty at Dufferin Dock
Belfast Railway Team at Bowls in the Belmont Green
Willowfield Parish Church
The SS Greenisland berthed in the Abercorn Basin after a collision with a submarine
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1925
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Boys in the Donegall Road Play Centre
Belfast Royal Academy Sports Day
Tibetan Lamas in Belfast at the G.N.R. Station
Shaws Bridge Launch of the Asturias
Construction continues on the new Museum St Bridgets Home for the Blind, Crumlin Road
Learning to swim at the Victoria Park
The U.S. Battleship Pittsburgh arriving in Belfast
Emigrants leave Donegall Quay on their way to Canada
An oil tanker fills up the SS Vulture
Children of the Church Street East Mission
W. Gilmore (Belfast) and Fred (London) prepare for their big fight
Bullion
1925
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Waring Street
The first tram on the Ballygomartin Road
Construction work being carried out on the Dufferin Dock
Oldpark Corinthians F.C. Prince’s Dock Barracks, Corporation Street
The SS Robina leaving Belfast on her first trip to Bangor
The twin screw M.V. Asturias
Cargo of timber unloaded from the Kenbane Head by the staff of John O’Connor (ABOVE) BELOW - The cargo
The Mary Ann bound for Lisburn Extension being built on to the Royal Victoria Hospital
The Lagan Boathouse
Glen Road
Members of the Belfast Journeymen Butchers in Arthur Square
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1925
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Grand Central Hotel, Royal Avenue
Belfast G.P.O. Swimming Club Entrance to Belfast Castle, Antrim Road
Children from Sinclair Seamen’s Church wait for the Bangor boat at the Queens Bridge Jetty
Cavehill Post Office, Antrim Road
Junction of the Crumlin and Woodvale Roads Filling in rubble opposite Sydenham Railway Station
Tram points and curves being renewed at Castle Junction and Donegall Place
Overturned cart in York Street
Unloading a load of railway sleepers from the SS Onyx at Queen’s Quay
Corporation workers at their dinner on My Lady’s Road
Glasgow Celtic with the Scottish Cup at Celtic Park, Belfast
Road works in Raglan Street
Peter’s Place (Peter’s Hill) after being demolished
1925
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Junction of North Street and Royal Avenue
Draughts Championship, Victoria Street
The Belfast Variety Market
Preparing the tea at the Dufferin Dock
Glentoran Football Team
ABOVE - 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters arriving at Donegall Quay on their way to Victoria Barracks BELOW - The families of the soldiers
ABOVE & BELOW - The prison ship Argenta is broken up for scrap Inspection of the HMS Caroline in Musgrave Channel
Belfast Royal Academy, Cliftonville Road
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The new ‘No.8’ travelling to Bangor
Enjoying the sunshine in Botanic Gardens Dredgers at work in the Clarendon Dock
Campbell College The SS Robina embarking passengers at the Queen’s Bridge Jetty Alexander’s Garage in Holmes Street
Landing motor cars Company’s Heroic
from
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A plane at the Malone Aerodrome
B.S.S.
Repairing a burst pipe in York Road
A game of soccer in Ormeau Park
Listening to the King’s speech at the City Hall
The new transmitting station of the BBC on the Laganbank Road
Miss Thompson’s pupils in the Ulster Hall
Blessing the Standard of the Belfast Branch of the Italian Fascist Party
Pulling down the Springfield Village National School
The Motor Ship Port Dunedin after being launched from the North Yard of Workman Clark
1925
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Ireland v Wales at Ravenhill Laying pipes in the Newtownards Road
The staff and committee of the Graymount Open Air School
Car crash on the Donegall Road
New sports pavilion in the Ormeau Park
Burnt out shop in Little Patrick Street
29th Belfast Company, Boys Brigade
A busy scene outside the Harbour Office
Stables burned at the residence of Captain Dabesfort, Malone Road
Extension being added to the City Power Station at Musgrave Channel
Bellevue
10th Belfast Troop of Belfast Boy Scouts
Loading newspapers onto planes at the Malone Aerodrome for Scotland
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1925
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Replacing a broken axle of a steam roller in Donegall Quay
Erecting new gates at the Ravenhill entrance of the Ormeau Park
Flower sellers in Donegall Place
New bandstand erected in Woodvale Park
Operating Theatre of Templemore Avenue Hospital
B-Specials moving out of St Mary’s Hall
A van has its wheel taken off in a collision at the junction of Royal Avenue and Donegall Street
Boarding trams at Castle Junction
Police team who defeated the military team of the 1st Battalion Highland Light Infantry at Celtic Park
RUC men leaving Musgrave Street Barracks
Band of the Christian Volunteer Force
1925
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McArthur Hall Awaiting English election results outside the City Hall
RUC Parade in the City Hall Catching spricks at the Bog Meadows Student’s Day. A group at Castle Junction
Polling Station in Dee Street
Sports pavilion at Nazareth Lodge destroyed by gales
Porters Garage in Great Victoria Street
Donkey Protection Society flag day
Methodist College
A new steam motor coach which has been built for the service between Belfast and Whitehead Diving and swimming at the Waterworks
New band stand in Botanic Gardens
New entrance to the Recorders Court
New USPCA vet in Glengormley
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1925
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Funeral of RUC Engineer William Lorimer leaving Jocelyn Avenue War Memorial Hostel nearing completion
New shops in Fountain Street
Numbers 154 - 176 My Lady’s Road
A group of children pictured in Saunders Street
ABOVE & BELOW - The Glen Road
