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0:00:21 > 0:00:25This story belongs to Jack and Daddy John.

0:00:29 > 0:00:33It's a tiny tale about Daddy John's life

0:00:33 > 0:00:35and the things he used to do.

0:00:40 > 0:00:43Jack and Daddy John are visiting the family

0:00:43 > 0:00:47of swans who live in their garden pond.

0:00:47 > 0:00:50Tell me this one - what do you call a baby swan?

0:00:50 > 0:00:55- Er...cygnet. - A cygnet, yeah. That's it, yeah.

0:00:55 > 0:00:58I wonder how many cygnets there are?

0:00:58 > 0:01:01One, two, three,

0:01:01 > 0:01:04- four, five, six.- Six.

0:01:04 > 0:01:08Six baby swans. How lovely.

0:01:09 > 0:01:13And now it's time for Daddy John to share his memories

0:01:13 > 0:01:17and take Jack on a journey of discovery.

0:01:17 > 0:01:21Jack and Daddy John are sitting in front of their house,

0:01:21 > 0:01:23which is built from stone.

0:01:23 > 0:01:28Jack, can you see around us where we're sitting any uses for stone?

0:01:28 > 0:01:30- Yeah.- Where? Can you show me?

0:01:30 > 0:01:33- There.- Yeah.

0:01:33 > 0:01:35That's stone for the driveway

0:01:35 > 0:01:37and this is gritstone from the quarry.

0:01:37 > 0:01:41Jack's family have owned a quarry for a very long time.

0:01:41 > 0:01:45A quarry is a place where stone is dug out of the ground.

0:01:45 > 0:01:49The stone is then used to make things, like buildings,

0:01:49 > 0:01:52bridges and roads.

0:01:52 > 0:01:55And we've used gritstone for our driveway

0:01:55 > 0:01:58and to build our house many years ago.

0:01:58 > 0:02:00And look - this is granite

0:02:00 > 0:02:03and it comes from the Mountains of Mourne over there.

0:02:03 > 0:02:06That's a different type of stone.

0:02:07 > 0:02:11Granite is a type of stone that is found in the ground

0:02:11 > 0:02:16here in Northern Ireland, and in other parts of the country, too.

0:02:16 > 0:02:18This is a granite quarry.

0:02:18 > 0:02:23Granite is a very hard stone that lasts for a very long time,

0:02:23 > 0:02:27so lots of buildings and statues like these

0:02:27 > 0:02:30are made out of granite stone.

0:02:31 > 0:02:36There are lots of different types of stone found in different places.

0:02:36 > 0:02:37This is limestone.

0:02:37 > 0:02:42It was used to build lots of really famous buildings in London.

0:02:44 > 0:02:47And this is a slate quarry.

0:02:47 > 0:02:51Slate is a type of stone that can be used to make roofs for houses

0:02:51 > 0:02:54to keep us warm and dry.

0:03:00 > 0:03:04Jack and Daddy John are having fun on a tennis court,

0:03:04 > 0:03:06which is also made out of stone.

0:03:06 > 0:03:09OK, let's play some tennis.

0:03:09 > 0:03:11Wow! Good one!

0:03:14 > 0:03:17Wow! You're getting good at this.

0:03:17 > 0:03:19Good.

0:03:19 > 0:03:21Now...tell me...

0:03:23 > 0:03:26- The tennis court - what is made from?- Stone.

0:03:26 > 0:03:30Stone, and it's a gritstone. Where's the gritstone from?

0:03:30 > 0:03:34- Your quarry.- Our quarry, yes. Gritstone's very useful.

0:03:34 > 0:03:36It can be used for all sorts of purposes.

0:03:36 > 0:03:38Roads and buildings and things.

0:03:38 > 0:03:43- Would you like to go and see some gritstone?- Yeah!- Yeah! OK. Let's go.

0:03:47 > 0:03:51I wonder where they might go to find some gritstone?

0:03:56 > 0:03:58Look!

0:03:58 > 0:04:02OK, Jack, what do you think this massive hole is?

0:04:02 > 0:04:05- It's a quarry! - Yes, it's a quarry.

0:04:05 > 0:04:08Remember, you must only visit a quarry with an adult

0:04:08 > 0:04:13and if you have special permission, just like Jack.

0:04:13 > 0:04:17Over the years, this hole has got bigger and bigger. Do you know why?

0:04:17 > 0:04:21To make all the stone and rock for the roads,

0:04:21 > 0:04:23for the houses and for the driveways.

0:04:23 > 0:04:26Your Uncle Will and your Grandad Jack,

0:04:26 > 0:04:29they started this big, big, big hole.

0:04:29 > 0:04:31Back then, it was only a little hole.

0:04:31 > 0:04:36That was years ago. Way before Daddy was born, way before you were born.

0:04:36 > 0:04:39Here's a picture of Jack's Great Uncle Will,

0:04:39 > 0:04:42and Grandad Jack who started the quarry.

0:04:42 > 0:04:46And this is Grandad Jack and Daddy John when he was a baby.

