Possible pot manufacturers

Reference code: HOYFM.ACL2023.48/1/5/7
Level of description: Item
Title: Possible pot manufacturers
Scope and content: Handwritten letter addressed to Mr Thompson from Woodrow. About the Western Iron Company that operated out of Sligo from 1955-66, which made pots. About the manufacturing of pots of various sizes and the destruction of a production plant. Talks about the impact of the "emergency period" (WWII) on the sale of pots, as they became more valuable. Author proposes selling pots in the museum and also discusses his order of a pot from Albion Foundry. Letter talks about the state of the pot manufacturing industry and questions the closure of some plants in the foreseeable future. Interested in pots to sell in a retail section of the museum.