{"id":125,"date":"2005-01-22T22:20:47","date_gmt":"2005-01-22T11:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=125"},"modified":"2008-12-09T20:28:51","modified_gmt":"2008-12-10T02:28:51","slug":"the-cable-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/?p=125","title":{"rendered":"the cable company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My grandfather and great-grandfather both worked in the Commercial Cable Company in Waterville, Ireland.  My mother recently got hold of some of the old employee books.  As well as listing the employee&#8217;s name, they would list his date of birth, date of marriage, and dates and details of any raises (or paycuts) and reasons.  When the employee died or left the company employ, their name would be crossed out in the book, and a reason written in the comments section.  These are a few of the more interesting entries she found.<\/p>\n<div class=\"plainborder\" style=\"width:230px; margin: auto; position: relative;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.smugmug.com\/photos\/433775180_LMd7J-M.jpg\" alt=\"german bomb\" title=\"Killed in street by bomb from German aeroplane about 11.30pm.\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"plainborder\" style=\"width:230px; margin: auto; position: relative;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.smugmug.com\/photos\/433775198_oySKH-M.jpg\" alt=\"zeppelin\" title=\"Died Sunday 7 p.m. Oct. 1. 1916 of pneumonia + heart failure, due to Zeppelin raid on Sept. 23rd-24th 1916.\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"plainborder\" style=\"width:230px; margin: auto; position: relative;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.smugmug.com\/photos\/433775187_DrHUR-M.jpg\" alt=\"marriage\" title=\"Suspended 2\/2\/99 - for marrying without permission.  Re-instated at reduced salary 1.4.99\"\/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My grandfather and great-grandfather both worked in the Commercial Cable Company in Waterville, Ireland. My mother recently got hold of some of the old employee books. As well as listing the employee&#8217;s name, they would list his date of birth, date of marriage, and dates and details of any raises (or paycuts) and reasons. 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