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CLIFTONVILLE FOOTBALL CLUB 3561
Here we are in Cliftonville Football Club board room with myself Lawrence Hutchins along with an unknown Kells man holding up the famous County Antrim Shield. Was it heavy? It certainly was said Lawrence and I was glad when the photograph was taken.
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CONWAY STREET NATIONAL SCHOOL 4485
Here we are in Conway Street outside the National school with parents waiting with their children for the school tp open.If you look closely in front of the middle window is a
young girl with a young child wrapped up in a shawl. Now there are 31 children including thw one passing a woman cleaning her windows in the side street. Out of the 31 children
only 11 are wearing shoes or boots, back then it was usually boots as they where more sturdy. The door into the school the bottom half is a darker colour that is due to the
hands and clothes rubbing against the wood.
WILLIE WINKIE CAMPBELL 4487
This is Willie Winkie Campbell who played the saw with a violin bow and my goodness could he make such a beautiful sound for I litened to him many times around the city centre. But today he is in John Street in Sandy Row, just look at the faces on the children especially the little boy on the left, he's so enthralled.
FLOWER LADIES 4486
These are the famous Flower Ladies who stood outside the City Hall in the sixities selling their flowers in the rain hail or snow which you could smell.
CARLISLE CIRCUS 4490
Three years into WWII and here we are at Carlisle Circus on Wednesday 23rd of September 1942 and I was 6 days off being 2 months old. in the centre of the photo is the statue of Rev. Hugh Hanna known locally as the 'Black man', behind him is the Crumlin Road and in front of him is clifton Street.Over to the right we have policeman standing next to a police photo box, Further to the right is a man with a bag and a strap over his shoulder.like a tick man. Behind him is a horse and cart being unloaded, Across the road with their awning out is McKnights the Chemist, above the chemist's we have the Scottish Leagal Assurance offices while to the left is David L. McFarran who is a Electrical Engineer and a Contractor.
CRUMLIN ROAD 4489
We are on the Crumlin Road looking towards Carlisle Circus and Clifton Street,on the left is the statue of Rev. Hugh Hanna known locally as the 'Black man'.Beyond him are two trams heading down Clifton Street and just passing St.Patrick's Church, while coming up the hill is a loaded horse and cart. I can remember a sign at the top of Upper North Street saying ' Drivers get off the cart to ease the load.' Over to the right is a horse and cart stoppped next to Carlisle Memorial Methodist Church, in foreground we have two schoolboys posing for the camera and to their right are two ladies dressed all in black and wearing shawls perhaps they are widows, back then they were called Shawlies.
CARLISLE CIRCUS 4488
Its 5.45pm back then at Carlisle Circus in the 1900's and plenty of people are out and about epecially around the 9-ft-high bronze statue of Rev. Hugh Hanna which was unveiled in 1894. (Destroyed by bomb, 1970.). Behind them we have Agnew Cash's Chemist and to the left is W. & A.,Gilbey Ltd., who were Wine and Spirit Merchants and Distillers with their shop below the sign.Over to the right are two open topped trams heading up the Antrim Road. In the centre of the photo is what looks like a brother and siter with the brother carefully guideing her across the road. Then having just past them is a man striding out to go down Clifton Street Street and into Belfast.
CAVEHILL 4496
This is the first cave on the side of Cavehill and these three schoolboys and schoolgirls are eager to explore. While two of the schoolboys take in the breathtaking view the other schoolboy gallently helps one of the schoolgirls up to the cave.
CASTLE JUNCTION 4495
We are looking down on Castle Junction from Castle Place back in 1900 and it's nearly noon going by the shadows. The red coloured building on the left is the Bank Buildings and to the right the building is the Reform Club for gentlemen. Across the street in the No1 theatre and newxt with their awning out is A. L. Goodson, a mantle manufacturer and furrier. Heading down Royal Avenue are two open topped trams being pulled by two horses, the one in front has an adertisement on the side saying "Frys Cocoa" I'm just thinking about those poor horses having to pull their trams up the hills in Belfast. Coloured by Rob Cross.
CASTLE PLACE 4493
Taken from the Castle Buildings this photograph shows the hustle and bustle back in 1930 of Castle Place and on down the white building is Woolworth's.In the foreground of the left corner is a policeman directing traffic comiing down Royal Avenue.
CASTLE PLACE 4492
It's 1906 the year my mother was born but here we are looking down on Castle Place at 5 past 11 am and my is it busy. Over to the right this impressive building with its awnings all out is J. Robb & Co, Ltd a general drapery fancy goods department store, it was made up of 8 businesses put together. It sold everthing from shoes to carpets, bedding, clothing and all you nneded for a home, while in the background is the Bank Buildings and in the foreground is a horse and trap with people seated sideways. To the right.of the trap is policeman standing guiding the traffic.