Typewriting students at the Mercantile College
Taking shelter at the Castle Island Linen Company
Sports at Victoria Barracks. ABOVE Tug-of-War
Boys and Girls Confirmed at St Bartholomew’s Church
The Belfast Union Sanatorium, Whiteabbey
BELOW - Bayonet Combat
1925
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Members of the Cavehill Lawn Tennis Club Childrens ward of the Mater Hospital
Badminton Tournament in the Belfast Mercantile College, Glenravel Street
Fisherwick Mission Hall
Work continues on the removal of the old Cavehill Railway from the Limestone Road
A very tall lady at the Belfast Celtic Carnnival
New operating theatre in the Royal Victoria Hospital
ALL ABOVE - The building of a new housing estate on the Whiterock Road
Nurses Hostel in Camden Street
Taking down a large wall at the junction of the Cavehill Road and Antrim Road
Belfast’s first telephone box on the Upper Newtownards Road
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Removing hoarding from the Belfast Cathedral
The committee of the Institute, Donegall Road
Belfast
Cripples Cubs taking part in the Belfast Boy Scouts swimming competition at Templemore Avenue Baths
Belfast Ladies Lacrosse Team
A lorry, carrying a massive wooden log, breaks down in York Street
Boys in Indian dress at the Hemsworth Street Playground
Hockey Team of the 1st Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment pictured at Victoria Barracks
Funeral of the late Lieut.-Colonel Arthur Mitchell, who died at the Belfast Military Hospital, passing into Royal Avenue from Donegall Street
The three masted ship Bellpool lying alongside the recently launched Statendam in Belfast Harbour
1925
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Shore Road
The Suevic on the stocks shortly before launch
Canvassers at work in Ravenhill Avenue
A seaplane lying in Belfast Harbour
Queen’s University Womens Hockey Team
The Albert Clock under repair
Belfast Celtic defeat Cliftonville 3 - 1 at Windsor Park
A little patient at the Childrens Hospital receives Christmas presents
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1926
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Co-Op Congress at the Assembly Hall
Members of the York Street Non-Subscribing Church start off from the church on a field trip
The greenkeeper of Ormeau Park prepares for the bowling season
The Lord Mayor, William Turner, opening the new premises of the Dunlop Rubber Co., in Upper Arthur Street ABOVE & BELOW - Glasgow Celtic v Belfast Celtic at Celtic Park
ABOVE & BELOW - The burnt out remains of Hamilton & Huston, Montgomery Street
The Motor Ship Idomeneus shortly before launch in Workman, Clark’s Shipyard
A large group of sailors arrive at the Classic Cinema Loading up bags of coal at the Belfast Docks
One of the new wards of the Royal Victoria Hospital
Workmen removing a car which crashed into the C.I.Y.M.S., Dinegall Square East
New sun parlor installed at the Ulster Hospital for Women and Children, Templemore Avenue
1926
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The Alcantara after being launched in Belfast Lough Clonard Ladies Swimming Team
New putting green at Alexandra Park
ABOVE & BELOW - Linfield v Belfast Celtic at Cliftonville
The private Chapel of Belfast Castle
Playing bat ball in the Eastland Street playground
Excavating a site at Ballychagan (under Cavehill) for a new reservoir Point duty at the junction of Royal Avenue and North Street
Craigavad House ABOVE & BELOW - Police remove a car which crashed into railings at the junction of the New Lodge and Antrim Roads
Members of the Church Army Crusaders on the Oldpark Road
Collecting turf at the Queens Jetty
Tourists on sidecars in York Street
Military funeral leaving the main entrance of Victoria Barracks (Henry Place)
Unloading coal at the York Dock
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1926
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Working on the Lagan boulevards between the Ormeau and Kings Bridges Clearing up after a wall collasped in West Street, Smithfield.
The Shankill Road branch of the Labour Exchange
The Royal Navy Reserve march along High Street
Riddel’s shop in Donegall Place demolished prior to rebuilding
being Catching spricks at the Bog Meadows
Queens Island Football Team
Point duty at Cornmarket Crashed cars at the junction of Dunluce Avenue and Lisburn Road
Soldiers of the Durham Light Infantry wait for a steamer at Donegall Quay
Police leave Glenravel Street Barracks to deliver census forms
The Seaforth Highlanders attend St Enoch’s before departing for Aldershot
1926
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Queens University Football Team
Whippet Racing at Shaun’s park
Baden Powell School Football Team
Children try out Indian Club Swinging at the Donegall Road Children’s Playground
1st Battalion Durham Light Infantry pictured at Windsor Park after winning the District Army Cup
Winston Churchill pictured in York Street
Cliftonville Football Club
Removing the foundations of the entrance wall to the Dufferin Dock which seperated it from the Spencer Basin. Both are now one large tidal dock
Crowds gather outside the Athletic Stores in Bridge Street for the shops sale The Belfast Corporation Tramways Band
Opening of the Ulster Rifles Club in York Street
Linfield Football Club
The Durham Light Infantry v the West Yorkshire Regiment at Cliftonville
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1926
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A crashed fuel lorry on the Shore Road
ABOVE - Sandown Road (from the Upper Newtownards Road) which has been closed to traffic BELOW - The same road at the King’s Road Crossing
Painting the Victoria Park boats ABOVE & BELOW - Buying ballons at Castle Place (These had been generally unheard of at this time)
Funeral of Robert Yeates, aged 103, who figured in the famous charge of the Light Brigade, leaves the Belfast Workhouse where he died.
