bangor

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Admiring the drawn type (3D effect) on that massive sign.

beachcomber australia They were going for snazzy, and succeeded.

Confusing ...

"Daylight saving time was introduced by the Summer Time Act 1916 and implemented on 1 October 1916 as GMT plus one hour and Dublin Mean Time plus one hour. However, Dublin Mean Time (used by the railways) had a disparity of twenty-five minutes with Greenwich Mean Time, which meant that the Bangor Railway Station Clock was to be put back only thirty-five minutes instead of one hour. An additional complication was that the clocks in Belfast and Bangor were twenty-three minutes and thirty-nine seconds behind Greenwich Mean Time (not twenty-five minutes as in Dublin), so the final adjustment was thirty-six minutes and twenty-one seconds. The change to the time displayed on the Bangor Station Clock was not welcomed by commuters."

From - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangor_Bus_and_Rail_Centre_(Northern_Ireland)

Here is something of interest - a similar angle photo Lawrence no. 4723, which does not appear in the NLI catalogue. The photo has a motor charabanc (?) which puts it towards the end of the possible date range. Spot the other differences ...

via - lawrencecollection.com/product/bangor-co-down-d81-b/

At least 1884 onwards, as previously was operated by the Belfast, Holywood and Bangor Railway.
Sailors?

article on the process of photochrom: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photochrom "A litho stone is coated with a thin layer of purified bitumen dissolved in benzene. A reversed half-tone negative is then pressed against this light-sensitive coating and an exposure in daylight made (taking from 10–30 minutes in summer, to several hours in winter). The bitumen hardens and becomes resistant to normal solvents in proportion to the light. The coating is then washed in turpentine solutions, removing the unhardened bitumen. It is then retouched in the tonal scale of the chosen color to strengthen or soften the tones as required. Each tint needs a separate stone bearing the appropriate retouched image, and prints are usually produced by at least six, and more commonly from 10 to 15 tint stones.[4]"

Great image, I'd love to know what the paddle steamer and the large sailing ship were called!

beautiful colors.

Great vintage feel.

lovely

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Maine Photography, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

My great-grandparents, John Burpee & Mary Mutty and their children lived in Bangor and their home was destroyed in this fire. Shortly afterwards, they left Bangor and took up residence in Lewiston. -- Seen in your News in the 1910s set. (?)

@Brenda Same here, relatives that were forced to move due to the fire.

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called a new world, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called soulful group, and we'd love to have this added to the group!