CHRISTIAN PLACE 4502
It's 1912 and just off Irwin Street we have Christian Place were the locals mostly children are having their photograph taken. Out of all the children here only six are wearing boots the rest are bare footed, how did they ever survive the cold winters?
CASTLE PLACE 4491
The war is still raging on in Europe and the cameraman is standing in the middle of Castle Place watching out for any trams, it has been snowing.and you are looking down to High Street where Woolworth's is and a trollybus outside it. Over to the left is an ordinary bus while over to the right aa good old tram is going past. Behind the tram H. Samuel the jewellers and above the shop is a clock showing its nearly 3.30pm it was a Tuesday the 20th October 1942 and I was 9 days away from being 3 months old.
CASTLE PLACE 4494
This is Castle place back at the start of a new century 1900 and as you can see the trams are horse drawn. The 2nd tram to the right has on the top deck side is the adevert for Frys Cocoa who went on the make the famous Frys "Five Boys" chocolate bar. On the side of a building on the right advertising a 6 1/2d store in todays money that's roughly 2 1/2 pence.
CHARLEMONT STREET 4500
Here we are in Charlemont Street and the large building houses workshops for the Blind. On the right in horse and cart delivering goods while opposite a policeman is watching what is going on. In the 1800's in Charlemont Street was a mini Gaeltacht. Many of the residents were Irish speakers from Omeath who created Belfast's first Urban Gaeltacht. They weere mostly fishmongomers and were known as Fadgies.
Alan Johnston remembers his father walked in the Workshops for the Blind to buy a clothes basket when he received ths greeting " Hello Mr Johnston". He was astounded and as he paid for the basket and before he left the shop he asked the sales assistant how he knew his name. The person replied "I used to work in Andrew Smith's Opticians, you ofton came in to have your son's glasses repaired"
CAVEHILL 4497
Here we are on the Cavehill back in 1947 at the 1st cave and all are wearing sensible footwear but what is the man doing with a tennis racket. There are five caves (four visible from below) that are man-made, cut from the basalt. The lowest is accessible from the Sheep's Path. The caves were not permanently occupied, but may well have been used as temporary refuges. During WWII during the Belfast Blitz people came and stayed here during the bombing.
BELFAST CHILDREN 4501
Here we are in a street in Belfast back on the 26th September 1926 and the girls except for the one in pigtails and the boy they all look happy. Yet when you look at them you wonder how because they are all in their bare feet and on a cobbled pavement. The reason being they have known no other way of life, they may be poor but they are happy. The little girl is looking lovingly at the baby in her shawl, while to the left someone has put a chair sideways on the ground at the doorway so the wee one can't get out.
CHAPEL LANE 4499
This is Chaple Lane in 1890 and towering above the cobbled road is St. Mary's Church while on the right is the Hercules Bar. The reason the people are all blurred is back then you had to stand still for a couple of minutes because it need a long exposure to make the photo sharp. That is why the buildings are all sharp.
CAVEHILL ROAD 4498
Here we are on the Cavehill Road back in 1920 looking towards the Cavehill with a lady walking up the road. To the left of the road you can see the old quarry train track that ran from the Limestone quarry on the Cavehill down to the docks.
CO-OP 4506
Standing still having their photograph is the Co-Op's bread van with the driver and horse in the early 1900's. It's most likely been taken for publicity purposes and on the side it says that one Shilling (old money) you can become a member of the Co-Op.
CRIMEA STREET 4507
It's 1914 and on the right is Crimea Street while on the left is Tudor Place, now why the wall was built I do not know. but if you do please let me know and I will send you a copy.
CLIFTONVILLE ROAD 4505
This is Cliftonville Road back on the 19th May 1936 early in the morning. The first door on the left does not take you into the chemist, it's a telephone box then the Chemist and next is the newsagent with two young girls looking at what was in the window.Across the road on the right we have the butccher's and on the corner of Westland Road there ia a sweet shop and tobacconist facing that other chemist above that the Co-Op and Stewart's.
ROBINSON & CLEAVER 4508
Here in Robinson & Cleaver Departmennt Store in Donegall Place we are looking at the marvellous Marble Staircase with two statues. I remember it well and you stood in aw of it no matter how many times you came into the store. There were times when I went in and up the staircase just to turn round at the top and then walk grandly down the stairs.
CLIFTON STREET 4504
Here we are on Clifton Street during World War Two outside with men standing outside the Services Recruiting Office waiting to enlist. A month after conscription was introduced into Britian in 1939, Northern Ireland was exempted but that did not stop these brave men from both sides of the divide volunteering to join up and fight.
CITY HOSPITAL 4503
This is one of the Military wards at the City Hospital during the First world War when it was called the Belfast War Hospital. Standing still for the camera are the dedicated nurses who looked after the soldiers, many of which were hoping they had the wound that would not send them back to the horrors they had left behind. Also remember all these men are volunteers and it would be tne same in World War Two.