The BBC has reported that 100 years ago today, the first flight on the island of Ireland took place at Hillsborough in Co. Down. This was undertaken by Harry Ferguson of tractor fame.
Days Hotel Belfast - located in a lovely area of Belfast where the Union Jack flies from every lamppost and the kerbstones are painted blue white and red.
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The future of industrial heritage as an interest in Ireland is at stake.
Have you heard anything of interest about IH recently?
Egos and control issues are standing in the way of IH in Ireland.
Gone are the days when an elite group could withhold information.
At the moment, there is an elite and there is the rest of us.
The rest of us have an interest in IH and appreciate being informed.
Even if you don't believe it, fake it or face the consequences.
Keeping the interested amateurs onside keeps the State onside.
Exclude the serious amateur and they will do their own thing,
even if this is not deemed by you to be in your interests.
Perhaps you feel that you own the interest and can control it.
Even if you could, why? An interest shared is an interest expanded.
Rather like money, the more that is spent, the more for everyone.
Makes you wonder, if IH was shared, would there be more for all?
Only way to find out is to open the flow of information and set it free.
Do you believe that you can hold back the tide, King Canute style?
Everyone who is protecting a vested interest thinks they can.
Long term, good will prosper if only because complacency outs.
Do nothing and you will wither on the vine like unharvested grapes.
Only by promotion and participation will the interest progress.
Every journey starts with a single step,
So let the journey to make IH mainstream start in 2010.
No more them and us. We are all experts in some area of IH.
Open up the archives and let the information flow.
Take positive action and establish an information store
Work with the community to get anything and everything concerning IH recorded.
Or invite those in the know to add to your repository.
Respect the knowledge and intentions of all who come and make the most of what they offer.
Keep everyone onside as exclusion fosters resentment.
Only by inclusion will you achieve domination.
People will work for free if they are valued and respected.
Exclude those with alternative opinions and you reduce the value of everything.
No one should feel that they are unwelcome for telling it as it is.
Unique opportunities to promote and develop the resources of IH are offered by the internet.
Positive results will flow from inclusion and involvement.
Only by taking the first step to an open information environment will you see the benefits.
Realising this is the key to everything.
For 2010 is the defining year for IH in Ireland.
Ask those who have dropped out to come back.
Invite those who are unaware to join up.
Leave the petty squabbles about egos at the end of the line and disconnect the track on which they stand.
Days Hotel Belfast - located in a lovely area of Belfast where the Union Jack flies from every lamppost and the kerbstones are painted blue white and red.
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Belfast City Council has commissioned a piece of art to commemorate the industrial heritage of the city. Located on the lower Newtownards Road outside City East Business Centre, Martin Robertson’s sculpture, ‘Let’s Twist Again’ is described thus in the press release from Belfast City Council:
Standing four metres tall, the striking sculpture depicts a piece of rope cut from fabricated stainless steel, reflecting the rich industrial heritage of the area, which included it once being the home to the largest ropeworks in the world.
Days Hotel Belfast - located in a lovely area of Belfast where the Union Jack flies from every lamppost and the kerbstones are painted blue white and red.
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The economic storm has hit one of the leading canal boat hire companies on the island of Ireland. If we had a proper Government, this would be the final nail in the coffin of the Ulster Canal demolition - clearly if they cannot make enough money on the existing system, extending it will not lead to an increase in boating (although I can see the spin along the lines of 'if there was a connection to Lough Neagh, we will get more tourists).
All that will happen is that you will get a one off boost as people travel the canal once and never again. In doing so, they will be diverted away from the existing network, depriving it of needed traffic.
Scrap the Ulster Canal proposal now.
Days Hotel Belfast - located in a lovely area of Belfast where the Union Jack flies from every lamppost and the kerbstones are painted blue white and red.
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The new Samuel Beckett Bridge across the River Liffey in Dublin has been opened and is already controversial due to assinine traffic restrictions placed on it by An Bord Pleannala. One day, we will get things right, just not soon.
Days Hotel Belfast - located in a lovely area of Belfast where the Union Jack flies from every lamppost and the kerbstones are painted blue white and red.
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The Top Gear edition which featured Belfast and the Belfast sewers project was shown this evening. Belfast and the environs of NI (the A2 coast road) got a good showing. Of course, were you or I to drive around Belfast port like that, I'm sure the PSNI would be on the scene before you'd gone even one lap.
Read more about how the Top Gear team were brought to Belfast here
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The scheduling date for the above TV programme have been set. The programmes will be shown on:
Programme 1 - Wednesday 30th December at 9pm *on* BBC2*
Programme 2 - Friday 1st January 2010 at 8pm *on* BBC2*
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At a time of general economic depression on the island of Ireland (and elsewhere), Bushmills distillery have announced the creation of additional jobs at their historic distillery in Co. Antrim. See the BBC website for the full story.
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It is now a year and to be honest, I think I have made my point.
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British Pathe films are being digitised and some of them relate to Ireland as follows:
Drumm railcar
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=6725
Mallow viaduct
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=20161
Lartigue train in the countryside.
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=11629
Train ferry in Dublin!
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=24454
Armoured cars under construction in Inchicore
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=19719
Train crash at North Wall
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=19694
ARMOURED TRAINS
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=19720
Howth Train Smash
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=29140
Disasters: Irish train wreck.
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=75645
Irish train wreckers
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=29161
IRISH TROOPS TRAIN WRECK (aka SINN FEIN ATTACKS TRAIN)
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=80511
LANDSLIDE AT BRAY HEAD
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=19938
Mallow Viaduct
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=29208
Mallow Viaduct Opened by President Cosgrave
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=20161
Tolka bridge collapse
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=32886
Portalington Power Station opening
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=33581
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