1. Thread
#Belfast I took a little dander around the north west corner of the Market area. One of the few Georgian parts of the City dating from 1833 to 1858 that survived the Blitz,Troubles & City Developers/Planners.Still Homes rather than offices

2. #Belfast JoyStreet was known as theâStreet of the Three Pâsâ, Pride,Poverty&Pianos.Each house had a Piano for use of music hall artists performing at Empire&other theatres.CharlieChaplin lodged at number 24 in 1906/7,shown here.Acroos the road is a tiny bronze statue of him.
3. #Belfast The new Hamilton House building in Joy Street has Chaplin on the roof & carvings of motor sport heroes Scarpa,Mackintosh,Wright & Alto.
5. #Belfast On the corner of Sussex Place & Rathbone Street is the derelict 1878 Victorian St.Malachyâs School.Hopefully it will not be destroyed by our corrup &/or incompetent City Planners & developers.

6. #Belfast Next door to the school, the old 1879/80 Victorian St.Josephâs Convent of Mercy has been sympathetically restored & converted into rental apartments.

7. #Belfast A memorial plaque to Joe McCann sits on the end of Joy Street near corner of Hamilton Street.There have been a few paintings of the Street, most notable being William Conorâs 1923 âWedding in Joy Streetâ.

8. #Belfast Music Hall Lane is a distant reminder of the areas past. Further along from Joy Street on corner of Montgomery Street & Chichester Street sits The Garrick Bar(my local).Built in 1810 as a Merchantâs House,it became a Bar in 1880 & named the Garrick in 1890s.
9. #Belfast Final.These old areas need preserving and saved from Belfast City Planners & Developers who ruined swathes of our http://heritage.As George Bermingham said;âI was born in Belfast & brought up to believe that like St.Paul,I am a citizen of no mean city.â