New bus acquired for a service between Belfast and Lisburn
Laying foundations at the buildings of the Tate’s Avenue Bridge
Digging for coal at Hannastown
2000 gallons of whiskey arrive at Griffith & Co, Berry Street
Erecting an extension to the Rosetta Public Elementary School
1926
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The Royal Belfast Academical Institution Football Team
ABOVE & BELOW - Construction work continues at St Anne’s Cathedral
Unemployed men search through rubbish near Sydenham Funeral of James McConnell passing along University Road
Funeral of the Rev. Ker passing along Donegall Square North
Firemen fight a blaze at Mitchell & Sons, North Street
Opening of the Air Force City Headquarters at Donegall Square South
St Saviour’s School Hockey Team
New X-Ray department at the Royal Victoria Hospital
Members of the Belfast Trinity Harriers Club and County Antrim Harriers meet at Andersonstown for a cross country run
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1926
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Quoits players busy in Botanic Gardens Tramway kiosk at Castle Place
Replacing lamp posts on Clifton Street Dental Department of the Royal Victoria Hospital Waiting their turn to see the doctor at the Queen Street Childrens Hospital
Junction of Cornmarket and High Street
Feeding the swans in the Antrim Road Waterworks Arriving for dinner at the Belfast Cripple’s Institute
ABOVE - Loading a barge with maize at York Dock BELOW - Unloading grain from the SS Gaza at York Dock
New telephone exchange at Malone Ormeau Park
Ex-Service mens houses under construction at Finaghy Harding Memorial School Football Team
Eglinton Street Presbyterian Church
Voters arriving at the Mayon Street Polling Station
Putting a motor bus on board the SS Saltees
1926
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Laying additional foundations in Tate’s Avenue for the new railway bridge
ABOVE - Removing the old Cavehill railway on the Limestone Road BELOW LEFT - Removing the railway from the Cavehill Road
Building a new bridge over the Connswater River
ABOVE & ABOVE RIGHT - The launch of the Carnarvon Castle
Workmen demolish the old railway wall on the Cavehill Road
Advertising display outside the Hippodrome
Getting a drink from the well at the foot of Divis Mountain
The Irish League Football Team who played England. TOP ROW (L-R) M. Short (Glenavon); H. Burnison (Distillery); J. Diffen (Belfast Celtic); W. Scott (Belfast Celtic); J. Garrett (Distillery) BOTTON ROW (L-R) L. Kinsler (Ards); H. Harrison (Distillery); W. Blair (Distillery); S.Curran (Belfast Celtic); J. Ferris (Belfast Celtic); A. Bothwell (Ards)
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1926
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Members of the Belfast Branch of the Italian Fascists Party at the City Hall
Perry’s grocery shop in Ann Street
Road works at the junction of Duncairn Gardens and Antrim Road Soldiers arrive at the Classic Cinema
Macky’s shop on the Ormeau Bridge
Riddle’s new store in Donegall Place
New school under construction at Templemore Aveune
New LMS Railway shop in Donegall Place
Overturned hay cart on the Dublin Road
Open air dancing at Bellevue
York Street Mill (left) and Gallahers Tobacco Factory (right)
1926
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Unloading turf at the Queens Bridge Jetty The Musgrave Memorial Gateway at the Royal Victoria Hospital
The SS Carrigan Head at the Queens Quay
Hannastown Chapel
Loading coal at Belfast Docks
Hannastown Hotel
A large queue at the Belfast collecting coal breeze
Gasworks
The old boiler of the SS Milewater being removed from the steamer at the Alexandra Wharf
New school under construction at Euston Street The San Nicholas after launch from Harland & Wolff’s East Yard
Steeplejacks at work on a chimney at the Highfield Factory, Crumlin Road
Junction of Duncairn Gardens and Antrim Road
Playing badminton at the Belfast Mercantile College, Glenravel Street
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North Belfast Memorial Hall, Alexandra park Avenue The Belfast Midnight Mission, Malone Place
Unloading yarn from the SS Nyroca at the Belfast Docks
Edenderry School
Belfast United Football Team Unloading fruit from the SS Silver City
Junction of Alworthy Avenue and Antrim Road Salvage operations on a sunken liner in Belfast Lough
Donegall Quay
A steam shovel at work on the Lagan boulevards
Digging the foundations for the new Lagan embankment at Agincourt Avenue Junction of Limestone and York Road
The Belfast built SS Errington Court
The 1st Battalion Durham Light Infantry arriving at Victoria Barracks
A wet job at the Lagan embankment
Loading up at the Coal Quay
Campbell Brothers in Millfield
1926
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Derailed tram at the junction of the Newtownards and Albertbridge Roads
Work progressing on the new Tate’s Avenue bridge
HMS Sparrowhawk moored in Belfast Harbour The Cunard liner Aurania arriving in Belfast
The USS Isherwood being berthed in Belfast Harbour
The site for the new Masonic Hall on the Crumlin Road
The Marlborough at the junction of Marlborough Street and Princes Street
Fighting a blaze at the Irish Distillery, Connswater
Boxing match between J. Turley, Carrick Hill and S. O’Hara, Old Lodge Road, in the new Newsboys Club, North Street
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1926
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ABOVE & BELOW LEFT - Work continues on the Tate’s Avenue railway bridge The Park View Hotel, Ravenhill Road New road built to connect the Springfield Road and Ballygomartin Road
Gipsy caravans passing through Smithfield
Beechmount Brickworks
Boyne Bridge
The new hairdressing salon in the Bank Buildings
New signals erected at the York Street station
Bayonet fighting at Victoria Barracks
Model Yacht racing in the Antrim Road Waterworks
Women and children sifting through a pile of cinders looking scraps of coal in Donegall Quay
Ashleigh House School
1926
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A dredger at work in Donegall Quay
The SS Kaparika discharging coal at the Musgrave Channel for the new power station
Queens University
Sydenham Railway Station Catching spricks in Victoria Park The Union Liner LLandaff Castle at Workman Clark The Llandaff castle on her trial trip in Belfast Lough
Templemore Avenue P.E.S.
