Story of Waterford Crystal

A video of how Waterford Crystal was produced here in Waterford City

[@juliadcock3071]

I feel truly blessed to have been given a piece of Waterford crystal for a wedding gift. Truly one of my treasures, not as a "thing", but as a celebration of skill, art, vision and excellence!

[@theresakennedy893]

Good days , great memories, miss it a lot ❤

[@savedfaves]

This music was exceptionally suited for this documentary.

[@jean6061]

It was interesting to see how apprentices learn their craft! Thank you!

[@dispatcheramazon8471]

great video, thank you for sharing

[@joshschneider9766]

What I wouldn't give to be a part of a team of tastemakers such as these men and women.

[@davidographicsguy]

What year was this documentary made?

[@savedfaves]

The end scene of the doc they said, "200 years after it began, the celebration of light continues". 1783 + 200 = ~1983, there or thereabouts

[@A_Different_Kind_Of_Truth]

Now it's all cut "blanks" from Slovenia.. amazing video though 👏 👌

[@leonardskelton]

You do realise that this documentary was made over 40 years ago, and that this was uploaded from a VHS tape.

[@wincrasher2007]

yep. all those Irishmen were laid off and the factory closed so they could move the entire operation to the slave wage country of Slovenia. Funny, they didn't reduce the prices of their product...

[@ADNI503]

Thats my mother in the thumbnail. 😂

[@leonardskelton]

Ha ha, that’s gas

[@ADNI503]

@@leonardskelton Yeap. Valerie begadon is her name .

[@leonardskelton]

@@ADNI503 anything to Noel Begadon who had the insurance business up by the hyper?

[@ADNI503]

@@leonardskelton yeah , think so . Jimmy begadon insurances I thought it was called . But I think so .

[@joshschneider9766]

I love how connected Irish communities are. Y'all are like small town USA, it's very sweet to see the sense of community.

[@stephaniemurria5534]

Is it me or is the sound bad? I really love craftsmanship.

[@mickeymccrystal2631]

What's with all the English music

[@savedfaves]

And Waterford Crystal was stared by a Czechoslovakian, go figure.

[@pmn2821]

Gosh no eye protection.

[@joshschneider9766]

46 year old vid. Look at one of Waterford newer vids. Eye protection AND earmuffs

[@joshschneider9766]

Also they replaced the hand operated crucible carriages with grabber attachments for a forklift in 1992

[@joshschneider9766]

Hah i just watched a current video of their facilities and theyve wildly modernized since this video was made they dont even use lead in their crystal clear glass anymore

[@leonardskelton]

It’s a totally different process these days, and a totally different company too.

[@joshschneider9766]

@@leonardskelton eh the blowing and wheel cutting basics are all generally the same anywhere, it's the patterns that differentiate the wares really. I can go there now being a basically trained glassblower and slot into the basic mood blowing teams and be passing off cup bubbles for basic stemware I'm sure. Most anything beyond that probably not but the basics of manipulating a bubble or operating a cutting wheel are centuries old.

[@bneumann5606]

This is an OSHA nightmare.