Harland and Wolff - Shipbuilding and Engineering Works

Belfast’s Beersbrldge Road—home of many H & W workers within sight and Sound of the shipyard—is not one of the most prosperous areas of the city but it is certainly one of the best places to live. Best, because Its people are friendly and there’s a warm atmosphere of “Hows about ya” around. Best, because the dwellers in this neighbourhood have created a fine community centre where the young help the older folk and the older folk help the aged and Infirm. The man behind this centre is William Currie, a bubbling 74 year-young retired shipyard worker. “When I left the shipyard following an accident in 1958,” he told ‘H & W News,’ “there wasn’t even a seat on this street where an old body could sit.