Unloading grain from the SS Cleopatra in York Dock
ABOVE - A flooded Harrisburg Street BELOW -A flooded St George’s Market Belfast Harbour
The ‘Inkpot Cottage’ on the Glencairn Road
Santa visits the Belfast Children’s Hospital
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Junction of Cromac Street and May Street
Millfield looking towards Carrick Hill
A lost dog stays with a policeman on traffic duty at the junction of Arthur Street and Chichester Street
Military boxing at Victoria Barracks
Members of the 39th Belfast Company (Pitt Street) Boys Brigade at the funeral of one of their members on the Bloomfield Road
Cliftonville v Holywood at the Cliftonville Cricket Grounds
Show house in Balmoral Avenue showing the advantages of electricity
Trotting at York Park
Shankill Road Y.M.C.A. Gymnastic Team
Snooker championship at the Oxford Billiard Hall, Royal Avenue
The first class dining saloon of the new RMS Alcantara
The ‘Belfast Ratcatcher’ at work in houses in the Docks area.
One of the last hackney carriages at Castle Junction
Collapsed cart in Station Street
1927
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Girls Friendly Society bazaar held in St Barnabas Church, Duncairn Gardens
Birds eye view of Royal Avenue showing the markings of a proposed new road layout to connect it with Clifton Street
Misses Gertrude and Margaret Martin working on the mosaic in the new St Anne’s Cathedral Members of the Shankill Air Gun Club pictured at the Shankill Road Y.M.C.A.
The 35th Pack Team after winning the Belfast Wolf Club Football League
Members of the Ulster Table Tennis Association
Ormeau Bridge from Agincourt Avenue
The Minister of Education, Viscount Charlemont, visiting the Belfast College of Technology
A gigantic mine fan built at the Sirocco Works leaves Belfast for South Africia
The 75th Belfast Company Girl Guides (St Jude’s)
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ABOVE & BELOW - Work continues on the Lagan Boulevards
ABOVE - Linfield v Glentoran at Celtic Park BELOW - Belfast Celtic v Glentoran
Number 16 Josephine Street after a gas tragedy in which five people suffocated
Belfast emigrants leaving for Canada. Picture shows the family of Mr Robert Burgess
The bells of Sinclair Seamen’s Church with the church minister the Rev. Samuel Cochrane BELOW - The dedication procession
Old cottages on Millfield
Looking down Skipper Street towards High Street. The buildings sticking out on the left were demolished so that the street could be widened for traffic
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ABOVE & BELOW - Reparing the Custom House foundations Construction work continues on the new Grosvenor Hall
The SS Egtpt Maru in the Dufferin Dock
Children at the Hemsworth Street Playground
The River Lagan near Shaws Bridge
The Shankill Road Mission girls’ Club, winners of the Carnlough Cup for Physical Drill ALL ABOVE - Reparing the Custom House foundations
The Belfast Boy Scouts Ambulance Team
Opening of the Wellington Carnival at Browns Square
Cycling in Botanic Gardens
The X-Ray Department of the Royal Victoria Hospital
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Model yacht racing at the Waterworks
Belfast Boys Brigade marching along Royal Avenue for Empire Day
The Empire day parade outside the City Hall
ABOVE - Empire Day display of Gallaher’s BELOW - Irish Linen Merchants display
ABOVE - General view of the pocession in Donegall Place BELOW - The parade approaching Castle Junction
ABOVE - Display of Dunville’s BELOW - The Empire Day parade on Donegall Square North passing the City Hall
The Royal Italian Circus performance outside the Royal Hippodrome
1927
Belfast Royal Academy Preparatory School
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Employees of Richardson & Sons pictured at the Great Northern Railway on their way to Portrush
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The ‘Midgets’ who were appearing at the Hippodrome
St Enoch’s Church sale of work Band of Hope parade from the Oldpark Presbyterian Church
Belfast Royal Academy under 13 Rugby Team
The 4th Belfast Troop Scout Hut at Sunnyside Street
Belfast Celtic v Ards at Windsor
The Dunmore Badminton Club
Windsor Church sale of work
Pulling down the newsagent hut on the Ormeau Bridge
Junior pupils of the Antrim Road P.E.S.
Some of the competitors who took part in the Belfast Badminton Championship at Sans Souci Park
Boy Scouts parade on Clifton Street
The England Football Team pictured on board the SS Duke of Cumberland on their arrival in Belfast
The German full rigged ship Greif being towed into Belfast Wedding party at Fortwilliam Church
Feeding the swans in Botanic Gardens
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B.B.C. Radio League childrens party at the Locksley Hall The Motor Vessel Bermuda in Belfast Lough
ABOVE - Linfield Rangers Football Club BELOW - Willowfield Football Club Opening of a new Co-Op branch at Broadway
ABOVE & BELOW - Construction of new Parliament Buildings at Stormont Castle Street entrance of Anderson & McAuley
Ormiston Football Club
Police help children cross the Newtownards Road
ABOVE & BELOW - Construction of new houses at Seaview
Ford Motor Show in the Wellington Hall
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The tug Audacious with the recently launched King John in tow
Guests at the Co-Op concert in the Husband Memorial Hall, Frederick Street
ABOVE - The band of the 1st Battalion West Yorks entering Victoria Barracks
ABOVE LEFT - The new Ormeau Park P.E.S. ABOVE RIGHT - One of the new classrooms
ABOVE & BELOW - The 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers arrive in Belfast
The Boathouse Weir
Crusaders Football Team
