(on North Queen Street beside the police station) and the former army gym, now a social centre known locally as "The Recy."

The New Lodge was heavily damaged in the Belfast Blitz in 1941, in which many streets were laid waste by the concentrated bombing on the nearby factories, mills and army barracks; Burke Street, which ran between Dawson and Annadale streets was completely levelled in the 15-16 April Easter Tuesday raid, with all its inhabitants killed. The subsequent destruction of large swathes