Buildings
April 4, 2022 / April 4, 2022 by Martin Greaney | 1 Comment on Hartley Huts, Albert Dock
The Hartley huts are three squat buildings at the entrance to Canning Dock. They were built in 1844 for the ‘gatemen’, those charged with operating the gates to allow ships to enter and leave the docks, some of which would be on their way to the graving docks nearby. The working life of a gateman […]
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March 20, 2020 / October 3, 2023 by Martin Greaney | Leave a Comment
This book is a memoir, and many of those have been published over the years (and a couple reviewed on this very site). Like some of those other memoirs, it is a series of reminiscences on family and place. But it’s a slightly different beast to the other memoirs. It’s main selling point is that […]
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July 12, 2013 / October 29, 2023 by Martin Greaney | Leave a Comment
Heritage Protection is a controversial field at the best of times. There are almost as many different opinions on a given listing, say, as there are people offering said opinions. It’s difficult for the likes of English Heritage to decide what to protect and what to let go, and it’s certainly not a scientific process. […]
