Like yesterday I can visualize the neighbours of Chapel Street.
On the left-hand side coming out of
Chapel Street residents
Places
Kill or cure?
In the spring or early summer, many residents would whitewash their yards and outside toilets. Lime purchased from J S Fishers of Merchants Quay would be used. However from the ground to a foot or so up, tar would be painted. The dual object was to disguise spattered dirt with the black colour and to deter insects and tiny creatures from crawling up the walls.
Coal deliveries at Gasworks
Coal was delivered to the Gasworks by horse and cart. The carts were filled from a collier at
The Gasworks’ Coke
Those of you who were children in Newry in the 40s/50s will retain both pleasant and unpleasant memories of the Newry Gasworks.
The gas used to fuel domestic supplies was extracted from coal. Apart from tar, coke was the chief by-product. In the town it was used extensively as a cheaper alternative to coal.
Work in the Fields
Barracks Blocks 58-65
As you can determine from the photo,
Post-War Linenhall Sq People
As promised here is an account of the residents of
Newry as it was
Well everyone had told me to be ready for the “big changes” in Newry…
After all Newry isn’t “the little town” it used to be, but a city now.
There may have been plenty of vehicles on the roads.. and even traffic jams down Hill Street
… but it was the same old Newry to me.