Christmas 2016 Advent Calendar

Neil Shawcross, RUA, RHA (b.1940), Hilden Mill in the Snow c.1985 Oil on canvas ILC&LM collection 2016 © The artist This picture was inspired by the artist seeing the red brick mass of Hilden Mill vividly set against the white of surrounding snow. Linen thread-making was established at the Plantation, Lisburn in 1784.  By the late-19th

Corner of Antrim Street/Bow Street in the snow, c.1963 Each day this Advent, we will be sharing a different image of Lisburn and district from the museum’s collection.  Feel free to share them with your friends and family, and get in touch if you have memories of the area, or further pictures.

Market Square North in the snow, c.1963.

The Corner House Pub, Antrim Street, c.1960s, now Midas the jewelers. The famous First World War image of the 11th battalion Royal Irish Rifles outside Tom Oliver’s was taken here.   Each day this Advent, we will be sharing a different image of Lisburn and district from the museum’s collection.  Feel free to share them with

Fire Authority building, Castle Street (demolished c.1983), as viewed from Castle Gardens. Each day this Advent, we will be sharing a different image of Lisburn and district from the museum’s collection.  Feel free to share them with your friends and family, and get in touch if you have memories of the area, or further pictures.

The Sisters of the Sacred Heart arrived in Lisburn in 1870s, establishing a convent on Seymour Street.  These building was demolished in the 1970s. Each day this Advent, we will be sharing a different image of Lisburn and district from the museum’s collection.  Feel free to share them with your friends and family, and get

Who remembers Walter Allen? Old Quay Street/Bridge Street junction, photographed from the new Queens Road, c.1983. Each day this Advent, we will be sharing a different image of Lisburn and district from the museum’s collection.  Feel free to share them with your friends and family, and get in touch if you have memories of the

A rare view of Bridge Street from the Gasworks/Back Lane area of Lisburn.  Many of the houses had long, sloping back gardens.   Each day this Advent, we will be sharing a different image of Lisburn and district from the museum’s collection.  Feel free to share them with your friends and family, and get in

Stannus Place was a wonderful late-Georgian terrace of six three-storey houses set at right angles to the river.         Each day this Advent, we will be sharing a different image of Lisburn and district from the museum’s collection.  Feel free to share them with your friends and family, and get in touch

Greens and Chittick’s shops on Bow Street, c.1990s,  Chittick’s opened in 1931, selling a range of fashions.  It closed in 2006.  Greens have been trading in Lisburn since the 1890s. Each day this Advent, we will be sharing a different image of Lisburn and district from the museum’s collection.  Feel free to share them with

The lion decorated the shop front of the Golden Lion Tea House, which was established at 59 Bow Street.  The premises were later purchased by John G. Feguson and continued in use as a spirit grocery after its lease to Jordan Brothers around 1950. 

Who remembers Elmore’s at Bow Street/corner of Market Place?  The business was established in the town in 1896.   Each day this Advent, we will be sharing a different image of Lisburn and district from the museum’s collection.  Feel free to share them with your friends and family, and get in touch if you have

The new church was opened on Chapel Hill in June 1900, replacing an earlier building dating from 1786.  The spire was added in the 1930s.  The beautiful late Victorian St Joseph’s Hall was built in 1889, and only replaced in the 2000s. Each day this Advent, we will be sharing a different image of Lisburn

Haslem’s Lane, with James Street to the right, Smithfield, c.1964   The now demolished James Street, where Lisburn Square now stands, just off Haslem’s Lane.   Each day this Advent, we will be sharing a different image of Lisburn and district from the museum’s collection.  Feel free to share them with your friends and family,

Former Royal Irish Constabulary Barracks, Smithfield, c.1970s   Now Glasgow’s, this building was formerly Smithfield RIC barracks. There were two other barracks in the town, at the Railway Station and Hillhall.   Each day this Advent, we will be sharing a different image of Lisburn and district from the museum’s collection.  Feel free to share

Terraced shops at Smithfield Street, c.1970s   This row of terraced shops at Smithfield Street is still standing today.  In the 1830s, Smithfield was described as being occupied by ‘several good and lofty houses…with respectable tradespeople’. Each day this Advent, we will be sharing a different image of Lisburn and district from the museum’s collection. 

 Lisburn Swimming Pool at Smithfield, c.1970s   The old Cattle Market has been replaced with the Lisburn swimming pool, which opened in 1970 and closed in 1999.  If you look closely, the row of terraced houses can still be seen in Lisburn Square, although much altered. Each day this Advent, we will be sharing a

Smithfield, Lisburn, c.1960s   Standing in Market Street/Linenhall Street this view of Smithfield (now the site of Lisburn Market/ back entrance to Green’s) shows the Victorian terraced housing that once dominated this area.     Each day this Advent, we will be sharing a different image of Lisburn and district from the museum’s collection.  Feel

Lisburn Advent Calendar 2016 – Day 1: Hill Street Looking Towards Piper’s Hill, Lisburn Each day this Advent, we will be sharing a different image of Lisburn and district from the museum’s collection.  Feel free to share them with your friends and family, and get in touch if you have memories of the area, or