tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62714824287021642952024-03-27T06:38:10.502+00:00Blog at the BallastUnderstanding Technical Records since 1988Archivist (Ballast Trust)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08734512643400303447noreply@blogger.comBlogger366125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6271482428702164295.post-22870808269602250602018-09-01T09:00:00.000+01:002018-09-04T11:49:03.945+01:00#BallastTrainee Doors Open Day 2018! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This year we're part of Renfrewshire's Doors Open Day, with the aim to ensure that Scotland's built heritage old and new is accessible to people living and visiting the country throughout September every weekend! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Come along on <b>Saturday 8th September</b> <b>10am -4pm</b> to our premises <b>18-20 Walkinshaw Street, Johnstone </b>to have a look around and find out more about what we do!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We've been processing technical plans for shipbuilding, locomotives, and engineering for over 30 years and now you can find out how we do it! The collections we process are often for archives such as the University of Glasgow, Glasgow City Archive, and National Records of Scotland. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">Founded in 1988, this year the Ballast Trust celebrates
its 30<sup>th</sup> anniversary and as part of our initiative to</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> tell the unique story of the Ballast
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We've lots planned for the day, you can view shipbuilding and locomotive plans, have a look at or impressive collection of ship photographs and postcards or just have a look around our premises! For kids we've got word searches, colouring in our collections and creating your own plans! We've also looked out our embossing presses!<br />
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Share your discoveries with us at #ballast30 we can't wait to see what you find!<br />
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<br />Archivist (Ballast Trust)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08734512643400303447noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6271482428702164295.post-29501312727457517612018-08-31T13:47:00.002+01:002018-08-31T13:47:29.252+01:00Friday Photo 'DoorsOpenDay2018' <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Want to learn more about what we do here at the Ballast Trust, or the importance of business archives?! Come along and visit us on <b>Saturday 8th September 10am- 4pm at 18-20 Walkinshaw Street, Johnstone</b> as part of Renfrewshire's doors open days!</span></span></div>
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Archivist (Ballast Trust)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08734512643400303447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6271482428702164295.post-33869036092983509622018-08-24T14:29:00.000+01:002018-08-28T16:54:19.409+01:00Friday photo #archivelife challenge! This week we were challenged on twitter by the Irish Jesuit Archives in Dublin to participate in #archivelife. Over 7 days we are sharing a new image of the Trust in black & white with no humans and no explanations.<br />
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<br />Archivist (Ballast Trust)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08734512643400303447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6271482428702164295.post-65608541110175027672018-08-14T13:46:00.000+01:002018-08-28T16:57:12.760+01:00#BallastTrainee 'Back to 1988' As part of our continued social media campaign to celebrate and raise awareness of the Trust's 30th anniversary, throughout July and August on Twitter we have been sharing extracts from Bill Lind's diary and personal correspondence. Continuing on from #Ballast30 where we shared facts all about the Trust from our favourite object to understanding how we catalogue ship plans.<br />
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With #Onthisday we have been recalling what was happening at the Trust during 1988, the year the Trust formally began to carry out its objectives. Bill and his team initially began working at the temporary accommodation provided by Malcolms' of Brookfield, however it was the decision by Trafalgar House to liquidate its Scott Lithgow premises in Port Glasgow that would see the Trust begin a massive operation to rescue and list the huge volume of commercial and technical papers of Scott Lithgow's. The enormity of this task enabled the Trust to relocate to the Joiner's shop at the Kingston Yard in Port Glasgow, providing a base on site, this became the home of the Trust for the next 3 years, until March 1992.<br />
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Ref: UGD130/1/487/1 Bucket Hopper Dredger, part of Fleming & Ferguson Ltd, Shipbuilders and Engineers held by Glasgow University Archive Services. </div>
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It is important to reflect upon the number of collections both Bill and his team worked through. We will be sharing images of some of the highlights of these collections, similar to the one above, in the lead up to our publication later on in the year.<br />
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Archives AssistantArchivist (Ballast Trust)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08734512643400303447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6271482428702164295.post-25935240720584769832018-08-10T15:02:00.000+01:002018-08-14T22:50:49.928+01:00Friday Photo 'Coriolanus' <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsFOlkFRg_xiuv5OG4otC-sfnOlcaJP1hQMhc8rza6VBXnfr8-xeKYQ8Ct-yD0M7UnNfRrHFVWdMJjyvmntZf5KFQuLiEleqcAcCJ8r9BXSt6YfMx4qE6MMgRhMgUoNbO0IPQ4nEX64WNg/s1600/CaptureCORI.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="464" data-original-width="656" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsFOlkFRg_xiuv5OG4otC-sfnOlcaJP1hQMhc8rza6VBXnfr8-xeKYQ8Ct-yD0M7UnNfRrHFVWdMJjyvmntZf5KFQuLiEleqcAcCJ8r9BXSt6YfMx4qE6MMgRhMgUoNbO0IPQ4nEX64WNg/s640/CaptureCORI.PNG" width="640" /></a><br />
