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The hooter used at Belleek Pottery. |
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Sound of the factory hooter at Belleek Pottery.
Joe O'Loughlin: It was a signal for the people in the town to be ready for the Pottery workers to come out into the village. It was also a signal for the local eating houses which were run by Maggie Knox and Mrs Thornhill. And quite a number of the Pottery workers had their dinner there and when they would hear the the hooter goin they would’ve had the dinner sitting on the table when the workers walked in. And I think also then that kiln workers in the Pottery, it was very thirsty job as you would guess, a warm job and those guys wanted a nice cool drink of Guinness or beer and the nearest place for that was Cleary’s pub at the corner and they made for there and Des Cleary would’ve had the drink sitting on the table ready when they’d walk in. No waiting. It, it sorta meant a lot to the people in Belleek and then give a mind anybody that hadn’t a watch or time piece with them, local people knew the time by the sound of the hooter.
Jim Flanagan: It could be heard for a mile square, round Belleek at certain times, if the wind was prevailing the proper way, you could hear it and apart from the workforce answering to it a lot of people knew the time of day and reminded them of various things they had to do. It was heard far and wide, y’know?
Ref: 00-02-107.
Interviewer: B. Cleary, Fermanagh County Museum.
© Fermanagh County Museum. |
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J O'Loughlin & J Flanagan |
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00-02-107.mp3
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