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“AI Overview

Arklow Pottery was established in 1934 in Arklow, County Wicklow, Ireland, and operated until its closure in 1998. It was the second pottery company to be founded in the Irish Free State. The factory produced a wide range of decorative earthenware and tableware, and at its peak employed around 480 people.
The company was known for its innovative designs and export-driven approach, producing up to 25,000 items per week. Arklow Pottery supplied dinnerware to many top hotels and institutions across Ireland. The company developed its own unique style, with many early patterns featuring 22-carat gold finishes.
The history of Arklow Pottery is deeply intertwined with the social landscape of Arklow and Ireland. The factory was a significant employer in the area and played a central role in the community.”

Some of their better work, bottom left

www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collections-Research/Art-and-Industry...

Seagullview 3D - www.google.com/maps/@52.790912,-6.1484361,152a,35y,70.72h...
I'm glad to see they have got rid of that 'knuckle' at the bend in the waterway. It must have been an accident waiting to happen.

"I'm a little teapot ..."
via Stephen Davies

And some ladies at a trade stall, via The 'Eir-Lite' Book of Whimsy

I was looking in the 1911 census for any sign of a Pottery tradition in the area prior to the business being started there in 1934, but the search did not reveal anything concrete (or ceramic for that matter). I did find some interesting occupations as follows, High Explosive Mixer, Seafaring Tailor, Cartridge Wrapping in Explosive Factory, Labourer in Cordite Works, Factory Girl Kynocks, Traveller in Tea, Seniptress, Shipowner, Electric Wire-man, Lead Miner Unemployed and Lamplighter.

an Austin, a VW beetle, a Morris Minor and a Ford Capri (?). I love the phrase traffic treacle - when traffic returns I think I will pirate your idiom

Streetview The Kennedy's Bar sign appears to be still there. But the buildings either side are gone.

sorry there is no VW, it's another Austin, is it a Princess (?)

Foxglove The red one behind the Morris Minor? It's an 1100, possibly an Austin but it could also be the Morris sibling. I can't see a Capri in the shot. The beige car is a Hillman Avenger. The white car behind looks as if it might be a Fiat 1100R and the dark-coloured car entering the junction is a Vauxhall Viva. While most of the cars are, indeed, 1960s models (and VZC 480 is getting long in the tooth) the Viva and the Avenger are 1970s cars so I would guess that the photo might be from 1973 on?

I spy a Hillman Avenger, which appeared in February 1970. So the date range is 1970s, not 1960s. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillman_Avenger via Andrew~Henderson

National Library of Ireland on The Commons Impressed by your fançy " ç " ! As well as being impressed with everything else ...

An excellent view of Dublin I think ...

Think there's about to be a huge pile up between the 3 horse & cart rigs and the tram 250 on route 16 going head on against each other though.......

ccferrie Oooh, Ciarán! Handbags at dawn - I made it 16:31 and you think 16:32. We need an independent adjudicator from KPMG...

beachcomber australia Can be classy on occasion! :)

billh35 You must have had to have nerves of steel in this far more "free range" traffic environment.