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Post by Cherie on Nov 28, 2004 12:20:32 GMT -5
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Post by carolyn on Apr 5, 2006 14:33:59 GMT -5
why doesn't it work?
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Post by IQ on Apr 5, 2006 14:52:52 GMT -5
Bad link!! Carolyn, you from Kentucky? |
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Post by IQ on Apr 5, 2006 14:54:08 GMT -5
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Post by Can I help on Apr 5, 2006 18:01:15 GMT -5
"Carolyn, you from Kentucky?"
Maybe she is, maybe not.
BUT, I know a few people there. Can I help you find someone?
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Post by fellowtraveler on Apr 5, 2006 21:08:36 GMT -5
Carolyn,
I am from Kentucky, can we get acquainted?
A fellow traveler
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Post by ex-teenager on Apr 6, 2006 3:12:39 GMT -5
ah good ol' Supervalu... did he work there  |
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Post by ForeverFree on Apr 6, 2006 13:20:09 GMT -5
What kind of work did he do there?
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Post by ex-teenager on Apr 6, 2006 13:43:36 GMT -5
What kind of work did he do there? Lol.. in the photo it has the supermarket 'Supervalu' (obviously they have bought or leased the building)... I doubt if 'Supervalu' was around in his day! He probayly worked in a department store I heard? Which is what the 'McBirney and Co' sign is all about. |
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Post by thank you on Apr 6, 2006 20:05:09 GMT -5
Thanks for pics. Interesting to see pictures of places & people that are pertinent to the early history of 2x2ism.  |
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Post by Cherie on Apr 6, 2006 21:00:37 GMT -5
From WmI Book, Chapter 4
George Walker was "a former resident in the Ballinamallard district." (Impartial Reporter, July 7, 1910) Crocknacrieve (which is the name of a home) is in the Ballinamallard district, which is a part of Enniskillen. It was probably Edward Cooney who introduced George Walker to William Irvine, as according to the Impartial Reporter, George was employed by Edward Cooney's father. "Mr. George Walker, who used to be a draper's apprentice in Mr. W. R. Cooney's employment, spoke last." (Impartial Reporter July 28, 1910) A draper is a person who deals exclusively in selling clothes, fabric for making clothes, and sewing accesories. A drapery shop is an establishment which sells little else besides clothes, fabric, and sewing materials. Ed Cooney's father, Wm. Rutherford Cooney, was a successful merchant in Enniskillen who owned a drapery shop at No. 4 High Street, Enniskillen.
Perhaps, he also owned a store in Dublin. Reportedly, Geo. Walker worked at a store in Dublin called McBirneys, which closed many years ago; the building now (2004) contains the Virgin Megastore. However, the inscription "McBirneys" is engraved in concrete on the building. [Click Here to view Photo of store] When he was 21, Geo. Walker resigned from the store where he worked. He may have been learning the drapery business. Geo. Walker said, "I spent the teen years of my life working in a store. The man I worked for was very religious, but his whole idea of a successful life was making money. Anyone that didn't make money, he called a "straw" man. It was a contemptible expression. He would emphasize money would give one importance." (Hector MN Convention Oct. 1970)
There is a Dublin landmark pointed out today by the friends, as the site where George Walker came to his momentous decision to take a stand with Wm Irvine and his workers. George Walker was at the Broadstone Railway Train Station when he surrendered his life and said to God, "If this is what it takes, I'm willing for it." He often told this story. Broadstone is within walking distance from McBirneys. It was the Broadstone Railway Train Station until mid-1940, when it was converted to a bus depot, and like a lot of other places in Dublin is rumored to be haunted. Tradition has it that the original railway station was built over a cemetery, thereby upsetting the spirits of the dead. Today it is little more than a large overnight parking and servicing facility for Dublin City and Country buses. It is not a station where passengers embark or dis-embark. The address is:
Dublin Bus/Provincial Bus
Broadstone Depot
Dublin 7 Ireland
According to the 1905 Workers List, George Walker went into the work in 1899. The Impartial Reporter Newspaper had this to say about George Walker:
"At the morning meeting, which continued for almost three hours, the principal speaker was George Walker, a native of the Co. District of Fermanagh. ‘George,’ as he is called by everyone—not even the leaders get the courtesy title ‘Mister’—is a polished speaker, of refined appearance. As a young man, when in the late Mr. W. R. Cooney’s establishment in Enniskillen, he was a good looking youth and he has preserved his good looks. His address was learned, interesting, and full of force. He was in the place once occupied by Wm. Irvine, the pioneer of this great movement, a man of magnetic power, rugged, a strong personality, a forceful speaker, and at one time worshipped as a leader of men and women. George Walker spends most of his time in America, but has not got the American twang. He will shortly visit the Continent. He has a charming manner." (Impartial Reporter, July 9, 1931)
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Post by goodapollo on Apr 7, 2006 2:57:09 GMT -5
ah good ol' Supervalu... did he work there We used to have a Supervalu where I grew up! |
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