Worked as a carpenter on the Shirra Dam back in '53 & part of '54, just after finishing my apprenticeship to the trade.Was recruited by a local journey - man carpenter from my local area in the North of Ireland.He had been working there for several years by this time.Came there with two of my boyhood friends.The work was relatively easy and the pay was good.Except the weather was extremely cold and damp.Cut right through you,even though we were wearing winter weather gear supplied by the company -Carmichael's of Edinburgh.The Shuttering they talk about were steel panels about 6' x 10' which we pulled up by steel wire ropes and special jacks and held in place with more steel ropes and 2" thick steel bolts in order to hold the concrete in place.Our co-workers were Polish,Italian,English,Scottish,a few German and also a few Dutch and many Irish.The Scottish were the hardest to understand,of course they had the same problem with us.Those were the good old days.Charlie....