ALL TIMESCAPES > GATHERING PLACES   1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61-70 71-80 81-90 91-100   Market Square, Ballyclare The upper storey was added to this old building in Ballyclare’s market square in 1873 to make a Town Hall. It acted as a venue for ...     The Ulster Club This photograph of the scene outside the Ulster Club in Belfast’s Castle Place was taken in 1900. Taking its cue from the famous ...     Glynn Main Street With little traffic to worry about, the main streets in rural villages such as Glynn, Co. Antrim, became convenient gathering places. ...     Main Street, Ballyclare Ballyclare was a much bigger town and on market and fair days it attracted very large crowds. The photograph, taken about 1910, shows ...     Fair Day In Ulster’s rural towns and villages the fair day attracted large crowds from the local area. Farmers traded livestock, but many people ...     Travelling Circus This photograph shows a travelling circus arriving in Portadown in 1896. The circus provided great entertainment for local audiences. ...     Circus Performers Some of the performers became household names. The photograph shows two child entertainers, Lolo and May, who were part of Hanneford’s ...     Street Entertainers The arrival of street entertainers in towns soon attracted large crowds. The photograph shows two women with a hurdy gurdy. They would ...     Pub In most towns the temperance movement campaigned against alcohol, but the pub remained the most popular gathering place for the poorer ...     Hargadon’s, Sligo Many old pubs just had a stone floor and heat was provided by a pot-bellied stove. Hargadon’s pub in Sligo had a semi-partitioned snug ...     <> 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61-70 71-80 81-90 91-100