That's a great medallion Gordon and one to keep in the family. Can you tell us how the equipment was transported to Dublin for the exhibition - on the company's lorry (as they were called then)?
Len
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After the war, I distinctly recall my father being thankful that the border was open again. (Seamus O'Rourke, eat your heart out!) He went to Dublin, from Belfast, for the Agricultural Exhibitions there. He, his brother and his brother's brother-in-law, had a business: Patrick & Wilkinson Ltd., which made farming equipment and were noted for their agricultural sprayers, amongst other farming machines. He returned with some rolling stock and other bits & pieces for my Hornby OO-gauge railway. Things unobtainable in the UK in the war years.
Gordon
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On 29/06/2022 8:50 pm, marionshephard via CoTyroneList wrote:
Many thanks Elwyn. As always you provide a wealth of information which gives me a much clearer picture. I was particularly interested in the 1920s and 30s as all my relatives who would remember them have long gone. I have been reading something called ' the Irish borderlands Project' carried out by St Mary's University, London. It was interesting but from what I did hear from my family it didn't always fit with what I knew. So thankyou for explaining things so clearly for me.
Regards Marion
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That's a great medallion Gordon and one to keep in the family. Can you tell us how the equipment was transported to Dublin for the exhibition - on the company's lorry (as they were called then)?
Len
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From: Gordon Wilkinson via CoTyroneList <cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com>
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Cc: Gordon Wilkinson <neredon@ozemail.com.au>
Subject: [CoTyroneMailingList] Re: The border after 1921
After the war, I distinctly recall my father being thankful that the border was open again. (Seamus O'Rourke, eat your heart out!) He went to Dublin, from Belfast, for the Agricultural Exhibitions there. He, his brother and his brother's brother-in-law, had a business: Patrick & Wilkinson Ltd., which made farming equipment and were noted for their agricultural sprayers, amongst other farming machines. He returned with some rolling stock and other bits & pieces for my Hornby OO-gauge railway. Things unobtainable in the UK in the war years.
Gordon
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On 29/06/2022 8:50 pm, marionshephard via CoTyroneList wrote:
Many thanks Elwyn. As always you provide a wealth of information which gives me a much clearer picture. I was particularly interested in the 1920s and 30s as all my relatives who would remember them have long gone. I have been reading something called ' the Irish borderlands Project' carried out by St Mary's University, London. It was interesting but from what I did hear from my family it didn't always fit with what I knew. So thankyou for explaining things so clearly for me.
Regards Marion
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