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OCCUPATIONS- Belfast & Co. ANTRIM
« on: Tuesday 15 November 05 06:43 UTC (UK) »
I noticed an enquiry regarding an ancestor who worked on the railways in Co. Antrim and hope to compile a short list of names from some railway books in my possession. Most of the information is about trains. I will do my best to find people.

Engineers on the Bleach Green Line 1930s
A. Davidson, Assistant Resident Engineer
R. McIlmoyle, Site Agent
D. McLellan, Consulting Engineer
A. N. Scott, Resident Engineer 
Major Malcolm Speir, General Manager, LMS NCC
W. K. Wallace, LMS Chief Engineer

Signalmen at Greenisland Signal Cabin
Wilson Armstrong
Jimmy Bingham
Jimmy Cowan
Jimmy Heron
Willie McConnell

Source Antrim Bleach Green NI Railways. 2001
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Entertainers, Theatre and Theatre People in Ulster
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 05 April 06 23:21 UTC (UK) »
Some people may have relations who are / were in the entertainment business or theatrical profession in the north of Ireland. Did any of your ancestors manage or own a concert hall, music hall or theatre in Ireland Huh
Kenneth Brannagh
www.imdb.com/name/nm0000110
Amanda Burton
http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/faces/amanda_burton.shtml
Phil Coulter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Coulter
James Ellis
http://www.northernshow.biz/james_ellis.htm
Dr R. H. Hunter (Dickie), ringmaster of Dr Hunter's Circus
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1891800
Sir James Galway
http://www.northernshow.biz/James_Galway.htm
Lost Theatres, Concert Halls and Music Halls in Ireland
http://www.arts-info.co.uk/PAGES2/lt_IRELAND.htm
Lyric Theatre, Belfast
http://www.lyrictheatre.co.uk/site/about/history.htm
Liam Neeson
http://www.northernshow.biz/liam_neeson.htm
James Nesbitt
http://www.northernshow.biz/James_Nesbitt.htm
Northern Ireland Actors..Alphabetical list
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Northern_Ireland_actors
Stephen Rea
http://members.tripod.com/stephenrea/main.html
Frances Tomelty
http://www.irdp.co.uk/tomelty.htm
Susan Tomelty
www.sligoweekender.ie/email/printer.asp?j=18744
Harry Towb, born in 1925 at Larne, Co. Antrim
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/suttonelms/htowb.html
Ulster Group Theatre
www.culturenorthernireland.org/article_t1.asp?county=15&articleID=809&cultID=29&townID=0&...
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OCCUPATIONS- Belfast & Co. ANTRIM
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 06 May 06 18:30 UTC (UK) »
Bakers
Belfast Corporation Buses and Trolleybuses
Belfast Fire Brigade
Dockers
One or two members have ancestors who worked at either the docks or the shipyards in Belfast. I am sure many of you will be interested in the working conditions of a docker in the early days of the 20th Century.
Drivers and Conductors NIRTB, UTA and Ulsterbus
Photographers
Publishing. Belfast Telegraph and other newspapers.

Listen to several conversations about shipbuilding in Belfast which were recorded as a series of interviews conducted by Ruth Graham in early part of 2003 as part of the Topography of Titanic exhibition.

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Harland and Wolff Islandmen Project
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 02 June 07 10:00 UTC (UK) »
John Baucher recently purchased over 1300 former Harland & Wolff shipyard workers ID cards in a job lot at an auction.

He has started the Harland & Wolff Islandmen Project and is interested in hearing from any of the people (or their relatives) listed on the database and interviewing them to record their memories of the shipyard.

Feel free to contact John to discuss your story and memories of the Yard.

ardee7 sent a query to the Project and was advised that the records cover the period from 1972 to 1989.
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Collection of records of Eason & Son Ltd, Belfast - Link
« Reply #4 on: Friday 05 October 07 14:58 UTC (UK) »
The Public Records Office in Belfast hold a collection of the Records of Eason & Son Ltd, Belfast, wholesale and retail newsagents, stationers and booksellers, 1825-1977, relating largely to the Belfast operations of the firm. Click here to read about this collection.
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Accidents at work and Coroner's Reports
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 21 May 08 21:37 UTC (UK) »
Anyone who has an ancestor who died as a result of an industrial injury should, in the first place, write to the Head of Access Section at PRONI who will forward your request to the Northern Ireland Court Service's Departmantal Record Officer. http://tinyurl.com/4fwr28 This applies to reports relating to fatal injuries on building sites, the linen mills, the shipyards and other instances involving a Coroner.
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Belfast Harbour Commissioners and other maritime records
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 17 July 08 17:29 UTC (UK) »
The Public Record Office, Balmoral Avenue, Belfast hold  records of numerous harbour companies and authorities. These include those of Belfast Harbour Commissioners. PRONI's shipping collections include records of the Antrim Iron Ore Co Ltd, Head Line, Newry & Kilkeel Steamship Co Ltd and the Ulster Steamship Co Ltd as well as the Harland & Wolff collection.
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Inglis Bakery, Belfast
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 17 July 08 17:37 UTC (UK) »
The records of the Inglis Bakery are deposited at PRONI. The Inglis Bakeries were one of the largest employers in the area and had a workforce which sometimes exceeded 1,000 people. www.rascal.ac.uk/collection/?ff=no&CollectionID=466&ff=no
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1800-1922 Police officers who died in line of duty - link
« Reply #8 on: Wednesday 23 July 08 06:02 UTC (UK) »
Most of the officers listed died in Belfast city or in Co. Antrim www.policememorial.org.uk/Forces/N.%20Ireland-other/N.Ireland_1800-1922.htm
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Re: OCCUPATIONS- Belfast & Co. ANTRIM
« Reply #9 on: Friday 20 March 09 14:26 UTC (UK) »
WWI Nurses mentioned in this thread: www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,154233.0.html
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Re: OCCUPATIONS- Belfast & Co. ANTRIM
« Reply #10 on: Tuesday 26 May 09 14:12 UTC (UK) »
Many Ulster people have seafaring connections. You may find your ancestors names mentioned in articles about seafarers. The site below is probably one of many on the subject. The names listed in this site include -
Boyd - Whitechurch; Cunningham - Ballyclare; Gilmor - Ballywalter; Glair - Ballylinney; Kerr - Ardglass; Kenn - Aberdeen (Buried at Bangor Abbey); Johnston - Larne; Manning - Greencastle; Picken - Ballykeel; Robinson - Antrim; Wilson - Islandmagee
http://historyfromheadstones.com/index.php?id=777

Portrush Lifeboat Station NEW
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