2018 update on the Flagship centre, dead mall
The Flagship centre in Bangor is down to it's last three shops open. Two of which are having closing down sales which just leaves the Burger King upstairs. Which unlikely to stay open once the other shops close.
Joseph and Frances did a quick walk through update. We didn't ride the lifts though as we were afraid of getting stuck!
Bangor Empty Shops Rant the Death of our High Streets
City and town Councillors lament and 'wring their hands' about the falling shopping footfalls on the high street. Shop owners are alarmed as they see once profitable, long standing, family businesses fail with more closures imminent.
Councils make supportive noises but they refuse to lower rates and rents. They continue to give their blessing to higher parking fines and car parking fees. They appear naively ignorant of the ever increasing competition of, out of town shopping centres and booming internet shopping. Councils continue to 'milk ' shopkeepers of high rates and rental revenue. They are guilty of killing the goose that once laid the golden egg.
The Flagship Centre in Bangor is an empty shell. Five to ten years ago it was a bustling shopping centre. Many of the shops on Bangor main street are struggling to survive and many have already closed. Charity shops are everywhere. Shoppers will not come to an empty dead high street. Most of our town and city banks are now closed. Post offices have already disappeared. These are two more nails in the coffin of our towns and city streets. Have they to become ghost towns before our, greedy, head in the sand, councils give them financial relief?
Northern Ireland - Bangor in spring (special headphone edition)
Bangor is a beautiful small town in Northern Ireland
Bloomfield Shopping Centre
Bloomfield Shopping Centre - Bangor Northern Ireland
HMS.....Ramsey docks bangor northern ireland
HMS.....Ramsey docks bangor northern ireland
High street bangor, 2 am
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Hammerson puts new focus on Irish shopping centres
Hammerson puts new focus on Irish shopping centres
Eamon Quinn UK-based property giant Hammerson has put its Irish and French shopping centres at the top of a new strategy as it faces continuing investor pressure despite seeing off an unwelcome bid earlier this year. Hammerson operates Dundrum Shopping Centre, Ireland’s largest mall, which it co-owns with Allianz. It is also co-owner at the Ilac in Dublin city centre with Irish Life, and controls the nearby 1916 battlefield site. Dundrum Shopping Centre: Hammerson operates the shopping centre, I...
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Masonic Hall, Bangor, County Down
A few photos from inside Bangor's Masonic hall, Northern Ireland.
Places to see in ( Newtownards - UK )
Places to see in ( Newtownards - UK )
Newtownards, is a large town, townland and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. Newtownards lies at the most northern tip of Strangford Lough, 10 miles east of Belfast, on the Ards Peninsula. Newtownards is situated in the civil parish of Newtownards and the historic baronies of Ards Lower and Castlereagh Lower. Newtownards is the largest town in the former Borough of Ards. It is known colloquially by locals as Ards.
The town of Newtownards is overlooked by the 100-foot (30 m) high Scrabo Tower. The tower is 41 metres high, and was erected as a memorial to Charles Stewart, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, in recognition of his concern for the plight of his tenants during the great potato famine. It is open to the public and houses a historical and local environment exhibition. The basalt topped sandstone hill at Scrabo is one of the dominant features of north Down. The tower now stands tall in Scrabo Country Park with its woodland walks and parkland through Killynether Wood.
The Somme Heritage Centre, which is situated a little north of the town, is the Somme Association's flagship project. Situated adjacent to the Clandeboye Estate outside Newtownards, the centre is a unique visitor attraction of international significance showing the reality of the Great War and its effects on the community at home. The centre commemorates the involvement of the 36th (Ulster) and 16th (Irish) divisions in the Battle of the Somme, the 10th (Irish) Division in Gallipoli, Salonika and Palestine and provides displays and information on the entire Irish contribution to the First World War.
The centre promotes cross-community contact, mutual understanding, an appreciation of cultural diversity, and is a major visitor attraction. The centre is built on ground provided by Ards Borough Council in what is to be the Whitespots Country Park. It is linked to Helen's Tower on the Clandeboye Estate via the Ulster Way. Historically, the 36th (Ulster) Division trained on the estate during the first few months of the war and German prisoners of war were interned there. A replica of Helen's Tower was built on the Somme battlefield as Northern Ireland's national war memorial.
On the east shore of Strangford Lough, a few miles outside Newtownards and near Greyabbey, stands Mount Stewart, an 18th-century house and garden – the home of the Londonderry family. The house and its contents reflect the history of the Londonderrys who played a leading role in British social and political life. The ninety-eight acre garden at Mount Stewart has been proposed as a UNESCO world heritage site. Largely created by Edith, Lady Londonderry, wife of the 7th Marquess, in the 1920s, it has an unrivalled collection of rare and unusual plants.
( Newtownards - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Newtownards . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Newtownards - UK
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Escalator Woolworths Bangor
Fi ar escalator yn Woolworths
Getting Around in Northern Ireland (English)
We entered an open border from Ireland to United Kingdom and travelled around there.
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Bangor Boogie Nites - Disco Lites
Bangor new Funky look ...don't walk ...boogie!!
Last BHS stores to close for final time after 88 years
Last BHS stores to close for final time after 88 years
BANGOR CAR & MOTORCYCLE SHOW 2017!
In this Vlog we go to the Bangor Car & Motorcycle show in Bangor Co Down.
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Ireland Day 1
This is our first day in Ireland where we went for a walk around the town of Bangor, played human chess and went into the Flagship to do some shopping. Oh, and Saoirse lost multiple items of clothing that day also!
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