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Royal Avenue, Belfast, BT1 1EA
Joined February 2013
This week’s Treasure features a small and now mostly forgotten theatre in North Belfast, The Grove. We love their striking programme covers from the 1960s #connectwithheritage
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Edenderry School on Ardoyne Road served the area from 1841 and was eventually superseded by Everton Public Elementary School. This poignant image was published in the Belfast Telegraph #OnThisDay in 1926
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This week’s Treasure pays homage to the wonderful Michael Longley with our limited edition copy of The Lake without a Name #connectwihheritage
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Before Belfast Central Library was built, Library Street had previously been known as Mustard Street, so named after Richard Callwell’s mustard works that opened there in 1790. An advert for the new premises was published in the Belfast News-Letter #OnThisDay in 1790
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Our final Robbie Burns Treasure is a shelf of the many Belfast printed editions of his poems, from the earliest of 1787 up to 1820. And in honour of Burns Night a copy of the famous haggis poem! #connectwithheritage
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RT @LibrariesNI: 📢 CUSTOMER NOTICE - Weather Warning 📢 The safety and wellbeing of our staff and customers is our top priority, therefore,…
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RT @PRONI_DFC: Calling all archive services in NI! The UK Archive Sector Survey is now open until the 14th of March 2025. This survey will…
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#HappyChineseNewYear to all those who celebrate! 🏮🐍 In our 1st floor Information Dept we have books on Chinese art, history & culture. We also have books in the Chinese language & CD language courses in Cantonese & Mandarin. So why not pay us a visit this #ChineseNewYear?
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#OnThisDay in the Belfast Telegraph in 1981, John De Lorean sees one of the first of his cars to roll off the assembly line. Also pictured, is an application form for a job at the Dunmurry factory. This curio can be found in the Belfast Heritage Archives #connectwithheritage
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Our next Burns Treasure is an illustrated edition of The Cottar’s Saturday Night printed by local company Marcus Ward. All our Burns Treasures are on display on the second floor of Belfast Central Library #connectwihheritage
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A tranquil winter scene at Shaw’s Bridge, published in the Northern Whig #OnThisDay in 1933 #ConnectWithHeritage
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This week’s Burns Treasure is the first edition of his poems to be published in Belfast in 1787. James Magee did not have the right to publish them so Burns would not have received any money! Visit our display on the second floor of Belfast Central Library #connectwihheritage
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If you have a burning desire to read some #RobertBurns this #BurnsNight then look no further than our 1stfloor Info Dept! We have a #Burnsania display, #RabbieBurns books that you can borrow & also free printouts of “Address to a #Haggis” for your #BurnsSupper celebrations!
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A pointsman ensures the smooth flow of traffic between Upper and Lower North Street #OnThisDay in 1927. Image courtesy of the Northen Whig #ConnectWithHeritage
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For this week’s Treasure we start a leadup to Burns Night. Among our collections are this portrait of Burns along with one of his better-known poems from the Belfast edition of 1805. Visit our display on the second floor of Belfast Central Library #connectwihheritage
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Before and after at the new art deco Bank of Ireland building at the junction of North Street & Royal Avenue as building work is underway #OnThisDay in 1929. Images courtesy of Belfast Telegraph & Belfast News-Letter #ConnectWithHeritage
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Happy New Year! Enjoy this week’s Treasures of some seasonal musical events from days gone by! #connectwithheritage
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The surrounding area may have changed out of all recognition, but the Longbridge Stone shown in the image & published in the Belfast Telegraph #OnThisDay in 1923, can still be seen today in the same spot at the Albertbridge Road & Castlereagh Street junction #ConnectWithHeritage
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Merry Christmas everyone! This week’s Christmas Treasures are from our St. Anne’s Cathedral archive including a carol service from 1946.
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📢 CUSTOMER NOTICE 📢 All libraries will be closed on Monday 23 December to Sat 28 December 2024 inclusive. We will reopen on Monday 30 December.
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