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| Keywords: sailors' rest sailorsrest british sailors' society britishsailorssociety christmas party ham bread christmas cake christmascake fruit cake fruitcake tinsel crackers ireland munster december 1931 1930s thirties sailors union jack unionjack tea white ensign whiteensign st. george's ensign stgeorgesensign poole collection poolecollection glass negative glassnegative a.h. poole ahpoole arthur henri poole arthurhenripoole david beatty davidbeatty earl beatty earlbeatty henrietta street henriettastreet waterford national library of ireland nationallibraryofireland christmas across the commons christmasacrossthecommons blackandwhite monochrome black and white Lovely shot of Christmas festivities at Waterford's Sailors' Rest. Particularly like the British Sailors' Society banner adorned by a dove with a twig in its mouth (as in the Noah's Ark story). And wondering if the Christmas crackers on the tables were Tom Smith's brand... We didn't have a location for this Sailors' Rest that we first featured back on 17 July, although we knew this photo was ordered by a Mr Craig, until ofarrl commented: "This was more than likely number 9 Henrietta Street, Waterford which was the address of the David Beatty Sailors Rest." Date: 29 December 1931 NLI Ref.: P_WP_3883 Lovely shot of Christmas festivities at Waterford's Sailors' Rest. Particularly like the British Sailors' Society banner adorned by a dove with a twig in its mouth (as in the Noah's Ark story). And wondering if the Christmas crackers on the tables were Tom Smith's brand... We didn't have a location for this Sailors' Rest that we first featured back on 17 July, although we knew this photo was ordered by a Mr Craig, until ofarrl commented: "This was more than likely number 9 Henrietta Street, Waterford which was the address of the David Beatty Sailors Rest." Date: 29 December 1931 NLI Ref.: P_WP_3883 | ||||
