HISTORY - TROUBLES

Title: Shipquay Street, Derry/Londonderry, 2021
Object Name: PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT
Maker: Bill Rolston (Primary maker)
Description: This mural remembers the impact of the shirt manufacturing industry in Derry/Londonderry. In the 1920s there were 44 shirt factories in the city, employing 8000 people, most of whom were women.
Catalogue Number: BELUM.W2024.2.42
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