Auld Hands
The Story of the Men Who Made Belfast Shipyards Great
Seiten
2013
Blackstaff Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-85640-911-0 (ISBN)
Blackstaff Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-85640-911-0 (ISBN)
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The story of the men who worked in Belfast’s shipyards – where the Titanic was built; the Auld Hands were the men who made the shipyards great
The story of shipbuilding in Belfast is known throughout the world: the great ships, including Titanic, HMS Belfast and SS Canberra; the towering cranes; its contribution to making Belfast a great industrial city. Less well known, but just as fascinating and illuminating, is the remarkable story of the Islandmen – the men who worked in the shipyards and built the world-renowned vessels.
Author Tom Thompson comes from a proud line of shipyard workers. In 1949, aged sixteen, he started work at Harland and Wolff’s Joiners’ Shop. He found himself in a new world, of apprentices and Gaffers, Hats and Bulkies; where lunchtime religious services ran alongside illegal gambling, and where hard graft and good craic went hand in hand.
This book is a first-hand account of the close-knit community that flourished in the yards, and a wonderful compendium of memories that captures the spirit of a bygone era and provides a fascinating slice of social history.
The story of shipbuilding in Belfast is known throughout the world: the great ships, including Titanic, HMS Belfast and SS Canberra; the towering cranes; its contribution to making Belfast a great industrial city. Less well known, but just as fascinating and illuminating, is the remarkable story of the Islandmen – the men who worked in the shipyards and built the world-renowned vessels.
Author Tom Thompson comes from a proud line of shipyard workers. In 1949, aged sixteen, he started work at Harland and Wolff’s Joiners’ Shop. He found himself in a new world, of apprentices and Gaffers, Hats and Bulkies; where lunchtime religious services ran alongside illegal gambling, and where hard graft and good craic went hand in hand.
This book is a first-hand account of the close-knit community that flourished in the yards, and a wonderful compendium of memories that captures the spirit of a bygone era and provides a fascinating slice of social history.
Tom Thompson is from Belfast. In 1949 he became an apprentice in Harland & Wolff’s Joiners’ Shop, where he worked for almost nine years. He spent twenty-eight years with the Civil Aviation Authority as an Air Traffic Engineer before retiring in 1993, and in 1985 he set up the family business, Bargain Books. He is co-author of Standing Room Only: Memories of Belfast Cinemas.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 24.4.2013 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 130 x 198 mm |
| Gewicht | 252 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schiffe | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften | |
| Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-85640-911-1 / 0856409111 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-85640-911-0 / 9780856409110 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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