Auld Hands : The Men Who Made Belfast's Shipyards Great

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thompson, Tom.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shipbuilding industry--Employees--Belfast--Northern Ireland.

Shipbuilding industry.

Shipyards--History--Belfast--Northern Ireland.

Shipyards.

Shipbuilding--History--Belfast--Northern Ireland.

Shipbuilding.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (243 p.)

Other Title:

Auld Hands

Place of Publication:

Belfast : Blackstaff Press Ltd, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The remarkable story of the Islandmen - the men who made Belfast's shipyards great.

Contents:

Imprint Information; About the Author; Dedication; Introduction; THE SHIPYARDS; Reshaping Belfast; Harland & Wolff; Samson & Goliath; Workman Clark & Company (The Wee Yard); THE MEN; The Apprentice; The Auction; The Joiners' Shop; Iodine and Co.; Do As I Say ...; The Boats; The Hats; The White Men; SS Las Vegas!; The Bishops; The Dancing Master; The Shed; The Sandwich Men; The Missing Bath; The Ladder; The Diagonal Steam Trap; Kilroy; Billy Hulk!; Cecil; The Sawmill; Marge or Butter; The Diesel Genius; The Music Makers; The Yard Playwrights; Shipyard Roots; The Philanthropist; The Trams

The 7.10 a.m. Workmen's Train DisasterFriday Nights; A Question of Bonus; The Workers?; Goodbye to the Shipyards; THE SHIPS; RMS Titanic - Fact and Fiction; Reina Del Pacifico; HMS Belfast; RMS Magdalena - A Maiden Voyage; Juan Peron - the Jinxed Ship; SS Canberra - The Great White Whale; Acknowledgements

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-85640-183-8

OCLC:

870599084