Belfast, Alexandra Park 1897
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This park was the third in Belfast. It opened in 1885, with ten more acres being added later. There was no park in the north end of the town, but the opportunity was there in the shape of some unwanted land. The banks of a short stretch of Milewater had once provided clay for bricks, tiles and a pottery. There was a pond, which caused legal difficulties: the nearby linen mills had rights to the supply of water, and the delays made some councillors impatient for the work that would be provided for the unemployed. 1885 was the year of the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales, and the park took the name of the Princess. The row of houses stretching up to the Antrim Road has the name Jubilee Terrace, celebrating the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887.
An extract from Belfast Photographic Memories.
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