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Where: N Ireland, Derry City and Strabane, UK
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A peeler without a cap badge, the Guild Hall with works going on outside and men standing about gossiping like auld wans - what's going on here now? Derry's Guild Hall, that iconic building that has featured so much in recent years as seen from the quays. That peeler has a fine, well groomed beard which probably tells us that he is a senior man who knows all there is to be known about what is actually going on?
Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: Circa 1865 - 1914
NLI Ref: L_IMP_2057
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Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: Circa 1865 - 1914
NLI Ref: L_IMP_2057
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
13:16 or 13:17 ? ... That is the question!
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
What happened next ? At 13:20, a few minutes later - oddly enough, someone has painted in an extra clock to the left tower. catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000328272
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
... which might be a clue as to how new the 1887? building is. No main clock yet.
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
Well I never! These have painted in clocks too - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000334873 catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000334876 catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000328274
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia Brilliant, I bet photoshopping was invented before the first 1,000 photos were taken.
Niall McAuley
On a previous visit to Derry, we learned from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/gerryward] that the guildhall opened in 1890 and clock was installed in 1891:
Niall McAuley
That policeman has a very full beard - mustaches are more common in NLI photos?
Niall McAuley
Aha! L_IMP_2056 (guildhall with photoshopped clock) next door has posters! I see Thursday 3rd July, matches 1890. Also a Thursday 17th July, likewise. There is a June poster which has been papered over.
Niall McAuley
Wikipedia also has an image of the plaque commemorating the opening on the 31st July 1890 (which was also a Thursday). I think these pics show the finishing touches being applied in July before the official opening.
John Spooner
I can make out "Londonderry Port and Harbour Acts" and "Goods and Merchandise" on the big sign to the left of the open door. The said act became law in 1854, so not much use date wise.
John Spooner
https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia The funding of the clock was a contentious subject, as the Londonderry Sentinel reported on 2nd January 1890. The clock and organ were being funded by voluntary subscription (crowdfunded) but Councillor Pollock was of the opinion that the clock should be paid for from public funds.
suckindeesel
Lawrence calls it “Derry”, but all the posters call it “Londonderry”. Was there an agenda here?
suckindeesel
Google Earth Link earth.app.goo.gl/egpe98 #googleearth A lot more greenery nowadays
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
https://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley Niall, will I go with "Late July 1890"?
Niall McAuley
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland I think July 1890 is accurate, if less precise.
oaktree_brian_1976
He's out standing in his field?