Cluan Place
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Armagh and Hill Street, Newtownards, County Down.
Looks can be deceptive. Both these rows of houses may look completely authentic from the outside, but they have been fitted out internally to provide a modern 76-bed residential centre for educational groups visiting the Museum.
The red brick terrace on the north side of the street was built in 1884 in east Belfast. It housed workers in local industries, including the Belfast Ropeworks, the Harland & Wolff shipyard (both the largest of their kind in the world) and smaller industrial concerns.
On the other side of the street are replicas of dwelling houses from Armagh and Newtownards which were demolished in redevelopment schemes.
Only the end house of the redbrick terrace, nearest the corner shop, is open to public view. It has been fitted out to reflect the residence and workplace of a dressmaker. Although the majority of girls were taught the basics of sewing and needlework in the National School, there was plenty of work available to keep a good dressmaker in business.
Original location: Cluan Place, Belfast and Castle Street, Armagh, County
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