LENNON WYLIE

Beresford House, 45/46 Queen's Parade, Bangor	Bangor Marina (now)
John Knipe from James Young	Bangor Seafront (year unknown)
by the artist Frank Fitzsimons, born in Co. Antrim in the 1930's and lived in Bangor, Co. Down. He signed his paintings 'Franfit' more information I apologize for the poor quality photograph, if I remember I will try and get a better shot, its a beautiful painting - Mary
Bangor - late 1800's - Arrival of Belfast Steamer This is the Bangor Castle (ex-Palmerston) http://website.lineone.net/~tom_lee/bangorcastleimg.htm Thank you to Tom Lee for the verification :o)
View of Bangor from the Pier, you can see up Main Street (after 1891)
1881 - 1891 I can't tell which of these two photos is the oldest, the top photo has houses on the seafront which are either just being torn down or just being built in this bottom photo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks to Ruth I now know that the bottom photo is the older of the two... I was interested to see your photos of Bangor, especially the older ones. You were unsure as to when the two of Queen's Parade were taken. As the spire for 1st Bangor is present in both, they would be post 1881, since that 's when it was added to the church. The lower of the two photos does not have Queen's Parade Methodist church, so since it was constructed in 1891, you can narrow that photo to within a ten year span.
The date for both cards is probably around late 1890s or 1900. The wee hut affair in the coloured postcard is actually a converted tram, left on the dockside to act as a 'coffee stand'; which is visible on its signage in a closer photo available in the Ian Wilson book "Bangor Harbour and Bay." The coal office belonged to Robert Neill, the father of Robert and Charles Neill, both of whom ran coal businesses in Bangor, making Robert Neill's business the oldest firm here, until it finally closed in the early 1990s. - Ruth
A postcard of Bangor Seafront and the Coal Office - supplied by Ruth in Bangor
Ballyholme Beach	Ward Park
The Albert Cakes	The Albert and The Bangor Dairy Depot
Seacliffe Road	Seacliffe Road
Ballyholme - this was fierce windy, I had to prop myself against a garden wall to stop getting blown away	Ballyholme - same here, I was leaning backwards against the sea wall and a young man to my left was laughing as he was trying to make his way past me and getting blown about also
Ballyholme Esplanade from Seacliffe Road
This is how I remember Bangor Seafront, with the phone boxes and the wee beach, sunken gardens, public toilets, chip shops and cafes, not the dilapidated dump it is today, and look what's in the background, the amusements, Barrys, a real Bangor with a real seafront
Northern Whig and Belfast Post June 1927 Glenlola School Sports, Bangor - Governors and Teachers of the School with the Sports Officials Kathleen Gillespie winning the 100 yards race for girls over 13 years - Betty Burns winning the 100 yards race for girls under 13
The Northern Whig and Belfast Post - The Ulster Story 3rd May 1957
P.O.S.C. Belfast - Pickie to Pier Race - 1956 2nd - D. Bamford

