Glimpses of Old Newtownards

I am deeply indebted to Mr James McCorriston, originally a resident of Thomas Street and now residing in Canada for his help with names

I have also been able to add some more names to Mark Street thanks to Sandra Campbell and have recently added new names to Mary Street thanks to Ellan McVeigh

This black marble memorial stands on the opposite corner of the statue to Lt. Col R. B. Mayne

The Blair Mayne Assocition are proud to have made the first donation of £500 towards this fitting tribute

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Site updated 20th February 2013

Picture information

	The Middle row The Borough Creast A map of the Ards penninsula and Strangford Lough Scrabo Tower St Marks Curch of Ireland church The Old Cross The Old Priory Note the many buildings standing behind the old cross No war memorial in front of the old priory it now stands on what was a bowling green. There has been a public house on the corner of Court Square for many years. It is now called The Point but for quite some time it was known as The Bowling Green. Two views of Conway Square and High Street The original war memorial which stood in Victoria Avenue The bank which is now an insurance office Looking down Little Francis Street towards the Town Hall A brief description of the Town Hall. St. Finians primary school Ann Street Londonderry School Newtownards Railway station The old St Patricks Roman Catholic Church, Ann Street Victoria Avenue Newtownards train station St Patricks Chapel The Royal train heading towards Newtownards. The workings at the lead mines The Low dam, looking towards Glen House.
1	Robert Street looking towards Thomas Street The Transit van was used by Ards FC and driven by Jackie McDade
2	Thomas Street Looking down towards West Street
3	The Church Primary School in Regent Street Now in the Glen Estate and known as Londonderry Primary School
4	The newly built Scrabo Estate Viewed from Scrabo Tower
5	Mark Street looking towards James Street
6	Mary Street viewed from outside the Orange Hall looking towards West Street
7	Looking from West Street towards the junction of William Street and Corry Street
8	Fredrick Street looking towards Mill Street
9	Mill Street looking towards the Model School
10	The Gas works in Mill Street, sadly now just another car park
11	The Old Court House Regent Street sadly replaced by an ugly building
12	Talbot Street fom the junction with the North Road. The railway embankment on the right was connected by a bridge to the long gone train station. The site is now occupied by a college
13	An early aerial view of the town
14	Before the building of the new Regent House Grammer school, bottom left is Dairyhall playing fields and the driver examination center which is now occupied by the Ambulance Service
15	Mill Street the building on the right is now where the public toilets are located McConnells fish and chip shop and Mrs Haskins on left
16	John Street viewed from what was the driving test centre and is now the ambulance station
17	The Ulster Print Works the caption under the picture tells the story
18	The Glen Factory building on the Crawfordsburn Road
19	Greenwell Street Church
20	Pound Street all of the old buildings have recently been replaced with new housing much of the old property belonged to The Mayne family
21	High Street
22	The boarded up shop on the corner of Queen Street was once owned by the Ferguson family.
23	Balfour Street
24	Forde Street
25	Corry Street, across from Glenford Park. Viewed towards the Shorts factory
26	Preparing for the roundabout at the Bangor/Donaghadee Road junction
27	Flush Hall, the scene of a murder, see details in the article above "Scrape the beetle"
28	Regent Street
29	A very old photo of The Model Primary School
30	The working yard of the train station at Victoria Avenue
31	The low dam looking towards Glen House
32	Looking over St Patricks RC chapel fron the train station towards the town
34	The Royal Carriage was reused after the visit and can now be seen at the museum housed in Downpatrick
33	The train station at Victoria Street
35	The Ards FC social club
36	The Newtownards war Memorial

Your comments, questions, suggestions, information or names would be very welcome.

Shanks	Kerr/McClean	Robson	Aikens	Cargo	Kennedy	McCord	Cash
McDade	Gill	Trolan	McKees	Mayne	Cousins	Francis	McCready
Finlay	Logan	Gourley	McRoberts	Kirkpatrick Ellas shop	McCutchion	Fitzsimmons	Auld
Cully/Mayne	Reid	McKitterick	McDowells shop	Hayes	Robinson	Clarke	Mooney
Stirling/McClean	Houston	Hawkins shop	Campbells	1st Newtownards Presbiterian. Church.	Napier	Shanks	McCauley
McClean/Adair	Dalzell	Carlile	Armstrongs	The Orange Hall	Thompson	McDade	Debretta's factory
McDade	Bailie	Carnduff	Russells	Jefferson's off liscence	Muir	Savage	The cattle and sheep auction yard
Adams	McAlpine	McAllister	McDaid	Strain Church	Woods	Hedley	Jeffersons public house
O'Neill	Egan	Miskelly	Moore	McVeigh	Johnston	Smith	Carson
Lightbody	Aiken	Clarke	Carnduff	Smyth	Ellison	McBlain	Mayne
Fisher	Bailies	Harvey	Pinnins	Savage	Algie	Evans	The Queen's Hall
Malone	Campbell	Kennedy	Pools	McClenaghan	McCorriston	Heron	The Weigh station
Gambles	Magills	Grahm	Chivers	Gamble	Mateer*2	Murrays	Moffet's butchers
McCreadie	Mooney	Cauhgey	Doakes	Montgomery			Strain Church and church hall
McKimm	Buckly	Burke	Pipers	Cavan			Smyths chip shop
Clarke	Rutherford	Lawson	McKibbens	Caughers			McConnell
Heron	Glenford table tennis clud	Cardys	McNeills				Hardford Lodge
		Rowleys	O'Reileys				bus station
		Gibsons	Church rectory				Todd
		Palmer memorial hall	McMeekin				McLaughlin
							Fergusons grocery store, later became Debrettas factory shop