We do get the tail end of hurricanes here in the UK, and the ones that arrive towards the end of the season can be the most powerful. Zoonie registered 44 knots at her sheltered marina position, so the wind force will have been greater at sea, dissipating as it reached the resistance of the …

Men in Cloth Caps ‘Health and Safety’ were not around when the shipbuilding industry in Belfast grew from 1663 to be the fastest cargo discharging port in the world. Using both manpower and cranes to move the goods and support the local industry, including linen, which by now (1907) had moved from being a cottage …