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This week's Friday Photo is a copy of a line drawing of 'Coriolanus' a 3 masted iron ship, built by Archibald McMillan & Son in Dumbarton. It was built in 1876. This lovely plan, found by our volunteer Craig Osborne, is part of the Phil Thomas collection. Below are some images of the ship, where the detail on the plans can be clearly seen. The ship was laid up in 1932. </div>
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One of our most popular and favourite'd images on Flickr is 'Atlantic Locomotive'. Built by Andrew Barclay & Co. in 1907 for the Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway (Type 0-6-2 T. Works number 1098.) </div>
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The records of Andrew Barclay & Co. are held at the University of Glasgow Archives and Special Collections. Find out more about the <a href="https://www.machrihanish.net/machrihanish-railway/" target="_blank">Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway</a>. <a href="https://spellerweb.net/rhindex/UKRH/OtherRailways/Campbeltown.html" target="_blank">Records</a> suggest that the locomotive livery was olive green lined out in black and yellow. </div>
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This week's Friday Photo is from our Dan McDonald collection. 'Ailie' was Dan's yacht, purchased in 1925 along with his friend, Andrew Roulston. Ailie was refitted at Port Bannatyne and was used for regular weekend and holiday sailing. </div>
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The Dan McDonald collection which is comprised of over five thousand negatives, each documenting the activity and latter inactivity on the River Clyde over a period of forty years, capturing what is arguably one of the most important periods in terms of Scotland's Shipbuilding Industry. </div>
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However, the change in how Dan captures Ailie is quite interesting. Following their wedding, in 1930 both Dan and his wife used Ailie to explore the sea lochs in the Clyde area, and elsewhere. The intimate nature of these images is reflective of Dan's relationship to this yacht, clearly holding so many personal and cherished memories. </div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">After our photo shoot yesterday with photographer, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/gregsmith95/" target="_blank">Greg Smith</a>, I thought this weeks Friday photo would be a timely opportunity to show a few of the lovely new and up to date photos of the Trust!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The main workroom at Walkinshaw Street</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our Surveying Officer Chris looking over shipping plans.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our Director Professor Tony Slaven and our Archivist Kiara looking through a ledger from Glasgow City Archives Clyde Navigation Trust collection.</td></tr>
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This week I was fortunate enough to participate in Edinburgh University's Centre for Research Collections summer school. This was an exciting opportunity to learn more about the CRC and the collections held by the University. Throughout the week we were given a series of talks geared towards providing our group with a better understanding of archives, curating an exhibition, alongside preventive and interventive conservation measures.<br />
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Monday focused on getting to know the Research Collections Centre and the rest of the group, we were taken on a tour of the library and the stores. During the afternoon we were given an insightful talk on Archives and University Collections by Rachel Hosker, which looked to give us an introduction to the University's holdings and the complexities of working with archive collections more generally.<br />
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This was followed by a practical session led by Louise Neilson, Lothian Health Services Archive Access Officer. This was a great session which introduced us to the LHSA, which holds historically important records of NHS hospitals among other health-related record material. We were able to gain an understanding of handling objects and the complexities of working with material which is sensitive in nature.<br />
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Tuesday focused on museums, speaking on curating exhibitions, Kirsty McNab the exhibitions officer we were introduced to the broad range of tasks undertaken when putting together an exhibition, ranging from interpretation guides to taking objects out on loan from other collections.<br />
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The remainder of Tuesday was spent at St. Cecilia's Hall where we were spoken to by Ruthanne Baxter, museum services manager, on heritage tourism and its importance within museums and galleries. During the afternoon we had a tour by Sarah Deters, the learning and engagement curator at St. Ceclia's. This was a fascinating tour and we were able to see (and hear!) the internationally important collection of historical instruments which included harpsichords and virginals. This session was also teamed with a practical task which got us thinking about various ways of engaging audiences and accommodating different types of audiences with these collections.<br />
