Main Street, Sion Mills
Introduction
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Main Street, Sion Mills
Image: © Des Colhoun Taken: 13 May 2009
These houses were built for the mill workers of Herdmans Spinning mill. When "the hooter" sounded for "dinner time" the street would quickly fill with workers out for a quick reprieve from the dust and mayhem of the "roving room" or the "sorting room". In my day water was drawn from pumps here and not a car was to be seen. There were plenty of dogs, though with names such as Darkie, Rover,Hector and Bruno to name but a few. How times have changed can be seen by the numerous satellite dishes. Satellite television would be a sad loser to the characters who dwelt on this street when it came to wit, story telling and fun.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.785096
Longitude
-7.473376