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What's West

A radio programme exploring life in Northern Ireland; especially in the West of Ulster.

A radio programme exploring life in Northern Ireland; especially in the West of Ulster, both past and present.

What's West: The Hiring Fair

30/04/1980

The Hiring Fair

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The hiring fairs of 1920s and 1930s in Northern Ireland are explored.

The hiring fairs of 1920s and 1930s in Northern Ireland are explored, with presenter Roy Hamilton.  The fairs were a major source of employment for young people, and provided employees for farmers.

Roy Hamilton takes a look at hiring fairs, which up until 1920's/1930's, were how many young people found work on farms and how farmers found their workers.  It was not an easy life - living conditions were hard and wages were small.

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