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A luxury cruise with no tariffs, let's go!!!

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 17 older comments, and then…
  • Suck Diesel said:
    A Voyage on White Star Line steamer Arabic in 1907

    Extract from The Travel Diary of Rev. and Mrs. Alexander Brown Riggs

    “Saturday, Feb. 23, 1907. Algiers, Algeria, Africa

    We found ourselves here when we got on deck this morning. We took the tender to shore & then to carriages, when we had the most beautiful drive I have ever had. The day was perfect & the drive to the governor's house near the top of a hill upon the side of which the city is built, with the Atlas range of mountains, snow-capped in the distance. Then we drove through the city & the Arab quarter, where we saw Arabs, Moors, Turks, Jews, & many more of the unwashed, bringing to mind the lines of the hymn, “Though every prospect pleases & only man is vile.” As we looked in upon the little shops, most of the men were playing games, doubtless gambling.

    The city government is under French control, & the two avenues nearest the harbor & parallel with it are filled with French stores, stocked with every variety of goods imported from France. The lady who had her hip broken at Granada was taken from the ship & placed in a hospital here which is said to be under Presbyterian control. At 1 PM we returned to the ship & remained aboard the rest of the day, watching the sale of all sorts of goods brought aboard. Weighed anchor & sailed at 4 PM.”

    www.whitestarhistory.com/arabicdiary
  • Mike Grimes said:
    I assume that the Alhambra reference is the Alhambra in Granada. With todays modern roads, that's just over a two and a half hour journey by car. I can't imagine what the journey would have been like in 1905.
  • Suck Diesel said:
    “Frank C. Clark and his brother Herbert Edgar Clark had first-hand knowledge of Ottoman geography as part of the diplomatic network of the United States in the region. The fact that the region they were working in was one of the main destinations for tourism played an important role in the marketing strategy of the Clark agency. In the advertisements he gave to the press, Frank C. Clark was careful to state that the cruise trips to the Mediterranean were organized by the “former American vice-consul in Jerusalem” and that he personally accompanied the tourists. “

    turkiyeturizmansiklopedisi.com/clark-frank-c
  • Charles ODowd said:
    I suppose it may depend which part of Palestine you intend to venture..
  • DannyM8 said:
    I think the date must be incorrect, I am sure this advertising booklet was printed well in advance of the Feb 2nd 1905 start date, I would suggest that 1904 is the correct date for this document. I wonder, could you bring a dog on the cruise?

Ah lads, I'm stoney broke, any chance of a loan?

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    29 October 1956 was a Monday ...
  • Foxglove said:
    Hoped to raise £12m ...In mid 1950s Ireland's economy slumped.
    National Loan, 1956. - Statement by Minister for Finance. – Dáil Éireann (15th Dáil) – Wednesday, 24 Oct 1956 – Houses of the Oireachtas share.google/mCTCB9lHax9YQKYBz
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia You sure?
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Foxglove I don't think we've encountered Mr Sweetman. Unless he is in one of our Tynan photos with all the politician at events in Donegal.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    National Library of Ireland on The Commons I'm sure, to be sure!

Diamond and Shield Brand

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  • Suck Diesel said:
    54-56 Townsend Street, Dublin.
  • Suck Diesel said:
    “…James established a mineral company at 54 to 56 Townsend
    Street, Dublin circa 1867. He was Protestant Nationalist in favour of Home Rule and a campaigner for
    Parnell. He was elected town councillor for the Trinity ward in 1883, deputy chairman of the Public
    Health Committee in 1888, High Sheriff in 1891 and Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1893. The unveiling of the
    Father Mathew statue sculpted Mary Redmond was one of his first public duties. Top sellers for the
    company in 1892 were Shanks Hop bitters and Shanks Orange Champagne. He was a JP for County
    Dublin and managing director of James Shanks and Co Ltd. He was a major shareholder, managing
    director and licensee of the Grand International Hotel at Bray. The licence was transferred to Frank
    Bethell in 1904. He was CEO of the International exhibition at Herbert Park in 1907. The company
    became Walter Brights Ltd circa 1909 and a winding up the business of J Shanks and Co was issued in
    1910..”

    www.youwho.ie/shanks.html

    Which gives a rather broad date range of 1883 - 1910
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Suck Diesel The date range is a start.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Suck Diesel I could do with a glass of the Shanks Hop bitters at the moment!
  • Niall McAuley said:
    The man himself in 1901.

    Justice of Peace for County of Dublin Managing Director Shanks and Co Ltd Mineral Worker Makers Dublin and Grand International Stoke Live Bray

    Some transcription issues there?