Six Black Ditch Funeral Horses arrive on the Fleetwood Steamer for David Ireland & Co. Funeral Furnishers Opening of a new brach of the Co-Op in Donegall Pass
Belfast Celtic v Crusaders at Windsor Park
A line of vehicles waiting in Stewart Street to discharge their cargo of pigs
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W.H. Reay & Co., Linenhall Street
Launch of the SS Tela at Workman Clarke’s
Construction work on the All Saints’ Parochial Hall
A new boiler for Ewarts mill on the Crumlin Road
The old Town Hall, Victoria Street
The SS Tringa discharging Belgian flax at Belfast Docks
Funeral of the Rev. Murphy of St George’s Church makes its way along High Street
Committiee at staff of the Benn Hospital, Clifton Street
Launch of the SS Castilla at Workman Clark’s
ABOVE & BELOW - Greyhound racing at Celtic Park
Monkstown v North at rugby in Ormeau Park. The combined teams
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New track being laid at Celtic Park Shankill Road Y.M.C.A. Orchestra
Albert Street Presbyterian Church Girls Guild
Harley and Barker, the London entertainers, pictured at the Wellington Hall
ABOVE & BELOW - Cliftonville v Ards The 56th Belfast Boys’ Brigade
Opening of the All Saints Parochial Hall, University Avenue
Lord Mayor’s Charity Billiard match at the New Plaza Billiard Hall
New viewing tower being erected at Celtic Park ABOVE - New Methodist church on the Donegall Road. BELOW - Inside the new church
Students ‘Rag day’ Parade in Arthur Square
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Ormiston House
ABOVE - Cookery class at Euston Street P.E.S. BELOW - Physical exercise at the school
ABOVE The US Ship Detroit in Belfast Harbour BELOW - The forecastle of the American ship
James McVeigh’s premises at Mays Market
The fishing boat Essie Cully of Portavogie arrives in Belfast with a large catch of whiting from the Irish Sea
Shifting coal at the Albert Quay
Junction of North Street and Royal Avenue. The cleared site for the new Bank of Ireland can been seen at the top right
Feeding the Seagulls on the River Lagan
Mothers and children of the York Street Baby Club at the North Belfast Mission Hall Junction of Victoria Street and Ann Street
Storm damage at Aberdeen Street
Junction of the Antrim Road and Cliftonville Road
ABOVE - The US Destroyer Tracy in Belfast BELOW - The US Destroyer Borie
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Having a swim at the Belfast Waterworks
Queens Bridge
ABOVE & BELOW - Model yachting at the Waterworks
Looking up Donegall Place from the City Hall
Advertising the new ‘electric hare’ at Celtic Park
Belfast Cripples outing to Botanic Gardens
Prize winning pupils of the Christian Brothers Technical School, Hardinge Street
Finishing off the new Tate’s Avenue Bridge
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Children of the Belfast Central Mission arrive at the Grosvenor Hall for a trip to Newcastle
Children lined up in Dunville Park to board a charabanc to take them to Mountstewart
Children leaving the Wellwood Street Mission on a trip to Whitehead
Falls Park Bowling Green
Clay Pigeon shooting at Ligoniel York Dock
ALL ABOVE - Children at play in Dunville Park
Orange arch across the lower Ormeau Road outside the Belfast Gasworks
Hunter’s School, Tennent Street
ABOVE & BELOW - The new Tate’s Avenue bridge
Lady Bowlers pictured at the Cliftonville Green
Boxing at Shaun’s Park. Bennett v Phoenix (left)
Children from McAuley Street, Cromac Street, leaving for the seaside
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The first delivery of Brazilian arriving at St George’s Market
bananas
Junction of Antrim Road and Brookvale Avenue
Belfast’s first slot petrol pump outside O.D. Cars, Antrim Road
Laying a new road surface on the Cavehill Road
American tourists arriving at the Donegall Quay on the Tender Robina from the SS Doric
The staff of Old Bushmills leaving on their annual excursion
The staff of Goorwitch & Co., Castle Place leave for an excursion to North Down
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Wilson’s Motor Cycle Works, Cregagh Road, in flames Spectators at the Army Tennis Tournament at Victoria Barracks
Some of the Willowbank Huts on the Falls Road. These were erected to house cavalry during the 1886 riots in Belfast. Window display at Pim’s Shop, Castle Street
ABOVE - Swimming Championship held at Musgrave Channel. BELOW - R.Kirk, 1st, R.Thompson, 2nd and D. Thompson who came 3rd
ABOVE - Entrance to the new Grosvenor Hall BELOW - Inside the new hall
Mission to Seamen’s Institute, Donegall Quay
Leslie Porter’s car showroom at 24 - 28 Great Victoria Street
Pulling down the old Potato Market on Oxford Street to erect the new Law Courts
St Matthew’s Pack Wolf Cubs attending the funeral of their member, George Cravan, who was drowned in Lough Swilly
Parents and children from Wolff Street starting off on a day trip to the seaside
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ABOVE & BELOW - Children at play at the Alexandra Playground
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Feeding the birds from the Ormeau Bridge
New extension being made at the Belfast Harbour Power Station
Children enjoying this fallen tree at the rear of houses in Twaddell Avenue
4th Belfast Boy Scouts at the opening of their new headquarter at Kimberley Street
Bus at the junction of the Antrim Road and Whitewell Road after being struck by a car
New stands being erected at Distrillery Football Ground
ABOVE & BELOW - Workmen erecting columns to extend the Donegall Quay sheds
1st Battalion the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers parade at Victoria Barracks
Cutting the grass at Knock Golf Club
Royal Avenue. The Grand Central Hotel can be seen in the background.
