tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post2652414556246869493..comments2024-02-11T19:28:27.997+11:00Comments on Personal Reflections: Celebrate the Official Grand Opening of Eveleigh Works – Sydney, Sunday April 2 2017Jim Belshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-60926094464936711752017-03-16T15:08:57.084+11:002017-03-16T15:08:57.084+11:00Hi kvd. VerY interesting. Would be good to see an ...Hi kvd. VerY interesting. Would be good to see an old fashioned blacksmith at work<br /> Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-5975932570727897952017-03-16T14:33:23.171+11:002017-03-16T14:33:23.171+11:00There was a fellow called Rouen (I think) still ac...There was a fellow called Rouen (I think) still active in Nowra into the late '70s. And up until at least 11 years ago there was an 'artisinal' smithy over in Berry earning a good living with 'ye olde' type stuff.<br /><br />Would love to go to that opening Jim, especially for the building itself. Envy you!<br /><br />kvd<br /><br />ps google is my memory these days - Frank Rouen - whose premises I used to walk past during the 60's - from a local history: <br /><br />“When Frank retired in 1983, it ended almost 200 years for the Rouen family in the blacksmith trade that had started in Ireland during the 1870s.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-60294174135759749152017-03-16T13:45:06.523+11:002017-03-16T13:45:06.523+11:00Really? There must have been when I was a kid, som...Really? There must have been when I was a kid, some people still used horses, but I only saw remnants - anvils, fires, bellows - which would all now be period pieces! Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-7830504104528178832017-03-16T13:14:28.180+11:002017-03-16T13:14:28.180+11:00There was still a traditional blacksmith in Suther...There was still a traditional blacksmith in Sutherland in my primary school days in the 50s.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07290047964731850669noreply@blogger.com