Coordinates are latitude, longitude in decimal degrees (WGS 84).

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  2. 66.82196855625862, 13.342540667064714
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  58. 66.82333585821746, 13.399893283843983
  59. 66.8186856873437, 13.414783217978341
  60. 66.82897351447136, 13.415153858647377

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Meloy cultural center

Meloy Culture Centre, which was opened in 1988, is a multi-purpose building that accommodates culture and sports. The cultural center is located in traditional surroundings. Thus, the building has taken up the legacy of the rich and flourishing cultural life that sprung from the workers' commitment. These activities were previously housed in Folkets Hus.

Worker:

In the car park on the other side of the road was “Folkets Hus”. It was completed in 1940 and was the result of an enormous volunteer effort. Here the workers could meet and chat without having their bosses hanging over their shoulders.

 

The meeting with the construction community meant opportunities to get work and income, and to meet new cultural and political impulses. While 17. May was otherwise the big party day in the rest of Norway, it was often 1. May that was celebrated at the new industrial communities.

 

As early as 1914, 1. May was celebrated for the first time in Glomfjord after the Glomfjord workers' association was founded in June the previous year. During the celebration of the day in 1918, as many as 400 people took part in the workers' association's event.

 

Engineer:

A real howling chorus. Hustle and bustle. If they didn't demand one thing, they demanded the other…

 

Worker:

Shut up!

 

At this time, there was a fierce battle with the employers over the working time regulations. In August 1918, the workers gained ground for their demands, and the eight-hour day was a fact. And det Glomfjord workers played an important part in this arrangement.

 

Engineer:

You cry for higher wages, you want to earn more, but do you want to work more? No, far from it. You want to work less!

 

Worker:

8 hours in a day is anyway far more than what you office rats have ever done! 

In any case, in 1987 the new cultural center was completed, while the “Folkets hus” was constantly falling into disrepair. And in 1997 it had become so worn that it was unfortunately demolished.

 

Engineer:

Not a second too early!

 

Worker:

Can you stop with those interruptions. I am trying to convey an important part of our history here!

 

Engineer:

Annoying, isn't it?

Subject text: Helge Seim

Screenplay: Helge Seim and Jan Ivar Bårtvedt

Voices: Jan Ivar Bårtvedt og Mathias Asplund Nyhagen

Editing: Helge seim

Music and Soundeffect: freesound.org

 

Source:

  • Hansen. E. (1997) Årbok nr. 13: Folkets hus i Glomfjord Meløy Historielag