pilot25dmc
13-03-2011, 06:34 PM
Armagh Post was opened in 1959 and closed in 1991. It was the closest post to Portadown (The post I have restored) and was in the same cluster.
The Post was locked when SubBrit visited back in 2001, when I visited in 2009 the post had its padlocks removed but it was still locked on the T-Bar.
The owner was a great bloke and I left him a copy of the UKWMO booklet as he allowed me to take the bunk-beds for Portadown.
The compound is very wet but sits on high ground so no chance of flooding.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3509/3206779387_398d815ca5_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alistairmccann/3206779387/)
Armagh (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alistairmccann/3206779387/) by alistairmccann (http://www.flickr.com/people/alistairmccann/), on Flickr
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3083/3206786137_1b4b30cf3f_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alistairmccann/3206786137/)
Armagh (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alistairmccann/3206786137/) by alistairmccann (http://www.flickr.com/people/alistairmccann/), on Flickr
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3488/3206791439_a5865ebb4c_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alistairmccann/3206791439/)
Armagh (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alistairmccann/3206791439/) by alistairmccann (http://www.flickr.com/people/alistairmccann/), on Flickr
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3428/3207635118_01bb1930db_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alistairmccann/3207635118/)
Armagh (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alistairmccann/3207635118/) by alistairmccann (http://www.flickr.com/people/alistairmccann/), on Flickr
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3103/3207648616_99a3ce02ec_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alistairmccann/3207648616/)
Armagh (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alistairmccann/3207648616/) by alistairmccann (http://www.flickr.com/people/alistairmccann/), on Flickr
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3331/3206799221_faaba8751d_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alistairmccann/3206799221/)
Armagh (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alistairmccann/3206799221/) by alistairmccann (http://www.flickr.com/people/alistairmccann/), on Flickr
Great post with lots left inside, on farming land in full view of owners house so little chance of it being vandalised.
The Post was locked when SubBrit visited back in 2001, when I visited in 2009 the post had its padlocks removed but it was still locked on the T-Bar.
The owner was a great bloke and I left him a copy of the UKWMO booklet as he allowed me to take the bunk-beds for Portadown.
The compound is very wet but sits on high ground so no chance of flooding.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3509/3206779387_398d815ca5_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alistairmccann/3206779387/)
Armagh (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alistairmccann/3206779387/) by alistairmccann (http://www.flickr.com/people/alistairmccann/), on Flickr
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3083/3206786137_1b4b30cf3f_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alistairmccann/3206786137/)
Armagh (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alistairmccann/3206786137/) by alistairmccann (http://www.flickr.com/people/alistairmccann/), on Flickr
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3488/3206791439_a5865ebb4c_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alistairmccann/3206791439/)
Armagh (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alistairmccann/3206791439/) by alistairmccann (http://www.flickr.com/people/alistairmccann/), on Flickr
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3428/3207635118_01bb1930db_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alistairmccann/3207635118/)
Armagh (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alistairmccann/3207635118/) by alistairmccann (http://www.flickr.com/people/alistairmccann/), on Flickr
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3103/3207648616_99a3ce02ec_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alistairmccann/3207648616/)
Armagh (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alistairmccann/3207648616/) by alistairmccann (http://www.flickr.com/people/alistairmccann/), on Flickr
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3331/3206799221_faaba8751d_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alistairmccann/3206799221/)
Armagh (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alistairmccann/3206799221/) by alistairmccann (http://www.flickr.com/people/alistairmccann/), on Flickr
Great post with lots left inside, on farming land in full view of owners house so little chance of it being vandalised.