Red Letter Days, Flossie Watson, Florenceville, Bangor, August 1897	January 1) Madeline B. MacCormac Edith Bell 2) Annie Wilgar 3) Lily Kenny 6) Lillie Gracey 7) Maggie Lynch 9) Annie Frauceline R. Watson 10) David A. Watson 11) Alice Watson 14) Nellie L. MacGiffin 15) Mother 16) Gertrude Sefton 19) L. W. illegible 20) Leta Wylie 23) Minnie Martin 28) A. M. Blanche Doran and Lillie L. Hay or May	February 2) Agnes Sefton 6) Bella Wilson 7) Norah Small 9) Ida Hill '80 10) Chrissy E. Scott 11) Maud Mitchell and Frances Isabel Laurie 13) Elsie Josephine Smith 1895, J. Charles Sherrard and Catherine Sparrows? 17) Hetty Burrows 18) Edith Baxter 21) Mary Craig 22) Louie Hill and Delia A. Cosby 26) Lillie Madden, Minnie S. Hanna and Frances M. MacFarland 28) M. E. May	March 2) Edie Robinson 3) Lucie Giles 4) Susan E. May 5) Martha Maudale Byers, Maggie Johnson and John Warden 7) Agnes ? Miller 8) Edith Warnock 9) M. Denison 15) Mary S. Warden 16) Jessie Crawford and Hillis Rowan Houston (Australia) 17) Ethel Ward 18) A. Macnaughton 20) Charlie A. Barker 21) Charlotte Leitch 22) Anna M. S. Richey and Violet Macnaughton 25) Minnie G. Carson 28) Phyllis May 31) Dora Blackstock, Violet Taylor and A. M. Holland
	April 1) Georgie Watson 2) M. A. Richardson 4) J. Allen Vint '81 and Andrew Sherrard 5) Ethel Mitchell and Sara Mercer '80 10) Lillie Crawford and Louis Harvey 15) Annie Mowan? '79, S. G. Montgomery, George Arthur Watson '79, Jennie B. Hanna 16) Joe Watson '81 17) Arthur C. Mitchell 18) Eva E. Garrett 22) Marian L. Warnock 24) Harriet H. Scott 25) E. O. Montgomery 26) Rita McBride '81 and Margaret Small	May 2) Winnie Reburn 4) Florrie Scott '97 8) Meta Rowan 10) Eleanor Maude Wylie '80 13) Beth Walker and Suie Ward, Lincolnshire 15) Margaret Sproule 24) Lizzie Moffet Doris May Smith and George Elder 28) Minnie McLarnon and Agnes Hanna 29) Lily Stafford	June 11) A. McEwel, Harry Smith x his mark and Minnie Stewart 12) Annie P. Bowden and Emily Wallace 14) Walter D. Williamson 15) May K. Larnon 16) J. Stuart Stolsen 17) A. G.? Carrison and A. L. Ramsden 22) Thomas Cleland 25) Gladys Neville Guthrie 30) Maggie Dunwoody
	July 5) Elizabeth S. Park and Maude Thompson 6) Kathleen Taylor and Tot Gibson 7) Maggie Hanna 10) James F. Warden 11) Luisa J. Warden and Lewis Cathcart Black 13) Christie Martin 14) Harrie or Florrie M. Turtle 15) Sophie F. Robb 16) Rita M. C. May 25) J. M. Bell and M. D. Fitch 27) Elizabeth Harris and Muriel Hoy (June) 28) L. Russell 30) Helen E. McKee	August 3) Alice Dora Jennings 4) Dorothy May 7) John Watson 8) Edith Osborne 11) Rachel Adair 12) Gertie Dixon '97 and Eva Maguire 13) Maggie Woods 15) Martha Finlay 19) Mary F. Robinson 20) Ida B. Warnock, David T. Mercer and L. W. Wynne? 22) Flossie Watson '97 (book owner) 27) Maud Gill 29) Jessie Sherrard	September 10) Chaddie Stewart 14) Emma B. Martin 15) Jean Wylie and Janie Nevin 20) Wm. C. Cahoon 23) Ella Moncrieff '80, Phillip J or I. Woods '80, Eileen Vint and Maud Thomson 26) Annie McDonnell 27) Editha M. Boyce 28) Katie Jubb 29) Emmie L. Martin and F. or J. Macnaughton
	October 1) Walter P. Rusk 3) Emily Wilson 4) Jeannie McKerry Gibson 8) Eta McMurray 11) Lizzie Magee 12) Ella Weldon and Laura K. Logan '81 15) Standish Watson 17) Ella H. Montgomery 21) Nora M. Kertland 24) Ethel Watson '97 25) R. J. Woods 26) Minnie Martin 27) Rirua? Wynne 28) Alice Hamill and Elsie Beatrice Kelly 30) A. H. Mussen	November 4) Papa E. W., Jamie Watson, Jeanie Thompson and Annie McF. Lynd 9) Isabel Roberts 10) Ellie Martin 12) Lily Walker and Amy J. Woods 13) Florrie Leslie 16) Josephine Smith 24) Margaret Wilson 25) Rose A. Gardner 27) Ernest L. Turtle 28) Effie Wright 29) Katie Shaw	December 1) Tom Woods '75 2) Helen Acheson '82 and Jane N. Campbell 6) James Ronay? 12) Ray Gilchrist 15) Lillie M. Johnston 18) Susannah Cardwell 19) Sarah Sparrow 22) Adam Watson "saved by grace" 24) Eveline Kelly 26) Agnes Coo? and Jessie Thompson 28) Annie Crawford '97, Mary McKeown and Robt. A. Williamson 29) Jane Downie? and Annie . . . ies? 31) Daisy McLees

Main Street Bangor 1890, you can see Central Avenue and a second hand furniture shop (right) and a HUGE ship in the bay Bangor Seafront 1916 that black square in the middle says Palace Pierrots - they were employed by the hotel to entertain and there's quite a crowd watching them Bangor Bay from Pickie, wonder what event this was? says on the back...To Michael on his 50th Birthday, 15th May 1982, Paddy & Shannon Bangor & Bay from Mornington Park, Princetown
Bangor Central School Elementary 1936 - Sixth Standard Boys (from L to R) Vincent Graham Larry Lawley Richie Gillespie Sammy Atkinson Cyril McCready Stanley McRoberts Wilfred Orr Billy McGrath (teacher?) Billy Riddell Wilfred Mitchell V. Jemphrey ? Victor Nelson ? ? Harry Corry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Girls (from L to R) (names may not be in the correct order) Lily Shields Maureen Davidson Jean McCready Winnie Patterson Irene ? Hilda Glover Audrey Connell Francis McConkey Marie McKnight Ellen Boal front Betty McGowan Peggy McCready Ann Marshall May Kane (Mary) Lorraine Donard Betty Adair Connie Reid Ella Crone? Eithne Bewley-Bull Maureen Major
Bangor Bay from Pickie another shot of the Bay from Pickie, see the diving board, look at the huge houses on the hill, if you zoom in you can also see the original 4 houses at the bottom of Victoria Road where Colin Middleton lived, there is a plaque on his house now (if you would like a larger version of this photo or the one above it, email me at meems@marylennon.co.uk)