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Wednesday was all about conservation, rare books, and public art! In the morning we were introduced to the theory behind the work of a conservator, led by Emily Hick, project conservator at the CRC. This was then followed by a practical introduction to the skills required to be a conservator and the day-to-day tasks conservators frequently undertake.<br />
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The afternoon sessions were then divided into rare book collections with Fin West, Rare Books and Manuscripts Cataloguer, where we were able to see a small selection of the collection of internationally important printed books and manuscripts. This was followed by an interesting talk on public art by Liv Laumenech, Public Art Officer, who spoke to us about the practical questions surrounding public art, in particular referencing the problematic mosaic fragments currently at Edinburgh University, from two archways designed by Paolozzi once housed at Tottenham Court Road tube station.<br />
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Thursday took us to the Anatomical Museum in the morning to visit the museum and skull room, not usually open to the public. In doing so, we were able to begin to consider questions of the ethics of exhibiting and in particular this prepared us for going to see 'Dead Images' exhibition at Edinburgh College of Art. We spent the afternoon with Susan Pettigrew a photographer with the Digital Imaging Unit at the CRC. Susan and her team are responsible for digitising the University's books, manuscripts, and objects. This session allowed us to get behind the scenes and see the huge amounts of work being carried out to enable the collections to be more accessible to a wide range of audiences.<br />
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Our last day, Friday, saw us present our project presentations. At the beginning of the week we had been split into groups and given a project to carry out and prepare a presentation for. Our team was focused on engagement project. Our aim was to come up with engagement events and activities in conjunction with 'Dawn of a New Era' exhibition from Lothian Health Services Archive documenting the development of the NHS to celebrate its 70th birthday.<br />
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The week was rounded off by a careers chat from Laura and then lunch at Paradise Palms! A lovely end to a great and informative week.<br />
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Inspired by the beautiful weather we have been having, this week's Friday photo is of Lossiemouth fish quay. This coloured glass negative (Ref: DC188/1/13/31) is part of our Dan McDonald collection.<br />
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<br />Archivist (Ballast Trust)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08734512643400303447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6271482428702164295.post-63219726701139589722018-06-28T12:06:00.000+01:002018-07-03T09:02:59.159+01:00#BallastTrainee 'Paisley's Industrial and Cultural Heritage Conference' <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This week I attended 'Paisley's Industrial and Cultural Heritage Conference' held at Paisley Town Hall. This day long conference was presented jointly by The Paisley Centre for Business and Industrial History (UWS), the <a href="https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/archives/bacs/">Business Archives Council of Scotland</a> and Renfrewshire Council and was supported by <a href="http://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/THCars2">Paisley Townscape and Heritage and Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme</a> (TH.CARS2) funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, Historic Environment Scotland and Renfrewshire Council. </div>
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Talks throughout the day covered topics from the the making of the Paisley Shawl, Paisley Abbey Rentals, Alexander Wilson, The Government School of Design, Peter Brough, The Hugh Smiley Nursery, Paisley Philanthropy and AF Craig. </div>
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Each talk provided a unique celebration of Paisley's rich and vibrant history, reflecting the significance of Paisley's industrial and cultural heritage, not only of its importance within Scotland and the UK but also on an international level. </div>
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The Ballast Trust and Business Archives Council of <span style="text-align: start;">Scotland also had tables set up to spread the word on Business Archives! </span></div>
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In preparation for tomorrow's theme on all things Engineering, I thought this week's Friday photo would be a nice opportunity to show some of Bill's collection of shipyard and engine works photographs. </div>
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This image is of the only diesel engine designed and built by Kincaids. This was fitted for the mv Kindiesel built by Ardrossan Dockyard, Yard no 361 in 1936. </div>
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This photo is from the John G Kincaid & Co Ltd Collection, held by Glasgow City Archives. </div>
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This Kincaids engine (K23) was fitted for Clan McDonald by Greenock Dockyard company. It was common for different parts which make up a ship, like the engine, to be made by another company and fitted at another shipyard. Each yard would have given the engine its own number for reference. </div>
