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FROM 1870 - 1914 > CRAFT & INDUSTRY |
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Scutch Mill Scutch mills offered extra employment for small farmers in rural communities. Any sort of old house that could harness water power was ... |
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Tinkers By the end of the 19th century many households were using glass and enamelled goods, but poor people continued to use tin containers. ... |
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Hardware shop Almost every town had a hardware shop. It sold household goods to the general public and supplied carpenters with wood and blacksmiths ... |
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Bread Carts Before the establishment of bread factories all bread had been home produced. Better transport because of the rail network meant that ... |
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Cobbler In nearly every town and village cobblers mended footwear for the local population. In the past cobblers had made shoes but by 1900 ... |
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Eel Fishermen At both Kilrea and Toomebridge on the River Bann eels which had been channelled into narrow weirs were trapped in large nets. The eel ... |
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Trade Unions The low pay and poor conditions facing many workers encouraged them to join the new trade unions which were growing more popular around ... |
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