0:04:46 > 0:04:50This is an old picture of the quarry, taken a long time ago

0:04:50 > 0:04:53when it was a much smaller hole in the ground.

0:04:53 > 0:04:56I remember my daddy, your Grandad Jack,

0:04:56 > 0:05:00used to bring me to the quarry when I was young.

0:05:00 > 0:05:03I used to love pretending to be a quarryman,

0:05:03 > 0:05:08moving the gritstone about with my spade and my wheelbarrow.

0:05:08 > 0:05:12The men in this old film are using the sorts of hand tools

0:05:12 > 0:05:15that Great Uncle Will and Grandad Jack had to use

0:05:15 > 0:05:18before they had machines to help them.

0:05:19 > 0:05:24Quarry workers must have been very tired by the end of the day.

0:05:24 > 0:05:29Machines can do the work of hundreds of men in much less time.

0:05:33 > 0:05:37Daddy John is going to show Jack some old and new machines

0:05:37 > 0:05:40that have been used at the quarry over the years.

0:05:42 > 0:05:46Five, six, seven, eight,

0:05:46 > 0:05:49- nine, ten, 11.- 11. 11 big steps.

0:05:49 > 0:05:53- What do you think this machine is? - A dozer.

0:05:53 > 0:05:57A dozer is the short name for a bulldozer.

0:05:57 > 0:05:59Bulldozers like this were used

0:05:59 > 0:06:03to push rocks and other heavy things around.

0:06:03 > 0:06:06It's a pretty small dozer, isn't it?

0:06:06 > 0:06:10That's one of the first machines Grandad Jack and Uncle Will had.

0:06:10 > 0:06:14I remember I was so excited because it seemed so big and new,

0:06:14 > 0:06:17but of course it's very small

0:06:17 > 0:06:20compared with the big bulldozers we have today.

0:06:20 > 0:06:24- What about this machine? What's it? - A bulldozer.

0:06:24 > 0:06:27That's a bulldozer, and it's a big bulldozer.

0:06:27 > 0:06:31And it has a ripper in the back to rip the rock.

0:06:33 > 0:06:37Remember, you must never play on big machines like these

0:06:37 > 0:06:39as you could be hurt.

0:06:39 > 0:06:42It's just like a big dinosaur claw.

0:06:42 > 0:06:45Oh, look at those giant wheels!

0:06:45 > 0:06:49- What do you think this machine is? - A loading shovel.

0:06:49 > 0:06:52Yes, and it's a very old loading shovel,

0:06:52 > 0:06:55and it's quite small because it's very old.

0:06:55 > 0:06:58- This is the new type we have now. Would you like to look?- Yeah.

0:06:58 > 0:07:00Yeah! Let's go!

0:07:00 > 0:07:03The new machine is much bigger, isn't it?

0:07:03 > 0:07:06Let's get up inside.

0:07:06 > 0:07:09- I can do it myself.- I'll hold tight.

0:07:09 > 0:07:14You must never climb into machines like this, as they can be dangerous.

0:07:17 > 0:07:18Wow!

0:07:18 > 0:07:20HORN BEEPS

0:07:33 > 0:07:35Workers have to get special lessons

0:07:35 > 0:07:39to teach them how to drive machines like this.

0:07:39 > 0:07:43This old film shows people learning to drive bulldozers.

0:07:43 > 0:07:46It's not an easy thing to do. This worker is trying

0:07:46 > 0:07:50to drive the bulldozer up the steep slope, but...

0:07:50 > 0:07:51Oops!

0:07:52 > 0:07:56I think he needs a bit more practice.

0:08:03 > 0:08:05Will he make it this time?

0:08:05 > 0:08:08Yes! Brilliant work!

0:08:17 > 0:08:21Let's meet someone else who knows about quarries.

0:08:21 > 0:08:25- This is my Auntie Dorrie! - Hello, Jack!

0:08:25 > 0:08:28Auntie Dorrie works at the family's quarry, too.

0:08:28 > 0:08:31She's going with Jack and Daddy John

0:08:31 > 0:08:34to see something very exciting called a quarry blast.

0:08:34 > 0:08:38Quarry blasts are very dangerous, so the family are standing

0:08:38 > 0:08:41a long way away, where they're safe.

0:08:43 > 0:08:45- TOGETHER:- Five, four,

0:08:45 > 0:08:48three, two, one.

0:08:48 > 0:08:49Look! Wow!

0:08:49 > 0:08:52LOUD BLAST

0:08:52 > 0:08:56- Wow! Look at that!- Wow! - Look at all that rock!

0:08:56 > 0:09:01Wow. That was really loud. Look at all that dust!

0:09:01 > 0:09:06The big bang was caused by something called an explosive.

0:09:06 > 0:09:09Explosives are used to blast the rock apart -

0:09:09 > 0:09:13because the rock is too hard to break up easily,

0:09:13 > 0:09:15even with a machine.

