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Here are conversations that have happened in the last week on Flickr Commons:
Happy Days and lovely hats at the Marine Hotel
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They shall Not Pass the Boys of the Edward Road
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beachcomber australia said:
Bananas ? Hanging right hand side.
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beachcomber australia said:
Remarkably little change in 110(?) years - maps.app.goo.gl
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Suck Diesel said:
When houses had names, not numbers
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Suck Diesel said:
Former Northern Bank branch (1905) just visible, top of street on left
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Allen’s grocery shop, perhaps
Looks Edwardian, 1905 - 1910 -
Niall McAuley said:
The ladies hats say about 1910 to me.
The railway and station are behind the cameraman, which may explain the crowd all walking away. -
Niall McAuley said:
EAS_0831 nearby has a poster for Whitehead Masonic Hall Shooting Carnival, which sounds mad.
Thursday Friday Saturday, but I can't make out a date. -
Suck Diesel said:
Niall McAuley The Midlands Railway, NCC, dates it post 1903
The Northern Counties Committee (NCC) was the Irish railway subsidiary of the Midland Railway, formed on July 1, 1903, after the Midland Railway of England acquired the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway (BNCR). -
John Spooner said:
The Irish News and Belfast Morning News of Friday, 18 October 1912 reported on fire at the shop of Mr. Samuel M'Candless, grocer and fruiterer. The shop was situated at the junction of Shaftsbury Square and Edward Road. Within half an hour of the detection of the outbreak the shop was burning from back to front, and properties on either side were threatened. After an hour and a half, the fire was brought under control, but Mr M'Candless' shop was completely gutted, and there was damage to neighbouring properties.
Carrickfergus Fire Brigade were alerted and ready to attend, but there were no hydrants in Whitehead, so they couldn't have done much anyway.
Shaftsbury Square (not to be confused with the one in Belfast) doesn't seem to exist anymore in Whitehead, so is the shop in the picture that of Mr M'Candless? Is it likely that Edward Road had more than 1 grocer/fruiterer? I'm no expert, but the brickwork and roof of the shop in the picture looks new, so is this a post-fire rebuild? Or would that be too late?
I couldn't help noticing that under the report of the fire there is an advert for the Hibernian Fire and General Insurance Co. -
Niall McAuley said:
In Streetview see the Victoria Avenue street sign. Pics on Facebook show that the street sign reads Victoria Avenue formerly known as Shaftesbury Square
The "square" is not so named on any of PRONIs historical maps.
The decks are stacked
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Mike Grimes said:
Probably a lot later than the 1930s. Launched in 1955, razor blades in 1975. It was built as a troopship and converted to an educational cruise ship in 1965.
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National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
Oretani Wildlife (Mike Grimes) Might this not have been much earlier than that though, Mike? Eoin O'Duffy died in 1944, and I don't think any later material was contained in his collection. [edit: Shows what I know! :D ]
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Suck Diesel said:
Launched in 1956?, the SS Nevasa was specifically designed and built as a dedicated troopship for wartime and peacetime military personnel transport. When state-sponsored troop movement by sea declined in the early 1960s, the ship was retrofitted in 1965 to serve as an educational cruise ship. It spent the rest of its career taking thousands of school children on educational voyages around the Mediterranean and Baltic seas before being retired and scrapped in 1975.
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Suck Diesel said:
The dormitory names and ‘Feb 70’ at bottom date this to its school tours period
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Mike Grimes said:
National Library of Ireland on The Commons the earlier HMT/HMHS Nevasa that would fit in with O'Duffy being alive is not the same ship as this one. Different profile altogether. This is definitely the third one to have the name. Now, why it would be in his collection? There lies a mystery.
birtwistlewiki.com.au -
Suck Diesel said:
More here
poheritage.com -
Suck Diesel said:
Mike Grimes
1. The First SS Nevasa (1884 – 1909)
• Role: A cargo and passenger liner.
• History: Built in 1884, it was the first vessel to establish the name within the BI fleet. It served standard commercial routes connecting the UK to India and East Africa for 25 years before being retired and broken up for scrap in 1909.
2. The Second HMT / HMHS Nevasa (1913 – 1948)
• Role: Passenger liner, World War I Hospital Ship, and long-serving Troopship.
• History: This was the most famous predecessor, measuring roughly 9,000 gross tons. Launched just before WWI, it was quickly requisitioned as a troop carrier.
