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Gathering shamrock on the slopes of Slemish #OnThisDay in 1933. Image courtesy of the Belfast News-Letter #ConnectWithHeritage

📢 CUSTOMER NOTICE - Events in Belfast Central Library 📢 The Libraries NI Heritage Week events planned for today in Belfast Central Library have been postponed. We apologise for any inconvenience.

📢 CUSTOMER NOTICE 📢 Due to circumstances beyond our control, Belfast Central Library is temporarily closed until further notice to allow essential repair work to be carried out on the building. Further updates will be shared as services return to normal.

Lisburn Road railings were being requisitioned for the war effort #OnThisDay in 1943. Many rows of metal ‘stubs’ that were left behind can still be seen to this day. Image courtesy of the Belfast Telegraph #ConnectWithHeritage

Sit back and enjoy one of the oldest and most enduring art forms, Storytelling. Join with others and listen to some tall tales, short stories and unique yarns from some of the country’s greatest Storytellers. Tuesday 24 March 12:30-2:00pm

The 1894 demolition of Pepper Hill Court in Carrick Hill marked the end of a notorious symbol of deprivation in Belfast. This illustration and article both appeared in the Belfast Telegraph #OnThisDay in 1922 #ConnectWithHeritage

Drivers…start your engines! Everyone has their eye on the prize at the toy car race held at the Belfast Plaza #OnThisDay in 1936. Image courtesy of the Belfast News-Letter #ConnectWithHeritage

Obstacle? What obstacle? These runners use all means possible to stay in contention at the Cross-Country Championship race at Belvoir Park #OnThisDay in 1933. Image courtesy of the Northern Whig #ConnectWithHeritage

Big plans for Falls Road Baths were unveiled #OnThisDay in 1959 as a £60,000 renovation scheme was announced. Image courtesy of Belfast Telegraph #ConnectWithHeritage

It was reported in the Belfast Telegraph #OnThisDay in 1934 that the last remaining portion of Lord Shaftesbury’s Estate, Belfast Castle, and two hundred acres of its grounds, were to pass to the Belfast Corporation for use by the citizens of Belfast #ConnectWithHeritage

If you’re a #birder or #twitcher why not check out our #gardenbird books available for loan from the 1st floor reading room in @BelfastCentLib. P.S. Don’t’ forget the #RSPB #BigGardenBirdwatch is this weekend too! 👀🐦‍⬛🐦🦆

A report of a miraculous escape by two American airmen after crash-landing in the back garden of a house in Sydenham Park, appeared in the Belfast News-Letter #OnThisDay in 1943 #ConnectWithHeritage

Before and after photos of the Cavehill Road that appeared in the Belfast Telegraph #OnThisDay in 1940, including the bridge that crossed the old ‘limestone railway’ #ConnectWithHeritage

📢 CUSTOMER NOTICE - Belfast Central Library 📢 Due to unforeseen circumstances, Belfast Central Library is now closed for the remainder of today (Monday 12 January). We apologise for any inconvenience.

It was #OnThisDay in 1864 that the Queen’s Island Crystal Palace was destroyed in a fire. The structure was close to where the slipways used to construct the mega-White Star liners would come to be built. Image courtesy of Belfast News-Letter

City reflections. An effective camera study of High Street, Belfast on a wet afternoon.” Published in the Belfast News-Letter #OnThisDay in 1928 #ConnectWithHeritage

This little Christmas shopper looks like they covered a lot of ground #OnThisDay in 1924. Image courtesy of the Belfast Telegraph #ConnectWithHeritage

This Shore Road scene was considered to be an eyesore when published in the Belfast Telegraph #OnThisDay in 1959, but 66 years later, the period features of this roadscape arguably evoke a somewhat warmer nostalgic glow #ConnectWithHeritage

Two views of Ann Street as published in the Belfast Telegraph #OnThisDay in 1909 #ConnectWithHeritage

Belfast’s proposed new elevated ring road as seen in the Belfast Telegraph #OnThisDay in 1963. Some elements of it were later incorporated into the Westlink, but the plan to link it up at the Gasworks never came to fruition #ConnectWithHeritage