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The choir of the Donegall Road Methodist Church
Class on board HMS Caroline
New roadway at Sydenham leading to the Railway Station
Massive fire at Hyman’s, North Street
New library being built on the Shankill Road
ABOVE - A flooded Oxford Street BELOW The Ravenhill Road
Belfast Cathdral sale of work
The old Ekenhead Presbyterian Church, North Queen Street, which has now been acquired by St Patrick’s for a new hall
Ashley Lawn Tennis Club, Hampton Park
Willowfield v Crusaders at Gibson Park
Members of Derry Corporation on a visit to Belfast Fire Brigade Headquarter
Matinee Dansante at the Hippodrome
Crash outside the Belfast Mental Hospital
Military cross country run at the North Belfast Harriers’ Hall, Oldpark Road
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Geese arrive at the Belfast Market Christmas at the Mater Hospital Miss Praeger carries out the finishing touches on one of the pillars of St Annes Cathedral
Santa in the Childrens’ Hospital, Queen Street
Belfast Royal Academy sports at Cliftonville Cricket Club
Members of the Canary Association at the Clarence Place Hall
Ulster Art Society at the Belfast Plaza Sailors Christmas entertainment at the Sailors Society, Dock Street
Children of unemployed parents getting Christmas dinner at the Co-Op Hall, Frederick Street
Poor children collecting Christmas presents in St Mary’s Schoolroom
Rotary Childrens Christmas party at the Grand Central Hotel, Royal Avenue
Christmas in the Royal Victoria Hospital
ABOVE & BELOW - Santa Workhouse children
visits
the
Students parade at the City Hall
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The Belfast Newsboys setting off for camp at Islandmagee
ABOVE & BELOW - Firemen at training at the Belfast Fire Brigade Headquarters Thousands of men line up outside Catherwoods offices in Upper Library Street after an advertisement for a few men
The Belfast Board of Guardians annual outing for Workhouse children to Bangor
The shop of George Gilroy, Ann Street
Army swimming at the Belfast Waterworks, Antrim Road The Ormeau Bakery from Ormeau Park
Residents decorate Clonallon Street (Newtownards Road) in honour of a royal visit
Breakfast for children at the North Belfast Mission
The Belfast Court House, Crumlin Road
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The Royal Antedeluvian Order of Buffaloes at divine service in the Grosvenor Park
A group of children from east Belfast prepare for an outing to Millisle
A bowling match at Cavehill
Boomer Street (Falls Road)
Members of a basketry class held at a summer school in Botanic Avenue
Shankill Road Mission childrens outing to Ballyholme
ABOVE - Testing milk at the Ministry’s Milk Recording scheme BELOW - Testing seeds
Wreath laying ceremony at Belfast City Hall
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Cliftonville v Glenavon at Cliftonville.
Ulster Championship at Sans Souri
The Irish Bowling Association on the SS Woodcock
Burst water main in May Street
120 yards hurdles race at Ormeau Park The boxing teams of the Royal Inniskilling Fusilliers and the North Staffordshire Regiment at Victoria Barracks
ABOVE & BELOW - Members of the Belfast Boat Club on the River Lagan
ABOVE & BELOW - The West Yorks army swimming team pictured at the Belfast waterworks Lieut Craig and Major Hammond Smith pictured at the Irish Army Command tennis competition at Victoria Barracks
Swans pictured at Alexandra Park
Drawing of the proposed Belfast Childrens Hospital
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Belfast emigrants on the tender ‘Robina’ bound for the United States on the Cunard Liner ‘Ascania’ which sailed from Belfast Lough
Repairing a gas main in Quadrant Street (Albert Street) after it exploded the 20,000 ton ship Bermuda known as the ‘Millionaires Ship’ leaving Belfast for New York.
Employees of Dunville’s, Adelaide Street, on an excursion to Portrush Learning ship manoeuvres on board HMS Caroline
ABOVE - The Shaftesbury House Tutorial College, University Street. BELOW - One of its class rooms
Employees of Edgar Brothers, Sunwich Street, on an excursion to Mourne
Pulling down the front wall of Hyam’s burnt out shop in North Street
The new museum at Botanic Gardens The Shankill Road Baby Club
Children of ex-servicemen attend a party organised for them at the Ulster Hall
Sunken barge at the Queens Bridge
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Digging a new motor cycle track at Windsor Park Removing a dangerous tree on the Antrim Road
Inspection of the Belfast Harbour Police
Motor smash on East Bridge Street
Two girls at play in the Botanic Gardens
ABOVE - A flooded Crumlin Street BELOW - Paddlers in the same street
A cottage on the Glen Road
Junior members of the Girl Guides in the Carlisle Memorial Hall
ABOVE - Wombwell’s Jungle Show, North Street. BELOW - Visitors hitting a kangaroo in a ‘boxing match’.
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A flooded Grosvenor Road
Emigrants leaving Belfast for the United States at Belfast Docks
Fancy Dress at St Georges Social Club
New ‘bin lorry’ pictured outside Coulters on the Antrim Road
Laying telephone cables at Arthur Square
The coal tips at Queens Quay
Removing a car wheel which got stuck in the tram tracks on the Ormeau Road Resetting flagstones at Castle Junction
Tram making its way along the Lisburn Road
Storm damaged house at Kinnard Terrace
Feeding the swans at Botanic Gardens
Opening of the Fascist Hall in Skipper Street by the Belfast Branch of the Fascist Party
Demolishing the old farm at Botanic Gardens
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Enjoying the swings at Alexandra Park
The Swedish motor vessel Innaren being towed into the Spencer Basin
Hundreds line up in Cuba Street for the advertised job of a busman
Children leave Sandy Row for a trip to Ballywalter
Knowles Memorial Hall, York Road
Linfield v Belfast Celtic at Celtic Park The 35th Wolf Cubs Pack football team
Receiving milk at the new Co-Op dairy Nettlefield School, My Ladys’ Road
Coffee Stand at Queens Quay
The orient liner Orford docked in the Thompson Graving Dock
The tugboat Wooton sinking in the River Lagan
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Inspection of the Sea Cadets in the Sailors rest Home, Dock Street
University Road
Waring Street
Divis Bowling Club in the Falls Park
The funeral of Boy Scout Alexander Jesse of Parker Street
Horseback on the Ormeau Bridge Sinking piles into the Lagan at the Queens Bridge for the erection of a new pier
The new museum from the Stranmillis Road
The launch of the motor vessel Highland Monarch
Sheep grazing in Ormeau Park
Ormeau Bridge
New houses for prison warders outside the Belfast Prison on the Crumlin Road
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Workmen widening the Malone Road at the tram terminus Gymnastic display at the Balmoral School
Newforge Lane
Building a new wall on the Antrim Road
Castle Junction
Demolishing a house at the junction of Chichester Road and Antrim Road which was known as ‘Campbell’s Corner Boating on the River Lagan Workmen widening the Belmont Road between Wandsworth Road and Holywood Road
Ballymacarrett Railway Halt in Fraser Street
University Road
Passengers of the Calcutta flying boat arrive at the Musgrave Channel
Inside the Grosvenor Road power station
Farr’s in Shaftsbury Square
Army swimming chanpionships in the Antrim Road Waterworks
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Army tennis in Victoria Barracks
ABOVE & BELOW - Belfast Harbour
ABOVE & BELOW - The Motor Ship Lochmonar which was towed to Belfast from Liverpool after being cut in two.