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This image shows at least 7 steam engines, mainly triple expansion engines in the E-shop at East Hamilton street works. This was taken c.1920 and is from the John G Kincaid & Co Ltd Collection held at Glasgow City Archives. </div>
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You can view more <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ballasttrust/albums/72157630072382059" target="_blank">here</a> on our Flick page. Keep an eye out for tomorrows #Ballast30 on Engineering and our procedures for sorting through engine plans and drawings! </div>
<br />Archivist (Ballast Trust)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08734512643400303447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6271482428702164295.post-53436150300158887982018-06-15T10:21:00.000+01:002018-06-15T10:21:02.798+01:00Friday Photo - 'Earl of Zetland'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This week, we have a beautiful three-masted iron sailing ship from the Dan McDonald Collection, the 'Earl of Zetland'. Like most of the glass negatives in this collection, this particular ship was built on the Clyde, at Archibald McMillan & Sons yard in Dumbarton in 1875. She is recorded as carrying many immigrants to Australia and New Zealand, with <a href="https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1876-I.2.1.5.3" target="_blank">one group of immigrants</a> being 'without a single dissentient...fully satisfied' (although one went mad during the voyage...).<br />
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As an ocean-going 'windjammer', she and her crew would have had to endure the most treacherous seas, and it is very likely that she would have lost several crewmen over the course of her career in accidents. According to the <a href="http://passengersinhistory.sa.gov.au/node/924796" target="_blank">South Australia Maritime Museum</a>, most of the officers and crew apparently went mad during a voyage from Sourabaya to San Francisco, for reasons unexplained. She was wrecked in 1905 at Vang near Hasle, Bornholm while carrying a cargo of timber. It isn't known if the crew survived.<br />
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~ William Brown, VolunteerArchivist (Ballast Trust)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08734512643400303447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6271482428702164295.post-7009617778047105112018-06-08T17:20:00.000+01:002018-06-08T17:20:45.538+01:00Friday Photo 'Volunteers Week' <div style="text-align: justify;">
This week's Friday photo is of a few of our lovely volunteers! As it's #VolunteerWeek we wanted to show some of our volunteers who work with the Trust on a weekly basis. The Trust owes its success to our volunteers and their enthusiasm, dedication and vast knowledge (on all things!).</div>
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Here's 3 of our volunteers; Graham (left) who is currently working on Stephen's negatives. Bob (far right) and Campbell (top right) who are both working through the Kenneth Kirkwood Mackay collection of railway photographs. </div>
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This week I have been focusing on box listing Clyde Port Authority and Clyde Navigation Trust material from Glasgow City Archives. This has brought up some interesting findings, in particular volumes of 'Transactions of the Institution of Naval Architects' and a beautiful set of watercolour plans of the Harbour of Glasgow from Clyde Navigation c.1875 and 1840. </div>
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Clyde Navigation. Plan of the Harbour of Glasgow. 1875. Watercolour on paper (with support). </div>
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Box listing provides us with an overview of material we have been temporarily given to process whilst allowing us to make an assessment on the condition of the collection and the most appropriate method of storage. Box listing also allows us to identfy material that is significant for research and any material that may need special access restrictions, for example material which is covered by Data Protection. Understanding what we have is beneficial to the Trust, the archive, researchers and the collection itself. </div>
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If you haven't already have a look over on our Twitter and our #Ballast30 initiative where we're uploading a fact every day all about the Trust! </div>
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This week's Friday photo is one of the glass negatives from the Dan McDonald collection, which was digitised earlier this week by one of our volunteers, William Brown. The Dan McDonald collection is permanently held with the Trust and was bought by Bill Lind in 1996. The collection contains over 6,500 images of ships, vessels and places along the Clyde and west coast of Scotland (c.1920-1980). </div>
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This particular negative is of 'Glenclova' a steel sailing vessel 4 Mastered Barque in the Tasman sea, a little further afield than the Clyde and west coast of Scotland! This ship was built by Charles Connell & Company, Glasgow in 1893. This isn't one of Dan's own images but one that is part of his larger collection. </div>
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This week I have been focussing on preparing for our upcoming twitter campaign #Ballast30! As this monthly favourite is also focussing on #Ballast30, I thought I would combine them both as I have spent this month planning the start of our 30th anniversary celebrations.<br />
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I have also started box listing material from Clyde Navigation Trust and Clyde Port Authority, this is a large collection of volumes, drawings and other material which will then be catalogued before going to Glasgow City Archives.<br />
