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The Aga Range Cooker is known for its longevity, with many cookers still operating after more than 50 years. In 2009, in conjunction with The Daily Telegraph and to celebrate the 80th anniversary of its founding, AGA Rangemaster set up a competition to find the oldest AGA range cooker still in use. [11]
AGA Rangemaster Limited [1] is a British manufacturer of range cookers, kitchen appliances, and interior furnishings owned by Middleby Corporation [2] in September 2015 after it received a takeover approach from Whirlpool. It employs just over 2,500 people worldwide.
In about 1850, Musgrave went into business with his brother Edgar to trade tea and sugar, founding H & E Musgrave, Ann Street, Belfast. [1] [8]The novelist, Forrest Reid, was an apprentice as a young man in the firm and wrote, "Though generosity was not a Musgrave characteristic I liked Henry: towards his brother, Edgar, when I watched him saving the backs of envelopes and lifting little bits ...
Sandy Row is an inner city area of south Belfast, Northern Ireland, which is predominantly Protestant working-class. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In 2018, the population was estimated to be around 4,000. [ 3 ] It is a staunchly loyalist area and heartland of the paramilitary Ulster Defence Association (UDA) and Orange Order .
Cregagh Estate in Southeast Belfast. Cregagh (from Irish an Chreagaigh 'the rocky place') is an area in the southeast of Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is the name of a townland and has been adopted as the name of an electoral ward of Belfast City council.
The townlands of Belfast are the oldest surviving land divisions in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The city is split between two traditional Counties by the River Lagan , with those townlands north of the river generally in County Antrim , while those on the southern bank are generally part of County Down .
Joy's Entry is particularly narrow and connects Ann Street to High Street. It has several pubs, including Henry’s and The Jailhouse. The Entry takes its name from the Joy family who were prominent 18th century residents of the city, including Francis Joy, founder of The Belfast News Letter, and his grandson Henry Joy McCracken, after whom the pub is named.
This is the only hostel which is actually located in Belfast City centre. [ 3 ] Smithfield and Union contains many of Belfast's major historic sites including Clifton Street's historic cemetery which contains two of the largest famine graves in Ireland as well as being the final resting place of Henry Joy McCracken who was one of the main ...