Brian Faulkner at Adria Knitting Factory

Brian Faulkner at Adria Knitting Factory

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Location

Strabane

Year

1965

Date

Production 21/09/1965

Length

41sec

Audio

mute

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcast Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

The Minister of Commerce in the Northern Ireland government, Brian Faulkner, visits the Adria Knitting Mills factory in Strabane. Faulkner is given a tour of the factory floor and you can just about make out that they are involved in the production of nylon stockings. At the time the company was one of the largest producers of nylon stockings in the UK and was undertaking major expansion.

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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