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Old Belfast in Photographs

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The Old Potato Station being demolished. The site and the one on the left (at the corner of the Ormeau Road) has planning permission for shops, offices, apartments and a multi-storey car park. Continue to [[1609047]].

See [[1050606]]. Oxford Street bus station (now replaced by the Laganside Buscentre [[796798]]) was built on the site of an old goods line (1876-1963) connecting East Bridge Street Jct (near the present Central Station [[4744]])... more

Old Belfast in Photographs

Belfast’s history as a modern town begins on 27 April 1613. A royal charter, issued in the name of James I, transformed what had been a collection of dwellings by a river crossing into a legal entity governed by a corporation of 13 men, headed by a sovereign.

Love this one for the gorgeous ghostly tram moving along Bedford Street in Belfast, and if that child conveying device at the right isn't a perambulator, I don't know what is... The building on the left with the impressive canopy is actually the Ulster Hall, and the notice outside may make it slightly easier to date this one: "Monday. Popular Concert Postponed". Fantastic building identification by Gerry Ward: "What is amazing about this photograph (amazing by Belfast standards) is that all…