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Beginning 1st June, we will be kick starting our celebrations with #Ballast30 where we will be sharing facts on twitter all about the Ballast throughout the month!<br />
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Taking inspiration from the Archives and Records Association #Archive30 and #Museum30, the idea behind this is to give one fact every day about the Trust throughout June; from our favourite quote, getting to know our Ballast dog Gypsy, to understanding our role within the Archives sector. Through this we hope it will raise awareness of what we do at the Trust and provide the opportunity to get to know us better and find out some interesting facts!</div>
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We hope you're just as excited as we are! Keep an eye out for this starting tomorrow over on Twitter!<br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;">This week's photo is from Bill's extensive postcard and photograph collection. This postcard is of paddle steamer 'Waverley' sailing around Lundy island on one of her voyages during the summer months! </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Photo credit to Ian Muir. Coincidentally we have some of Ian Muir's slides at the Ballast Trust which are in the process of being listed and homes sought for them.</span>Archivist (Ballast Trust)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08734512643400303447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6271482428702164295.post-753213134131258642018-05-24T13:52:00.000+01:002018-05-24T13:52:20.050+01:00Introducing the Ballast Trainee <div style="text-align: justify;">
In late 2017 the Ballast Trust secured funding from <a href="https://investinrenfrewshire.com/">Renfrewshire Council</a> to establish a 6 month graduate trainee role as an Archives Assistant. I was appointed in January and have now been with the Ballast Trust for just over 2 months so it seems like an appropriate time to say hello and begin to update on some of the projects and tasks I have been getting up to!<br />
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So far I have been working through box listing Rankin Shipbuilding material. In these two boxes I found over 200 negatives and glass negatives which I then began to scan using a flatbed scanner. Through this process I have gained a more secured understanding in handling both negatives and glass plate negatives and the process of setting up the scanner. These negatives corresponded to a book which detailed what the image was. From this we discovered the negatives were images of repair work which had been carried out in yard. </div>
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I have also started regularly writing for our <a href="http://ballastblog.blogspot.co.uk/">blog</a> with monthly favourites and weekly ‘Friday photo’ posts, alongside content on women working in industry, with focus on female tracers who worked in both engineering firms and in later years the ship yards. As 2018 is the <a href="http://yoyp2018.scot/">Year of Young People</a>, this weekly series on the blog is a welcomed addition and will hopefully give readers an insight into the work carried out at the Trust and my role as a trainee. I'll also be updating our twitter under the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BallastTrainee?src=hash">#BallastTrainee</a> hashtag.</div>
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This year also marks 30 years since the beginning of the Trust's operations in 1988 and as part of our 30th anniversary celebrations we will be carrying out a twitter campaign #Ballast30 where every day we will be sharing facts on the Trust from our favourite Bill Lind quote to a typical day at the Trust! Keep an eye out for this starting 1st June!<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The crucial role of female workers within the shipping, manufacturing, and engineering industries has become more visible recently with campaigns and online content created by <a href="https://www.theglasgowstory.com/image/?inum=TGSW00011">University of Glasgow Archives and Special Collections</a>, <a href="https://womenslibrary.org.uk/discover-our-projects/wmh-west-dunbartonshire/a-girls-career/">Glasgow Women’s Library</a>, <a href="https://www.goindustrial.co.uk/our-blog/blog-post/women-at-work-on-the-clyde-in-world-war-one">Go Industrial</a>, <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/inverclydeshipbuilding/home/general-history/ww1---women-in-shipbuilding">Inverclyde Shipbuilding and Engineering</a> and <a href="https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205352570">Imperial War Museum</a> alongside other institutions that seeks to understand, identify and raise awareness of the important role women played within Scotland’s Industrial history. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My initial inspiration to write a blog post focusing on 'Women at Work’ came after conversations with colleagues on females working in the shipyards and in engineering firms which led me to find out more about the role of female tracers. The image above is of the tracing department at Fairfield’s Shipbuilding and Engineering Company in Govan c.1909. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Female tracers worked in the drawing offices and traced over the drawings made by draftsmen to make the final original design. The need for tracers is often put down to the increased demand for engineers, however it was mainly down to the fact that women were able to trace over these plans with care and precision, it took great skill to be able to become a tracer.
