Working at Weir's - Glasgow pre 1952

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Working at Weir's - Glasgow pre 1952

Post by paddyscar » Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:18 am

I'd appreciate some input, please.

My Dad was a machinist who worked at Weir's before, during and after WWII, until May 1951.

I've had a look on the usual sites for Glasgow, but have not had any luck in finding anything, but then I'm not sure if that was the family name of the owners or was the place where it was located; or if it was a steel mill, a manufacturers, or shipbuilders.

Dad told me, when I was very young, that he 'helped build' the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth. I had pictured him actually on the boat. A very romantic notion for a small child, which I eventually came to understand differently as I grew older. :lol:

Thanks,

Frances
John Kelly (b 22 Sep 1897) eldest child of John Kelly & Christina Lipsett Kelly of Glasgow

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Post by AndrewP » Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:33 am

Hi Frances,

Here is a little light reading for you.

Queen Mary
http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/v ... .asp?id=22

Queen Elizabeth
http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/v ... sp?id=2309

I am guessing that Weir was Weir Pumps, nowadays part of the Weir Group.

The Weir Group plc
http://www.weir.co.uk/Group/home.nsf/lu ... enDocument

http://www.clydesite.co.uk/engineering/weir.asp

All the best,

AndrewP
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