labourers

41 photos tagged labourers, from 6 members of Flickr Commons.

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October 12, 1914

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 11 older comments, and then…
  • wadiefong said:
    What a dramatic photo! The sheer scale of material mining is awesome.

    I found a historic description from the Institution of Mining Engineers (Great Britain). - 1903 - Technology & Engineering

    books.google.com

    Looks like the quarries near Carrick-on-Suir provided a lot of slate for roofing today
    www.killoranslate.ie
    I imagine it was important building material for fencing, buildings, roads, etc. in the past as well, and I would imagine a lot of it being exported too.

    Some geological info on quarries in the vicinity
    www.gsi.ie
    *see page 9

    Perhaps others can shed more light?
    Fantastic photo, thank you for sharing!
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    wadiefong Thanks for that! Helped me to add a few more tags...
  • david reece said:
    Did they find the contact lens he dropped????
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    david reece They're still looking! Will keep you posted...
  • Swordscookie said:
    The Health and Safety Authority would have a field day down there!!!!

Harvest Time

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 21 older comments, and then…
  • Marta said:
    Beautiful picturea of long time ago........
  • Jack Falstaff said:
    But, please, what are they harvesting? Is it flax?
  • Angela Orlando said:
    Hard ... hot ... work.... done together it is accomplished!!! Wonderful lifestyle photo... wonderful old B&W!!!
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Jack Falstaff May have to defer to someone with better agrarian knowledge, but just looks like hay to me...
  • Jack Falstaff said:
    National Library of Ireland on The Commons Could be, but hay has to be 'made'(dried in the field) for some time after mowing and that is/was generally done by raking (hence 'hay rake') and piling in rows which were then turned with pitch forks on a regular basis until it was dry enough to cart and rick. Here the mowers are still evident, so the crop (which has a rather long stem for grass) has only just been cut and is now being bundled (not raked into piles) by the ladies. Also, it looks as if the bundles are tied (no way would that be done with hay) because they are being held at the top.

Street Advertising

from LSE Library