Some sing out loud on the telephone wires
More from this collection
Related by When
Related by Where
Research Help!
Where: N Ireland, UK
Try to find the spot where the photographer was standing.
When: Unknown
Try to find the date or year when this image was made.
Staying beside the seaside though further up the east coast at Bangor in County Down. Prince Town Road, Bangor to be precise with lines of houses and the most impressive strings of wires strung on poles. Were they electricity or telephone? The man in the straw boater in the foreground is holding a very impressive two wheeled mode of transportation.
Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: Circa 1865 - 1914
NLI Ref: L_ROY_09547
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Source: Flickr Commons
Views: 5783
Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: Circa 1865 - 1914
NLI Ref: L_ROY_09547
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Info:
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The CommonsSource: Flickr Commons
Views: 5783
robertfrench
williamlawrence
lawrencecollection
lawrencephotographicstudio
thelawrencephotographcollection
glassnegative
nationallibraryofireland
bangor
countydown
ulster
northernireland
princetownroad
motorcycle
boater
seaside
Add Tags
Add Tags
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
I think they are telephone poles. And there is a DOG. And there is a reverse view with more clues - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000318023
Foxglove
yes there is a dog ! and better still a motorbike, rarely seen on NLI
Rory_Sherlock
Streetview: www.google.com/maps/@54.6621971,-5.6749855,3a,49y,336.11h...
Niall McAuley
Gentleman with the boater has a motorcycle, EI-15, a Sligo reg, so certainly after registrations introduced in 1903. In the 1914-15 directory at lennonwylie dot co dot uk, it is registered to a Wm Ferguson, Manor Street, Belfast.
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
Flickr IS amazing! Earlier, pre phone poles via https://www.flickr.com/photos/adambangor/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/adambangor/4259382793/ Also https://www.flickr.com/photos/adambangor/4429851578/
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
Radio mast at centre??? See note
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia https://www.flickr.com/photos/foxglove Yes indeed there is a DOG but the little beggar wouldn't sit still long enough to get a proper picture took!
Foxglove
yes I think it's a radio receiver mast, I have been looking through lots of photos of early 20th motorbikes, as yet I cannot identify the make of this one. I cannot decipher the name on the tank
Niall McAuley
There are a couple of William Fergusons in Bangor area who might be the motorcycle owner in the 1911 census. To me at least, he looks rather young, so I like: this William Ferguson on Ward Avenue, less than a mile from here as the crow flies when he's sober. That Wm Ferguson is 17 and a Bank Clerk.
O Mac
I wonder were all those wires heading up the road to the cross channel cable station at Donaghadee. There are no other big towns east of Bangor to warrant so many wires otherwise. atlantic-cable.com/Cables/Anglo-Irish/index.htm
Niall McAuley
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] Could just be the whole town of Bangor connecting back to Belfast? I only count 58 insulators on the pole. I count 30 Bangor numbers in the 1913 directory.
Niall McAuley
In 1911, EI-15 is owned by James G. Thompson, Donegall Quay Mills, Belfast.
derangedlemur
The bike looks like a Werner. www.cycleworld.com/2012/01/19/number-one-new-werner-the-f...