I have added another book review to the railway section of the site. This is Signalman’s Memories – Railway Life in Rural Ireland by Albert Maher.
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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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.
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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It is now a year and to be honest, I think I have made my point.
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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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
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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I have added four book reviews to the site - two to the railway section and two to the non railway sections of the site.
The two railway books are:
Blood Iron and Gold
Isambard Kingdom Brunel - Engineering Knight Errant
The two non railway books are:
The Guinnesses – The Untold Story of Ireland’s Most Successful Family
In Search of Fame and Fortune: The Leahy Family of Engineers 1780 – 1888
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 BBC has an interesting article on why bridges collapse and what can be done to reduce the chance. Whilst not of Irish interest, bridges are bridges and the principles would apply equally in Ireland.
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The BBC has reported that a former shoe factory in Banbridge is to be converted to apartments. The listed building - a factory designed in 1949 by architects WDR & RT Taggart in a Modernist / Art Deco style will become home to 67 apartments, 59 townhouses, 32 semi-detached houses and five detached houses.
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 Newsletter has reported that the Roads Service of Northern Ireland has refused to erect signage on a number of bridges in North Down, including one called the "Boyne Bridge"
The Roads Service said it "does not normally erect nameplates retrospectively to highlight the name of a bridge or other structure as this is not considered to be a good use of our limited resources".
They also stated that they "would not give permission for the erection of any nameplate on or within any publicly-owned asset for which DRD is responsible where the department is aware that it might cause controversy or upset community relations"
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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RTE One will be showing the final programme in a new series called "The Way We Worked", described as a look at changing attitudes to work during the 20th Century, on 20th November 2009. The programme is on at 2030-2100 on RTE One.
This week's edition looks at the Velrome dockyard in Cork.
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 BBC has reported that the taxpayer (i.e. the English taxpayer) will likely foot the cost of the restoration of the SS Nomadic - the tender vessel of the Titanic which has been purchased for restoration.
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