I did enjoy the titanic quarters a lot but I do think that
there was a lot of reading to it and that to me was very boring. I found some
of the information to be fascinating like how women worked and what they
actually had to do but I do think that they should have made the tour more interactive
as there was a lot of reading in it and you had to pick up the information and
I did find that to be quite slow. Probably my lasting memory was sitting in
that lift moving from one part of the exhibit to the other. There were a few videos but they were not as interesting
as they should be
The linen industry was one of the things that turned Belfast
from a small town. It grew from a small town in the 1860s to a major city in
the 19th century. To make linen Flax was harvested and scotched (a
process that makes flax more fibrous) then women made it into yarn by churning
which was woven into linen cloth and sold in the nearest place
Belfast has been known as a shipyard city in fact the
earliest written record was in 1636 when a 150 ton ship was made by the
clergyman of the city. In July 1791 William Richie set up the first shipbuilding
industry employing 10 men. The most famous ship builders were Harland and Wolf
when Edward Harland a young engineer from Yorkshire purchased a company and in
1861 he took Gustov Wilelf Wolff from Hamberg Germany as a partner. During the
war they built 139 navel ships
The titanic ship was known as ship no 401 and would not have
been known as the titanic if another ship was built on time. She carried 2224
people. The ship was under control of Edward Smith. After leaving Southampton
on 10th April 1912 the Titanic went to Chebourg in France and
Queenstown (now cobh)
Belfast girls are known as Millies even to this day because
the women in the war used to work in the mines
Thomas Andrews is credited with making the Titanic but the
working conditions seemed to be impossible as you would have had long hard
days. Young boys going into work as young as 10 and that was considered
acceptable. They worked usually in pairs with the man having to do some of the
tough physical labour while the boy had to do difficult jobs also. It would
have been a very long hard day but they would be happy to have the work.
The way that someone was able to live depended on how much
money they had. A first class bed would have a lot of space a personal place to
put your chamber pot room to put in your clothes and you could be there
yourself. A third class bedroom would have no room whatsoever 2 bedrooms you
would have to go to an area to go to the toilet so everyone went together there
were 2 completely different ways of life
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