• Wartime Legacy: In 1915, it was converted into His Majesty's Hospital Ship (HMHS) Nevasa, outfitted with 660 beds to transport wounded soldiers. It returned to trooping duties full-time in 1925 and served relentlessly throughout World War II—even participating in the Normandy Landings (D-Day) in 1944. It was finally scrapped in 1948 after 35 years of service.
3. The Third SS Nevasa (1956 – 1975)
• Role: The 21,000-ton vessel featured on your deck plan.
• History: Commissioned eight years after the second ship was scrapped, this final Nevasa carried on the military tradition of its immediate predecessor until it transitioned into a educational school ship. -
National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
Mike Grimes Always happy to be corrected! That's half the fun of all of this. The other half is solving those mysteries.
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beachcomber australia said:
Flickr is sometimes amazing! Not 100% sure, but anyway ...
The second Nevasa, via TheFingerboards
26_0001529-402422643 -Piction ID--Flxible - Loudonville_s Last Delivery Outside of Loudonville OH plant of Flxible
from SDASM Archives
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So Cal Metro said:
Orange County Transit District (California) Flxible buses lined up outside the Flxible factory in Loudonville, Ohio, in 1975.
Francis Chichester after his solo flight, Sydney, 1930
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Pig Pang said:
Servus from Vienna! an incredible capture!
The "Who's who" of the Young Irelanders
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beachcomber australia said:
From Australian Dictionary of Biography ...
"John Mitchel (1815-1875), Irish nationalist, was born on 3 November 1815 at Camnish, near Dungiven, County Derry, Ireland, the third son of Rev. John Mitchel, a Presbyterian minister, and his wife Mary, née Haslett. He was educated at Dr Henderson's school at Newry, where he began a lifelong friendship with John Martin, and at Trinity College, Dublin. He later described himself as a Unitarian Presbyterian. In 1837 he married Jane Verner of Newry, by whom he had three sons and two daughters. ... "
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National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
beachcomber australia Didn't they spend [have to spend] a long time in Van Diemen's Land? Or am I raving? Again.
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beachcomber australia said:
From the DIB ...
" ... In April 1836 he was apprenticed attorney to John Henry Quinn of Newry, and fell in love with Jenny Verner (qv) (under Mitchel), barely sixteen years old. In November 1836 they eloped but were discovered in Chester, and Mitchel spent eighteen days in Kilmainham jail on a charge of abduction. They eloped again and on 2 February 1837 were secretly married at Drumcree, Co. Armagh. Jenny was disowned by the Verners, but accepted by the Mitchels, and the young couple settled in Newry. .. "
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beachcomber australia said:
National Library of Ireland on The Commons Yes indeed. I am reading all about it and trying to find exactly where. Somewhere near Bothwell, Tasmania, in Nant Cottage on 200 acres. Near the current Nant Distillery ? - maps.app.goo.gl
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beachcomber australia said:
" Nant Cottage
Mitchel searched the Bothwell district for a house and farm that could accommodate his family and decided on a 200-acre property called Nant, located on the Clyde River, which he stocked with sheep and cattle. Nant Cottage is located nearly three miles from Bothwell village and here the family resided in relative peace surrounded by rich pastoral land, rolling hills and a view of the steep escarpment of the surrounding mountains in the distance. "
via - www.utas.edu.au (click on 'Bothwell')
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beachcomber australia said:
This looks possible: on Nant Lane, hipped roofs, two/three chimneys with windows either side, view of the mountains. Streetview (rear of house) - maps.app.goo.gl
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beachcomber australia said:
Plot thickens ... Image 4 shows a 'George Nicholas, Nant. Bothwell. Tasmania ..."
I have no idea what's going on ! -
beachcomber australia said:
The whole album is full of references and images of Tasmanian houses where the Young Irelanders 'holidayed'.
Bingo! Nant Cottage (which I thought was merely an 'Aside') is featured in Image 22. Yay!
Ed. And there is an 1851 date on the second Nant photo. The album itself must have been compiled and edited much later -
beachcomber australia said:
Image 23 has a 1903 date in the title.
And Image 43 has the imprint of ...
T. F. GEOGHEGAN
Photographer and Frame Maker
2 Essex Quay, Dublin
Telephone 1817.