Swimming in the Belfast waterworks
The new public convenience in Library Street
Bicyle race in Belfast leaving from the grounds of the City Hall
Second lock on the River Lagan
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Deaf & Dumb outing to Bellevue
Digging foundations at the new law courts The R.M.S.P. Avon arriving in Belfast
Posing with the new linen frocks and hats in Botanic Gardens from Anderson & McAuley
Mr H. Black who grows sweet pea in his front garden at 71 Reid Street
Mrs Strickland and her ‘Star of the desert’ pictured at Donegall Quay Dredging the Lagan at Ormeau Bridge
Pilots pictured at the Malone fields
ALL ABOVE - Inside the R.U.C. Boxing School
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The barque Garthpool pictured in Belfast Docks with a cargo of wheat from Australia Employees of Combe, Barbour, North Howard Street, on an excursion to the Glens of Antrim
Removing a large boiler from Marsh’s, Little Donegall Street
Childrens ward at the Central Clinic, Victoria Street
Junction of Castle Place and Royal Avenue
Inside St George’s Church
Ard v Glentoran at Grosvenor Park
Burst water pipe in Montgomery Street
Lucky escape for this lorry at the Abercorn Basin
The ‘Veterans of Variety’ arrive at the Great Northern Railway Station
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ABOVE - Seeing in 1929 at the Albert Clock BELOW - Miss 1929 arriving in her aeroplane at the Commercial and Engineering Students dance in the Municipal Technical Institute while 1928 prepares to take his departure
Fighting a fire at Clow’s Mills at Prince’s Dock
A burst fire hydrant at the scene of the fire Construction work begins on the new Bank of Ireland building at the junction of Royal Avenue and North Street
The front of the burnt out building
Dunlop Memorial Hall, Riverdale Street
Members of St Enoch’s Church
Fighting the fire from the roof
The fallen debris
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Dance by the Junior Imperial League in the Belfast Plaza Platform Party of Duncairn Presbyterian Church sale of work
Car crash on Lower Windsor Avenue
Burnt out remains of the Grosvenor Finishing Factory on the Donegall Road The choir of Fane Street P.E.S.
Boy Scouts bring flowers and vegetables into the Y.M.C.A.
Children from the Campbell Street Mission
Grosvenor Street Post Office
English Sea Scouts arriving in Belfast
Inspection of the 17th Belfast Troop of Boy Scouts
Birds Eye view of the City Hall
A 40 ton boiler being pulled up Newforge Lane
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Two R.A.F. Flying Boats on Belfast Lough
Davidson & Murray Chemists at the Mountpottinger Corner Military parade at the City Hall
Crashed car on the Antrim Road Military parade on Chichester Street at the laying of the foundation stone for the new law courts
Removing a crane at the Belfast Coal Quay
Building a wall at Chichester Park The steel framework of the new law courts
Two boys make their way up the Cavehill Childrens Ballroom Dancing held in the Belfast Plaza
Carlisle Circus
Laying the foundations of the new Childrens Hospital on the Falls Road
The Rotary, 92 Ann Street
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A queue at the Belfast Public Health Department on the Laganbank Road where free disinfectant is given out Band of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers pictured in Victoria Barracks
Inside the new offices of the N.S.P.C.C. in Upper Arthur Street
Whitewell House destroyed by fire
Botanic Gardens
Taking sheep along University Road
De-railed tram at the junction of the Falls Road and Donegall Road
The geese of Cromac Square Austen Chamberlain pictured in Royal Avenue A horse and cart after falling into the Lagan near the Albert Bridge. The horse was rescued
Junction of Albertbridge Road and Woodstock Street
Billy Ward on the ‘straight wall’ in Barry’s Amusement Park, Grosvenor Road
Ekenhead Presbyterian Church
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Thornton & Co, Waterproof Goods, 24 Donegall Place
Robert Patterson, Ironmongers & Hardware Merchant, Bridge Street. This shop had been founded in 1786
Bolton & Kearns Bootmakers, 53 Upper Arthur Street
McBurney’s China & Glass Hall, 73 High Street Carson’s Wallpaper Merchants, 65 High Street
Dalzell’s Hatters, 15 Royal Avenue
The Ulster Arcade, Donegall Place
Simpson Brothers, Art Needlework Shop, 47 Arthur Street
D. Allison Henderson, Optician, 146 North Street
Gent’s Outfitting Department of John Arnott’s Blaikie Shirt & Pyjama Specialists, 30 Chichester Street
Hugh Wilson, Merchant Tailor, 49 Royal Avenue
Tate’s Medical Hall, 9 Royal Avenue
McDowell’s Jewellers, 18 High Street
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ABOVE - Wright & Hunter, House Furnishers, 16 Arthur Street LEFT - Polland’s Jewellers, 18 High Street
Barron & Warner, Shoe Shop, Corn Market
James Ferguson, Butcher, 32 Ann Street
The Carlton, Donegall Place
Samuel Langtry, Shoe Shop, 9 Donegall Square North Children in the Templemore Avenue Hospital
Troops arriving at Belfast Docks John Rea, Provision Merchants, 34 Ann Street
Sawers, Fish & Poultry, High Street
Kindergarten Entertainment at Victoria College
Football friendly at Broadway United Football Grounds on the Donegall Road. ABOVE - The Dublin Boys Brigade Team. BELOW - The Belfast Boys Brigade Team
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Inspection of the Belfast Sea Cadets
Police search the River Lagan at the Albert Bridge after a member of the public reported seeing a gun lying in the mud. It was found and was a toy
Ekenhead Lecture Hall on the North Circular Road
Dundee’s Chemist Shop, University Road
Pupils of Patricia Boyd practice for their coming show at the Ulster Hall Belfast Sea Cadets in the Sailor’s Rest, Dock Street
P.T. Class of Balmoral Boys School Watsonians (Scotland) defeat North of Ireland at rugby at Ormeau
ABOVE & BELOW - Pulling down buildings in May Street to clear the way for a new telephone exchange
Beechmount Badminton Team
Pulling down Spence & Bryson’s in Victoria Street after it was destroyed by fire.
