With the generous support of the Community Fund
The Jaffe Memorial Fountain. Originally erected at Victoria Square as a tribute to the father of Sir Otto Jaffe - German-born British businessman, twice elected Lord Mayor of Belfast, and a leader of the Jewish community in Belfast. The monument lived in the Field from 1933-2008.
Photo courtesy of https://www.flickr.com/photos/normko/
Prefabricated bungalows along the Stranmillis embankment, adjacent to the Field. The homes were erected in the late 1940s as a solution to post-WW2 housing shortage.
Photo from Google
Ulster 71, a festival aimed at celebrating the founding of Northern Ireland, took place in the Field. The main exhibition hall is now the QUB physical education centre.
Photo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-1383974
At the time one of the biggest concerts Belfast had ever staged, U2 brought their PopMart tour to Lower Botanic Gardens (the Field!) in 1997. Playing to 40,000+ people - some locals remember the grass verge on Annadale embankment being lined with those who couldn't get a ticket.
Photo https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/music
