Belfast was famous for its fine fabrics for several centuries, the English transplanting English citizens to the north of Ireland and setting up the factories. Here the men are pulling bundles of flax fibres over hatchels to make the fibres suitable for spinning. This is from a 1905 stereoview card. The view below is also at the Ewart Linen Mill in the spinning room.
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I think the number of buildings and address near Belfast with ‘Linen’ or ‘Linenhall’ in the name bears testament to the importance of the linen trade in days gone by. Lovely photos.
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By: safia on August 25, 2013
at 2:04 pm
There were also a lot of shirt factories at the time, no doubt using a lot of the fabric made locally.
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By: marthabernie on August 25, 2013
at 2:27 pm
As a young girl in post-war Newtownards, my mother got her first job sewing handkerchiefs in a factory (since closed of course). Also, Walkers Mill in that town was the biggest provider of work for local women as far as I can tell from her stories.
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By: safia on August 26, 2013
at 1:07 am
So much has changed in the last 50 or 60 years.
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By: marthabernie on August 26, 2013
at 10:49 am
My mothers family all worked in ewarts linen factory. They lived in a terrace house in Disraeli street,built to house the factory workers. The hours were long, the pay poor. The Cunningham family, who owned the mill, lived in a large house on the glencairn estate.
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By: Belfast born and bred on September 14, 2013
at 12:28 am
I guess people were glad to have any job when work was so scarce.
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By: marthabernie on September 14, 2013
at 11:23 am
I also Iam born and bread in Belfast my sister and I both worked in Ewarts linen mill my mother my granny and her mum way back in the early 1900s we lived in Ewarts Row on till 1968 in the kitchen house Iam looking for old photos of Ewarts Mill the front of it were the clock and the gates were for my niece in Canada I wonder does anyone have a frontline that I could get a copy thank you
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By: Sarah Adams on May 6, 2016
at 9:17 am
This is the only photo I have, sorry. You might want to try searching on eBay to see if something comes up.
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By: marthabernie on May 6, 2016
at 12:39 pm
Hi My mum and her mum worked in Ewarts spinning mill , they also lived on Ewarts Row. My mum was Jean Larmour and her mum was Jeannie Larmour.
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By: Jean on July 8, 2019
at 8:01 am
Iam only interested in Ewarts Mill my sister and I worked in Ewarts my mother my granny and her mummy we lived in Ewarts Row one of Ewarts houses I am looking for a front view or front picture of the clock and gates if anyone has a picture like that could I have a copy please
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By: Sarah adams on May 8, 2016
at 7:14 am
My mum also worked in Ewarts Mill , her name wasJean Larmour.
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By: Jean on January 29, 2018
at 1:00 pm
My mum also lived in Ewarts Row think it was 103 or 95.
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By: Jean on January 29, 2018
at 1:02 pm
Wondering if anyone was working at the mill around 1963 to 1967 and would remember Marion Moore who worked in the office
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By: Marion mcdonald on July 28, 2016
at 4:53 pm
I am searching for my GGM Mary Jane Taylor. She lived on Disraeli St. She may have been buried with a Margaret Lamour. Possibly worked at the Ewart Mill. Any info would be great!
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By: Erin White on February 16, 2022
at 5:22 am
Sorry but I have no other information other than what i posted with the photo. Good luck with your search.
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By: marthabernie on February 16, 2022
at 10:24 am
My mother grew up in Castledawson Co Derry in the early 1900s, ie before partition in 1921.The Beetling Mill, for flax/ linen was owned by people called Ewart. Are they connected to Ewarts Linen Mill in Belfast ?
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By: Jennifer Totton on January 4, 2023
at 11:12 am
I don’t really know the answer to your question, but since it’s an unusual name, I would say so. This one particular post has brought more comments and questions than any of my other posts.
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By: marthabernie on January 8, 2023
at 1:36 pm
Hello, was Ewarts Row redeveloped or does it still exist under a different name? My great great grandad lived there in 1899.
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By: Tom Patterson on March 29, 2023
at 4:04 am
Unfortunately, I don’t know what happened t the mill.
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By: marthabernie on March 31, 2023
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