Conversations
Here are conversations that have happened in the last week on Flickr Commons:
Gong type specimen
from Letterform Archive
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- jessamyn west said:
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
www.archiseek.com
Allen’s grocery shop, perhaps
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Niall McAuley said:
The ladies hats say about 1910 to me.
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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?
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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.
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Suck Diesel said:
More here
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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
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
The Times they keep a-changing...
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jessamyn west said:
Suck Diesel Very very interesting, thank you.
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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
Paramount Theater, Asbury Park, New Jersey (LOC)
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swanq said:
See
- cinematreasures.org
1300 Ocean Avenue, Asbury Park, NJ 07712
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Theatre_(Asbury_Park,_New_Jersey)
2025 Streetview
It looks as though it is not active as a cinema or live theater space as of late 2026.
West Theater, Cedartown, Georgia (LOC)
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swanq said:
Still in business as a cinema
- the-west-cinema.square.site
See also cinematreasures.org
112 West Avenue, Cedartown, GA 30125
2024 Streetview
Major William Sherlock Lennon
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Johnny Doyle said:
as part of his time in Egypt it looks like he was seconded to Sudan, appearing in the 1917 list of appointments (Durham Uni is my go to place for Sudan info)
W.S. Lennon transferred to the Sudan Government as 2nd Inspector, Dongola, 18/2/17
London Gazette
www.thegazette.co.uk
Temp. Maj. W. S. Lennon, E. Dub. Fus.,
is transfd. to Gen. List for service with
Egyptian Army. 18th Feb. 1917.
London Gazette
www.thegazette.co.uk
The undermentioned relinquish their
domains. on completion of service : —
Temp. Maj. W. S. Lennon, 16th Oct.
1919, and retains the rank of Maj.
On my next trip to the UK National Archives I will take a copy of his service record. discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk
Rejoined the RIC on 16/10/1919, posted to Downpatrick 1/11/1919. Left the RIC on 1/9/1920 restarting with Sudan Govt on 2/9/1920.
He appears to have collected a few items in Sudan that are now in the Pitt Rivers Museum e.g. web.prm.ox.ac.uk
I have a few research interests that touch on Sudan, including one that links back to the NLI Easter Rising record for the Commandant at Arbour Hill johnny-doyle.blogspot.com -
beachcomber australia said:
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
I wish to nominate
Johnny Doyle and bobgbennett
for
Virtual Sticky Buns
for
Research Services
Over and Above the Call of Duty
Normally Required of Flickeroonies !! -
beachcomber australia said:
[Aside] Florence, Lady Baker (1841 - 1916), after whom the hospital ship on the Nile was named (Lennon died of appendicitis onboard), was an amazing character. From Transylvanian white slavery to exploring the source of the Nile, combatting slave trade in Africa, and retirement in Devon - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Baker
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bobgbennett said:
Johnny Doyle Very interesting details Johnny, and well spotted. It serves to remind of the significant British and Commonwealth military presence in Egypt from the 1880s through until the period of retraction after WW2. A great many officers, senior NCOs, and policemen were seconded to Egypt and Sudan during that era, a notable example being Major-General Sir Hector MacDonald, a former Colour Sergeant.
26_0020439 Rohr Collection Image
from SDASM Archives
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robotwolf said:
Absolutely love it! The years of Madonna's hits.
Arkansas Aviation Historical Society Image
from SDASM Archives
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tim_zukas said:
Guess that must be one of the 049s Delta got from Pan Am in 1956, since it doesn't say Delta-C&S.
A very proud family celebrating an Ordination?
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La Belle Province said:
The seated clergymen on the left and right are almost twin-like in their similarity of appearance, dress and posture, except the left-hand one is wearing flashy striped socks. A bit of individualism shines through, hallelujiah!
Harold Hamilton, Macquarie Island, subantarctic, south-western Pacific Ocean, 1911-1914
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xprocessed said:
Awesome job State Library of New South Wales reaching Explore! 🎉 📷
Highland Theater, St. Paul, Minnesota (LOC)
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Kim said:
My favorite theater as a child in St. Paul.
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Mitch Barrie said:
Still there, looks the same.