To become a tracer, you would have to complete an apprenticeship in a tracing office. The length of these apprenticeships seems to vary between companies but range from nine months to five years. The tracing offices were made up of female employees who were very much kept separate from their male colleagues or draftsmen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The above image shows the drawing office where draftsmen would have completed their plans before sending them though to the tracers. Despite men and women being kept separate both workrooms are similar in layout and there aesthetic. This image was also taken at Fairfield’s Shipbuilding and Engineering Company in Govan c.1909. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I was fortunate enough to be put in contact with Ann Wilson who had previously completed a nine-month apprenticeship with Loudon’s engineering shop in Paisley and had then gone on to work with the G.P.O (general post office) for 29 years as a tracer. In this blog I have recounted her time spent as an apprentice and then as a tracer to give more information on the job and what was involved.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Tracers worked solely with ink and linen cloth. Once the cloth had been stretched using four pins, chalk was rubbed into the warp and weft of the linen and left overnight. In the morning the plan drawn by the draughtsman would be slid under the cloth and then weighted. In shipbuilding, plans came in two different sizes; 32” and 46”. Tracers would sometimes work together to complete a drawing if necessary.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The use of linen, as Ann recalls, was a difficult material to work with. Using chalk before applying the ink would provide a surface texture making it easier to apply. The tools used were also the same tools used by draftsmen. If too much ink was placed into the pen it would run onto the linen and spoil the drawing. However, the time it took for the ink to dry would have been minutes as it was applied finely onto the linen. The boards used were tilted at an angle towards the tracer, an office could have up to twenty tracers working in the offices at one time. These boards could be adjusted and set flat depending on the need of the tracer. Set-squares, straight edges and curves were all crucial parts of the tracer’s toolkit, often straight lines were drawn first with corners added in afterwards.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We were also fortunate to find some tracers tools which had belonged to Duncan Winning. These would have been used by both draftsmen and tracers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">One of the most useful resources at The Trust is a folder compiled by Duncan for the National Records of Scotland which documents the different types of materials that would have been used for plans. This folder is an invaluable resource when cataloging large rolls of plans made up of different types of material, for example; plastic, cartridge, paper and linen. The image below shows a paper drawing from Ferguson Brothers Shipbuilders, Port Glasgow next to a set of tools that a tracer would have used to draw a similar plan. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Not every plan was simply a straightforward copy, at times tracers were required to add in adjustments or alterations, this included making one drawing from multiple plans; each dependant on what the individual order demanded. Many drawings required different levels of detail which the tracer would build upon until the full drawing was completed.</span></div>
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<li>Go Industrial, <a href="https://www.goindustrial.co.uk/our-blog/blog-post/women-at-work-on-the-clyde-in-world-war-one" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Women at Work on the Clyde blog post</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">. </span></li>
<li><a href="https://www.goindustrial.co.uk/collections/collection/a-stephen-sons-boiler-shop-workers" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Go Industrial Collections. </span></a></li>
<li><a href="https://womenslibrary.org.uk/discover-our-projects/wmh-west-dunbartonshire/a-girls-career/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A Girl's Career, Glasgow Women's Library. </span></a></li>
<li><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/inverclydeshipbuilding/home/general-history/ww1---women-in-shipbuilding" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">WW1 - Women in Shipbuilding. Inverclyde Shipbuilding and Engineering. </span></a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205352570" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Women's Work in the Transport Services, Imperial War Museum Collections. </span></a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-munitions-worker" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A Day in the Life of a Munitions Worker, Imperial War Museum. </span></a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theglasgowstory.com/image/?inum=TGSW00011" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Glasgow Story, Drilling at Linthouse Shipyard. Image from Glasgow University Archive Services. </span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://womenshistoryscotland.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Women's History Scotland. </span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.scottisharchivesforschools.org/firstWorldWar/Industry.asp" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Scottish Archives for Schools, The Role of Women in Industry. </span></a></li>
