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Very interesting composition and great B&W !

Nice shot, the loco attached to the crane looks like it is a 'Sulzer' type. Maybe someone con confirm this?

John_McK1966 Yes it looks to be one of the Sulzer locos. The 'Hatch' as it was known to the likes of O'Dea and others has sure changed quite a bit since 1967.

God bless your eye sight (& knowledge) lads, I had to look for the loco. lol

The "elephant in the room" is the Cowans Sheldon steam crane, built in Carlisle. Cannot find any details yet. The Breakdown Crane Association www.bdca.org.uk/index.html

A couple of the horses at the back are a bit camera shy too. I love how photos of the public in this period attract such attention from the people.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O'Gorman_Coach_Builders#Glass_negat... Have a look at the O'Gorman Coach Builders page on Wikipedia - it mentions flickr and the NLI In April 1922 and April 1934, high quality 'Glass negative' photographs, were taken by A H Poole & Co. In 2012, some were placed on the internet by the National Library of Ireland (NLI).[5] They are of vehicles being built at Prior Park garage and the shop front in Parnell Street. They include a picture of J.F.O'Gorman, the directors, workers, the factory premises, Prior Park house and various machinery in the workshop. These photographs are also on Flickr and have created a renewed interest in the business operation.[6][7][8]

Conor1970 I've noticed a weird phenomenon that early tram and omnibus passengers seemed camera shy also. It turns up in a lot of our photos, though of course not all of them come to mind now that I need to remember them to show you, but along the lines of this one!

HI T2 this registration is out of the normal format for Ireland? Tipperary South Riding CC: HI then GI HI 1 to HI 9999 (Dec 1903 - Sep 1954).

DannyM8 All publicity is good publicity! Would imagine that was Desktop 123 who did a lot of work and contributed a ton of information on the O'Gorman family and their operation? I'd be delighted that any photos we post here create "renewed interest" in all sorts of places, people, dogs...

Tiny desk and very small typewriter for the woman in the background. Was wondering if maybe it wasn't a typewriter but some sort of adding machine. Looks very narrow. That rug looks like it's been there for donkey's years, and the new fluorescent tubes are jury-rigged from the old light fittings.

[http://www.flickr.com/photos/eyelightfilms] Still think it's a typewriter, just a portable one - see the lid of the case?

I think it's just a small travel typewriter, a bit like this

I think the phone has it's own desk because there's only one phone for the whole office. I think the closer woman is senior, she is older, has a bigger desk and no typewriter. The younger lady has a tiny desk and a typewriter: she does the job a laser printer would do today.

We had a black Bakelite phone with braided cables like that at home, when I was little in the 60s.