Locations

Map showing Belmont Road, Belfast

Belmont Road, Belfast

Belfast

Belmont Road in East Belfast is home to Campbell College, a school taken over by His Majesty's Government during the Second World War for use as a hospital.

Map showing Parkgate Drive, Belfast

Parkgate Drive, Belfast

Belfast

Parkgate Drive in the Sydenham area of East Belfast will be familiar to fans of Glentoran FC. Their ground is the site of a Second World War era Pillbox.

Map showing Albert Street, Belfast

Albert Street, Belfast

Belfast

During the Second World War, Albert Street ran from the factories at the city centre end of the street to the residential neighbourhoods of the Falls Road.

Map showing Beersbridge Road, Belfast

Beersbridge Road, Belfast

Belfast

Once home to the Owen O'Cork Mills, Beersbridge Road in East Belfast is now the site of a mural depicting Polish airborne troops in the Second World War.

Map showing ARP Post, Albertbridge Road, Belfast

ARP Post, Albertbridge Road, Belfast

343 Albertbridge Road, Belfast

By 1939, the former home of Miss Isobel Sloan at 343 Albertbridge Road, Belfast lay vacant and the Second World War saw the site become an ARP Post by 1943.

Map showing WVS Post, Albertbridge Road, Belfast

WVS Post, Albertbridge Road, Belfast

345 Albertbridge Road, Belfast

By 1939, the S Patton's Confectioners at 345 Albertbridge Road, Belfast lay vacant and the Second World War saw the building become an ARP Post by 1943.

Map showing ARP Post, Albert Street, Belfast

ARP Post, Albert Street, Belfast

1 Albert Street, Belfast

Throughout the Second World War, ARP Posts sprang up across the city of Belfast including one next to WJ Holden's newsagents on Albert Street, West Belfast.

Map showing Albertbridge Road, Belfast

Albertbridge Road, Belfast

Belfast

The Albertbridge Road is one of the main thoroughfares connecting residential East Belfast to the city centre. The area sustained heavy damage in the Blitz.

Map showing Bloomfield Avenue, Belfast

Bloomfield Avenue, Belfast

Belfast

During the Second World War, Bloomfield Avenue in East Belfast was one site of the Belfast Rope Works, the largest works of its kind anywhere in the world.