Notes on information contributed by Mr F. Teare, sailmaker, ships' chandlers shop, near St Peter's Lane, Peel, interviewed by Margaret Killip

Date(s): June 1958

Scope & Content: Examples of Mr Teare's work in Museum; Mr Teare's apprenticeship; Worked at Vickers during the First World War as a sailmaker; rigging; Sewing palm and a roping palm - sketch; Tools - sketches; Ropes; Grummets; Tromode Sailcloth factory; Amount of canvas required for sails; Long hours worked; Peel shipbuilding yards; Trades; Watterson and Son boat builders working for Irish boats which were subsidised; Sketch of sail; Schooner Kate brought coal to Quirk's coalyard; Peel bridge; Peel harbour - no grid for repairing boats; The Progress carried general cargo; Cattle from Belfast brought ashore on Cattle steps; Herring nets -knowing something from in to out - from "buckle to tail"; Weather proofing sails and preserving them.

Language: English

Extent: 7 pages

Item name: typescript

Collection: Manuscript Archive

Level: ITEM

ID number: FLS T007-B

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