content.jpg

« VANDALISM AT GREY ABBEY | Main | HUNTING IN KILDARE IN 1957 »

December 22, 2005

SALE OF STABLES AND BOILERS FROM KILDARE BARRACKS 1920

1920 Advertisement from the Kildare Observer which demonstrates the diverse ways a military barracks could impact on a local community.

Kildare Observer Advert 10/12/1920

G. (Royal Insignia) R.

MINISTRY OF MUNITIONS.

BY DIRECTION OF THE DISPOSAL BOARD (HUTS & BUILDING MATERIAL SECTION).

IMPORTANT SALE BY AUCTION OF STABLES AND BOILERS, at KILDARE BARRACKS, on WEDNESDAY, 14th JANUARY, at 12 o’clock, comprising:-
THREE CORRUGATED IRON-ROOF STABLES on STEEL FRAMES (each 143ft. long, 21ft. wide, 10ft. high, to accommodate 50 horses), with Corrugated Iron Managers, Iron Bales, and Corrugated Iron Store House attached.
      Also (by direction of the Disposal Board-Furniture Section):-
 82 GOOD PORTABLE BOILERS with Removable Pans, 20in. diameter at top, about 14 gallons capacity, complete with Bends, Piping, Hoods, Rakes and Handles
 66 BOILERS, same as above, but without Bodies; and
 11 BODIES.
 Further particulars from the Auctioneers:-Messrs.
       STEEL, ROYCROFT & PRICE, Kildare and Newbridge.

 Nors:-For particulars of other Government Property for Sale see “SURPLUS,” price 3d., at all Bookstalls, or by quarterly subscription of 2s. post free, payable in advance to the Director of Publicity, Ministry of Munitions, Whitehall Place, London S.W.1.                                                                                                (b-3j).

Posted by mariocorrigan at December 22, 2005 10:08 PM