0:09:15 > 0:09:20Years and years ago when Grandad and Uncle Will started quarrying,

0:09:20 > 0:09:24they drilled the holes themselves by hand and put the explosives down.

0:09:24 > 0:09:27That wouldn't be allowed now. It has to be done

0:09:27 > 0:09:30by a specialised person called a shotfirer.

0:09:30 > 0:09:34That's because explosives are very dangerous.

0:09:37 > 0:09:40Daddy John is going to show Jack what happens to the rock

0:09:40 > 0:09:43after it's blasted from the rock face.

0:09:45 > 0:09:49The machine behind us, Jack, is a crusher,

0:09:49 > 0:09:52and it crushes big stones down to wee stones.

0:09:52 > 0:09:55ENGINE REVS

0:09:57 > 0:10:00Look at all these different machines.

0:10:00 > 0:10:04Jack and Daddy John are standing a safe distance from them.

0:10:04 > 0:10:09Daddy John's big machine can crush lots and lots of rocks at once.

0:10:09 > 0:10:13But a long time ago, people used smaller rock crushers, like this,

0:10:13 > 0:10:16which had to be loaded by hand.

0:10:16 > 0:10:19It took a lot longer to get the job done.

0:10:19 > 0:10:24The digger is loading the rock from the floor into the jaw crusher.

0:10:24 > 0:10:28The jaw crusher makes the rocks really small.

0:10:28 > 0:10:30After, that it goes on to the screen

0:10:30 > 0:10:34which splits the material into three different sizes.

0:10:34 > 0:10:39Big size, medium size, and a small size.

0:10:39 > 0:10:41- Wow.- Wow!

0:10:43 > 0:10:46Jack loved watching those big machines.

0:10:46 > 0:10:51Now it's time to have even more fun with some little machines.

0:10:53 > 0:10:58This is my cousin Jamie and we're going to play in the sand.

0:10:58 > 0:11:03Jack and cousin Jamie are playing in the sand with their toy digger

0:11:03 > 0:11:06and dumper truck.

0:11:10 > 0:11:13Eight, nine, ten.

0:11:13 > 0:11:17I think ten's good, Jack. Oh, one more for luck.

0:11:17 > 0:11:21Another big load of Lough Neagh sand heading for the pit.

0:11:22 > 0:11:25Here we go. We're just going to make it.

0:11:25 > 0:11:27Up we go, and a bit of a jiggle.

0:11:27 > 0:11:29A bit of a jiggle. Good lad.

0:11:42 > 0:11:46Jack and Daddy John are going for a walk.

0:11:46 > 0:11:48This is a birch.

0:11:48 > 0:11:52Daddy John takes stone out of the ground at the quarry,

0:11:52 > 0:11:55but he likes to put things into the ground, too.

0:11:55 > 0:11:58He planted all these lovely trees on his land

0:11:58 > 0:12:02so that wild birds and animals would want to come and live here.

0:12:02 > 0:12:05And there is a hazel, and I see some hazelnuts.

0:12:05 > 0:12:09- And who takes the hazelnuts? - Mr Squirrel.

0:12:09 > 0:12:13The squirrels love the hazelnut trees that we planted

0:12:13 > 0:12:16because in the summertime they can take the nuts,

0:12:16 > 0:12:18bury them in a special place,

0:12:18 > 0:12:21and in the wintertime dig them back up to eat.

0:12:21 > 0:12:24The berries are turning red for the wintertime.

0:12:24 > 0:12:27Would you like to run down to the lake?

0:12:27 > 0:12:29Duh, duh-duh!

0:12:29 > 0:12:31I'm running. I'm running.

0:12:33 > 0:12:36Here I come. Here I come!

0:12:37 > 0:12:38Here I come!

0:12:38 > 0:12:40Here I come!

0:12:40 > 0:12:43Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh! Here I come!

0:12:53 > 0:12:55So, Jack, what did you most enjoy

0:12:55 > 0:12:59- about seeing Daddy's construction business?- Everything.

0:12:59 > 0:13:01We looked at different stones.

0:13:03 > 0:13:05We went to the quarry.

0:13:06 > 0:13:09We looked at old and new machines.

0:13:11 > 0:13:14We watched a quarry blast.

0:13:17 > 0:13:20We played in the sandpit.

0:13:20 > 0:13:24We looked at the trees what Daddy planted.

0:13:25 > 0:13:26But what did Jack like best?

0:13:26 > 0:13:29I especially enjoyed the blast.

0:13:29 > 0:13:32You especially enjoyed the quarry blast?

0:13:32 > 0:13:36I've enjoyed spending time with you. Any chance of a hug?

0:13:42 > 0:13:45What a fabulous heap of fun!

0:13:45 > 0:13:48That was Jack and Daddy John's tiny tale

0:13:48 > 0:13:51about the things Daddy John used to do.

0:13:51 > 0:13:54Now Daddy John has shared his story with Jack,

0:13:54 > 0:13:58it's time for Jack to start his own story.

0:13:58 > 0:14:01Do you know someone who has a story to share?