Tailoring Section of the Deaf and Blind Institute, Lisburn Road
Construction work at Stormont
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Widening the Shore Road at Lough View Terrace
Car Licensing Office, Chichester Street
Pupils waiting to enter their new school at Mersey Street ABOVE - The Gordon Highlanders Tug-of-War Team at Victoria Barracks. BELOW - Bayonet competition at Victoria Barracks
Sandes Soldiers Home, Clifton Street
Laying a footpath on the Belmont Road
Overturned cart in Victoria Street
Fatal car crash on the Antrim Road when this car collided with a van
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Bayonet Team of the Royal Fusiliers at Voctoria Barracks
Inniskilling
Combined football teams of the Belfast Technical and Public Elementary Schools League at Grosvenor Park Burnt out remains of Fraser & Co.’s builders in Alexander Street
Mersey Street School Dancing pupils of Miss May King in the Carlton Hall
ABOVE - The Bengore Head arrives in Belfast after being icebound in the Baltic BELOW - The officers of the Bengore Head.
Reconstruction of the road surface at Queens Bridge
Inspection of the Training Corps in Victoria Barracks
Lower Newtownards Road
No sooner has the Ulster Prince taken to the water a new keel plate is laid for the construction of another ship.
Opening of a new season at Cliftonville Bowling Club Snooker in the Oxford Billiard Hall
The seesaw at Bellevue
The Ulster Motor Club’s Relibility Run. T. Calwell (Austin Seven) leaving from the City Hall
Crowds gather outside the Picture House in Royal Avenue where the first local talking film is being shown.
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Billiards at the New Mission to Seamen at Donegall Quay
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The remains of the Lagan Village being demolished to allow the widening of the Ravenhill Road
Trinity Street Presbyterian Church
New houses being erected in Tildarg Street ABOVE & BELOW - The first nursery in Belfast at the Richmond Lodge Association, Donegall Road College Street South Reformed Presbyterian Church
Queen’s University hurdel race at Cherryvale
Botanic Avenue Reformed Presbyterian Church
An escaped cow is recaptured in Great Victoria Street
Opening of the Castle Buildings
Lawn tennis courts at Alexandra Park
Gilpin Brothers, High Street
Test landing by Colonel Russell at the Belfast Harbour Aerodrome at Sydenham
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New Renault car being delivered to Chamber’s in University Street Laying the foundation stone at the Childrens Hospital, Falls Road
The Waterworks Ice House
The Kosmos, a whale factory, launched in Belfast
Mr Jack Eastwood’s greyhound Flail, winner of the Ulster Hurdle Cup at Celtic Park Loading cord onto the SS Carrigan Head at the York Dock for Canada
Construction work on the Riga Street school
The Belfast Sea Cadets on a training boat Sandy Row children head off to the seaside
Construction work on St Bartholomew’s Church
Road repairs on the Shore Road Removing the Custom House steps The SS Robina leaves Queens Bridge with 600 employees of the Jennymount Mills. This trip was to raise funds for the Maternity Hospital
Children leave for the seaside from the Shankill Road Mission
Construction work on the Teachers Training College at Stranmillis
Funeral of Samuel Patterson and Andrew Johnston both of whom drowned in the Lagan
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Reopening of Hillman Street PES
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Junction of Albertbridge Road and Madrid Street
The Queens Island Swimming Team pictured at the Waterworks
Boxing at Grosvenor Park
Playing chess in Botanic Gardens
New Police Information Office at Castle Place
The Britannic, sister ship of Titanic, launched at Harland & Wolff’s North Yard Preparing model yachts in the Waterworks
Members of the Irish Master Bakers Association at the Grand Central Hotal
Work continues on the Riga Street School
Army tennis at Victoria Barracks
American visitors to Belfast arrive at the Transatlantic Shed at Queens Bridge
Excursion by the employees of Old Bushmills, Hill Street
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The diving board at the Waterworks
The new Ekenhead Presbyterian Church lecture hall
ABOVE - The rebuilt Riddle Memorial School at Malvern Street. BELOW - One of the classrooms
Old houses being removed in Upper Library Street
Picking up dropped coal on Victoria Street
New shops at Fortwilliam
John French’s shop, Carlisle Circus
ABOVE & BELOW - The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers leave Victoria Barracks Children set of from Bridge End to Millisle
Charleville v Linfield Rangers at Ibrox Park, Donegall Road
The Albert Memorial Clock
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Junction of North Street and Upper Library Street
The Stormont Bar, Denmark Street
The Albertville Harriers
Apple tree and chickens in the city centre. The home of Mrs Christie in Garfield Street The Duncairn Harriers on the Cavehill Road Falls Road Methodist Church
The Officers Quarters and Hospital of the old Belfast Infantry at Barracks Street
Collapsed wall at Distillery FC’s ground
Removing the last wall of the old barrack in Barrack Street An air force lorry overturns on the Crumlin Road
Members of the Royal Ulster Rifles at Victoria Barracks
Cromac Square
Junction of Limestone Road and York Road
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