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'I can’t believe that’s what a saw doctor is!'

Alan from Carryduff recalls his father working at the saw doctor's.

β€œYou mentioned yesterday Scott had stoked the boiler and it was nice and warm,” says Alan in Carryduff. β€œWell I remember my father had a business in Belfast with a workshop up above with eight saw doctors in it who sharpened tools.”
β€œI never knew that was what a saw doctor was!” says Sean.
β€œIn the workshop when I called in they had a pot belly cast iron stove, and the saw doctors lit it and the bottom of it glowed white and red, and the coal man carried the sacks of coke up the stairs! Coke was a by product of the gasworks... the river past the gasworks in Belfast would run fluorescent green!”
With music from Manfred Mann, The Everly Brothers, Eric Clapton and more.

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Fri 22 Nov 2024 15:04
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Foyle

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  • John Wayne

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  • Little Richard

    Long Tall Sally

  • Moe Bandy

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  • Bruce Springsteen

    Old Dan Tucker

Broadcast

  • Fri 22 Nov 2024 15:04
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Foyle