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Scotland at Work Photography Project 1990s |
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I began by photographing the different types of work being carried out in Edinburgh. I later extended this projects to include other parts of Scotland, mainly Central Scotland, in order to include some of the industries that did not operate in Edinburgh. |
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Please scroll down this page to see links to some of the photos that I took on my 'Scotland at Work' project in the 1990s. OR click on this link to see the some photos of 'Edinburgh at Work' |
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Iron Foundry The Falcon Foundry was one of three foundries in Larbert, a small town about 3 miles NW of Falkirk, when I visited the area in the early-1990s. Falcon Foundry specialised in catering equipment. |
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Larbert West Lothian |
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1992 to 1996 |
Candle Makers At the Carberry Candle works, in the 1990s, I saw some interesting machinery. There was a machine for dipping candles, invented, invented by the owner's father or grandfather. Other machines purified oil, greased wicks, cut wicks, tapered the candle ends and made night lights. |
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Carberry Midlothian |
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1995 |
Iron Foundry Carnoustie Castings had a foundry at Carnoustie, beside the North Sea, about ten miles to the east of Dundee. Carnoustie is well known for its golf course. When I visited Carnoustie Castings in 1995, one of the items that they were casting was a pillar box. |
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Carnoustie Tayside |
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1993 |
Iron Foundry Clyde Shaw had a large foundry at Motherwell, producing some very large castings, and ingots of metal that were sent to England for use by the motor industry. This was one of many heavy industries in the area, along with Ravenscraig Steel Works, in the 1990s, but most are no longer operating. The Clyde Shaw foundry closed in 1923. |
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Motherwell Lanarkshire |
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During World War One |
Engineering It was photos like this one, of workers in the A F Craig works at Paisley taken during World War One, that encouraged me to start my projects photographing people at work in Edinburgh and Scotland during the 1990s. |
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Paisley Renfrewshire |
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1995 |
Iron Foundry Falcon Foundry was one of three foundries based in the small town of Larbert, about three miles NW of Falkirk, when I visited the area in the early 1990s. The foundry specialised in catering equipment |
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Larbert Stirlingshire |
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1995 |
Cooperage The NB Distillery is near Hearts' football ground at Gorgie, Edinburgh. In the early-1990s, the company had a small cooperage yard beside the distillery, but their main site for the cooperage and bonded warehouses was (and still is) at Muirhall, West Calder, West Lothian. |
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Muirhill, West Calder West Lothian |
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1992 to 1996 |
Clock Makers and Repairs James Ritchie & Son are based in Edinburgh, where they sell and repair watches and small clocks. The company made many of the public clocks around Edinburgh. In 1991, I visited their works in Livingston, West Lothian, where they repaired large public clocks. |
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Livingston West Lothian |
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All Companies |
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