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- skegoneill
- People in story:听
- Dorothy and Alex Hegarty, as told by their daughter Lynda Heron
- Location of story:听
- Gallagher's Tobacco Factory, Meadow St, Belfast
- Background to story:听
- Civilian
- Article ID:听
- A2722079
- Contributed on:听
- 08 June 2004
My sister and her husband
My mother had ten children, and during the blackouts she had to gather all of her children up and run up to take cover in the "Nissan Huts". These were the air shelters closest to my mother's home and were originally used as tool sheds by the workers of Gallaghers Tobacco Factory on Meadow Street, Belfast. During the Belfast Blitz the rear yard of Gallager's factory was bombed and part of the building was damaged. This was reported in the local newspapers.
In an interesting coincidence, when the Gallagher's factory was demolished, the then husband of my sister (a German iron foundry worker) paid a few pounds for the "Meadow St." street sign which was originally placed on the side of the building. This sign is now displayed at his home in the city of Heidenheim, Germany!
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