Thinking he rephotographed old images and compiled the album after 1903. Or not ??
Introducing Mr. H. C. Hallinan of Glendalane
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Niall McAuley said:
Clondulane, perhaps?
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Niall McAuley said:
Wait, on the OSI map I see a big house called Glandulane in Clondulane North.
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Niall McAuley said:
Suggesting that this is Hugh in 1926...
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beachcomber australia said:
30 March 1929 was a Saturday ...
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Niall McAuley said:
Appears to have died in 1960 aged 57, but no digitized image for details.
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beachcomber australia said:
Hugh Christian Hallinan 1902 - 1960 - www.thepeerage.com
" Hugh Christian Hallinan was born on 5 May 1902.1 He was the son of Joseph Aloysius Hallinan and Muriel Anderson Bell.2 He married Maidie Shenstone, daughter of Frederick William Shenstone, on 25 April 1929.1 He died on 29 January 1960 at age 57.1
He was educated at Downside School, Bath, Somerset, England.1
Children of Hugh Christian Hallinan and Maidie Shenstone
Patricia Anne Hallinan+2 b. 4 Apr 1930
William Shenstone Hallinan2 b. 4 Apr 1932, d. 1 Aug 1949
Elizabeth Hallinan2 b. 3 Jul 1933
Richard Christopher Hallinan+2 b. 28 Jul 1935
Jeanette Hallinan2 b. 28 Sep 1943 " -
Niall McAuley said:
Per that thepeerage link, he married on the 25th April in 1929, soon after this pic.
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Niall McAuley said:
About the family mill: "The mill was closed in the 1950s and now little remains."
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Niall McAuley said:
The house has a page at the NIAH
Gong type specimen
from Letterform Archive
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jessamyn west said:
The beach ball in the next image is no help since they're from 1938 (amazingly, I was surprised when I looked it up)
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Stephen Coles said:
jessamyn west Great find!
The Times they keep a-changing...
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Johnny Doyle said:
Built on the pre-WW1 work of William Willet and his "Waste of Daylight" campaign catalogue.nli.ie
The decision to change times taken in London, with
Wimborne just the messenger. www.legislation.gov.uk
26_0040544 Rohr Collection Image
from SDASM Archives
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So Cal Metro said:
Sometime from 1980, when Pan Am took over National Airlines and continued their domestic US routes, to 1982, when they discontinued San Diego among others.
26_0071345 Rohr Collection Image
from SDASM Archives
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So Cal Metro said:
Sometime from 1980, when Pan Am took over National Airlines and continued their domestic US routes, to 1982, when they discontinued San Diego among others.
Gas strike, 29 April 1941
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RAYCOPHONE said:
Tennyson Road, Mortlake, at the tram terminus opposite the gasworks entrance.
341. Nos. 831 to 841 George-street
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Merryjack said:
What a wonderful scene of the old Sydney.
It is interesting that the gun maker W S Woodward appears to have been a practicing gunsmith in London in 1879 when he was involved in an early ballistics identification case.
A STORY OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY. (1879, May 12). The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), p. 3. Retrieved October 27, 2026, from nla.gov.au
William Samuel Woodward died at Botany in 1917
PRORATE JURISDICTION. (1917, April 5). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 2001), p. 1988. Retrieved October 27, 2026, from nla.gov.au -
Blue Mountains Library, Local Studies said:
It is also interesting that the gunsmith Woodward was the official pigeon buyer for the Botany Gun Club of which the landscape photographer Charles Kerry was also a member.
"He (Kerry) was a splendid shot, and I often drove out to Botany with him and enjoyed meeting all the keen enthusiasts who spent the afternoon at the traps. Many of them afterwards dined at Arthur Usher's old Metropolitan at the corner of Castlereagh and King Sts., where there was always pigeon pie after a Gun Club Meeting. The pigeons were bred mostly by boys, and the lads sold their surplus at between Is and 3s a pair."
The turn of the Century (1954, June 25). Daily Mirror (Sydney, NSW : 1941 - 1955), p. 16 (Cable Edition 2). Retrieved October 27, 2026, from nla.gov.au -
beachcomber australia said:
"Drs Freeman (& Wallace)" - see poster top right, were a pair of shonky quacks!
Their advert in 1900 - trove.nla.gov.au
Bankruptcy in 1908 - with "Dr Freeman's" life story - trove.nla.gov.au