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Good morning all Flickroonies and here is a scene of intense industry and an issue of location for you from Irelands oldest city. Waterford is a beautiful, ancient and historic city and the traders there have a long history of innovation and style. Hearnes are no exception and this shot shows their tailors at work. Who can help us to put this in the correct location????

Here in the archive is Hearne's tailor shop window, at number 64.

Niall McAuley Very good Niall but 64 what? The Quay or Georges Street???

Both! Looking at the OSI site at GeoHive, Number 64 on Merchant's Quay (now Meagher's Quay) stretched right back to George's Street behind. Today the site is split between the Granville Hotel on the Quay and a shopping centre on George's street, but back in the day, it was one site.

The word Overseer comes to mind for those standing up? The workers all seem to be reasonably well dressed, perhaps as a perk of the job they were able to make a suit for themselves? Is there a status attaching to the hats that can be seen in the photo. Ps - the note feature you talked about last week is sorely missed

Great continuity in subject matter and shots Carol, this does illustrate the fact that the building was gutted in the fire. That bell on the shot next door is really impressive, I'd say many a man and woman stood under that to dodge the rain on soft spring days?

It's also pretty impressive that the facade remains intact. I wonder if it was supported by a steel girder... I'm not sure how often such building techniques would have been employed in provinical Irish cities in at the turn of the century

The Granville Hotel is still there, and now includes all of the burnt-out site.

I was wondering what a giant bell was doing outside a Chemist's, until I saw the sign down below the window!

The two hand-powered fire pumps are marked with the War Department broad arrow. They look similar to this Tilley fire engine. www.cambsfire.gov.uk/news/Archive/2103.php Two rows of men stood either side and worked the handles up and down like a seesaw.

Near here in Streetview

My father told me the opposite story of a fire in Limerick. A store at the William Street end of Henry Street went on fire and a passing British officer used his swagger stick to break the glass in the windows. A small fire turned into a clonflagration as he supplied a strong flow of oxygen to light it up. Apparently he had to run for cover when the Fire Brigade arrived as they wanted to douse him;-0

Swordscookie That's terrible! But funny too! :D

[http://www.flickr.com/photos/66105333@N06] Very welcome info too, thanks! Never knew that the Granville was owned by Hearnes. And £42,000 was a humongous sum back then! P.S. That photo of the tailors was taken on Thursday, 25 July 1907.

excellent

The Quay, Waterford, I think it looked better then g.co/maps/2x86v

Wonderful

Great one, alot going on!

Another wonderful photo of my home town. The boat moored behind Hearnes is the Portlairge which was a steam dredger known by everyone as the Mudboat
Built in 1907 by the Dublin Dockyard Co. she was the last working steamship in Ireland when she was retired in 1980.

The Portlairge as she looks today

Here is the Port Lairge on Streetview, not too far away.