newcastlewest

Taken in 1907

Streetview: goo.gl/maps/LuTMDzFuYpo

Hooray for Megazoom again !

Yizzir eyes are better than mine if yiz are reading those posters! Excursion Dublin Exhibition From Newcastle West ... TICKETS

On the same day: We almost give boots away!

Streetview maps.app.goo.gl/z1smgAMt19RwHQF26

Dejaview:

Last time we noted the Cyclists Touring Club roundel on the hotel visible here again, so after 1878.

I think that is the photographers rig on the right, I can see some photographic type boxes in Megazoom.

Last time we made out Edward Kennedy and Matthew O'Connell, both in the 1901 and 1911 census. But todays shot is clearer, and I see E. SHx on Bridge Street, possibly E. Mahon on the corner. E. Kennedy's K Boots posters are in the same place in both - likely the same day? Ladies' fashions suggest 1900-1910?

Google Streetview.

25" OSI map showing the footbridge.

The bridge was built in 1866 which doesn't help with narrowing the date range.

Sharon Corbet Keep at it.

The Hotel has a round sign which I think we have seen before - a cycling/motoring/traveller association?

Here is the Google Streeview of this location: maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=52.450799,-9.060398&s...

Thanks, Graham! Love the then and now...

My nan was born here, would love to trace the family tree and visit there this year! Coffey was the surname :) Plus I look forward to a proper Guinness lol :)

1901 census: Costello, Brouder, Collins, Madigan, McEnery, McCarthy, Ahern, O'Connor, Enright, Sheehy: every visible name is annoyingly here. only exception is the partial name MY. 1911 census: Costello, Brouder, No Collins, Madigan, McEnery, McCarthy, Sheehy, Ahern, O'Connor, Enright . So a perfect match for 1901, and some small difference from 1911. I think this is before 1911. The MY shop is not in either, but could be before 1901 (already gone by census) or between 1901 and 1911.

For many children in the early 19th century, things grew worse! The industrial revolution created a huge demand for female and child labour. Children had always done some work but at least before the 19th century, they worked in their own homes with their parents or on land nearby. Children's work was largely seasonal so they did have some time to play. When children worked in textile factories they often worked for more than 12 hours a day. In the early 19th century parliament passed laws to curtail child labour. However, they all proved to be unenforceable. The first effective law was passed in 1833. It was effective because for the first time factory inspectors were appointed to make sure the law was being obeyed. The new law banned children under 9 from working in textile factories. It said that children aged 9 to 13 must not work for more than 12 hours a day or 48 hours a week. Children aged 13 to 18 must not work for more than 69 hours a week. Furthermore, nobody under 18 was allowed to work at night (from 8.30 pm to 5.30 am). Children aged 9 to 13 were to be given 2 hours education a day. Conditions in coalmines were also terrible. Children as young as 5 worked underground. In 1842 a law banned children under 10 and all females from working underground. In 1844 a law banned all children under 8 from working. Then in 1847 a Factory Act said that women and children could only work 10 hours a day in textile factories. In 1867 the law was extended to all factories. (A factory was defined as a place where more than 50 people were employed in a manufacturing process).