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Archivist (Ballast Trust)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08734512643400303447noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6271482428702164295.post-49533008930174520702018-05-11T14:02:00.000+01:002018-05-11T14:02:17.331+01:00Friday Photo 'Albert Harbour, Greenock' <div style="text-align: center;">
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This week's photo is of Albert Harbour in Greenock. Particularly interesting as you can see the Greenock Town hall in the distance. The foundations for the harbour were laid in 1862, replacing the earlier Albert Quay. </div>
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The Lind Collection held at the Trust also holds an image of Countess of Breadalbane & Talisman which was photographed in Albert Harbour, May 1967. You can view this image <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ballasttrust/8157855770/in/photolist-dqT9iG" target="_blank">here</a> on our Flickr account. </div>
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Archivist (Ballast Trust)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08734512643400303447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6271482428702164295.post-2625799548382369442018-05-04T16:00:00.000+01:002018-05-08T09:17:18.327+01:00Friday Photo - 'Stolt Tanker'<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="text-align: justify;">As the new Graduate Trainee, I've been tasked with carrying out some social media related activities as part of my role and for the blog I've decided to resurrect the regular <a href="http://ballastblog.blogspot.co.uk/search?q=friday+photo">Friday Photo</a> slot. </span><br />
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Bill Lind was a ship enthusiast and built up a large personal collection of plans, photographs, and postcards. This week’s photo is of tanker ‘Stolt Norness’ built by Boelwerf (c.1970) in Temse, Belgium. This image comes from Bill’s personal postcard collection, an important and invaluable resource for us when answering enquiries and carrying out research into ships. She was sold in 1977 and again in 1982 and renamed ‘Turpial.’
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Archivist (Ballast Trust)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08734512643400303447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6271482428702164295.post-74557950926970423552018-04-27T13:46:00.000+01:002018-05-24T13:46:59.186+01:00“Watching the Waverley go by.” April 2018. <div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Having watched the Waverley pass by my house for many years, it is one of the most distinctive memories I have of growing up on the Clyde. Often seeing ships, boats and tugs of all kinds sailing past, bound for unknown destinations. The Waverley in particular was a regular sight and one which, as a child, I could easily spot with its distinctive black, white and bright red funnels. It therefore seemed appropriate to be the first in our new series of <i>'monthly favourites'</i> on the blog. As the Waverley sails between April and October each year, it also serves as a reminder that spring is here and that summer *fingers crossed* is not much further away! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Named after Sir Walter Scott's first novel, the Waverley was built by A&J Inglis of Pointhouse in 1947 and is the last sea-going paddle steam engine in the world. Ending her working career for the London and North Eastern Railway in 1975 the Waverley has since been in operational preservation, offering regular trips on the Clyde, the Thames, South Coast of England and the Bristol Channel.This picture is part of our Dan McDonald collection, which contains over 6,500 images of boats and vessels along the Clyde and the west coast of Scotland between 1920 and 1980. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The importance of paddle steamers is reflected in the story of the Waverley, famously gifted to the Paddle Steamer Preservation Society for £1. Not only did paddle steamers hold a crucial place in coastal passenger and excursion trade, they also made a significant contribution to the war effort as minesweepers in both World War 1 and World War 2. The Waverley was built to replace the previous Waverley which played an important role at Dunkirk in 1940. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The first Waverley was built in 1899 also by A&J Inglis. This particular image is part of the Lind collection, made up of Bill's personal collection of ship plans, photographs and postcards. The original Waverley was requisitioned during the first World War and deployed as a minesweeper in 1915. During the evacuation at Dunkirk in 1940 the boat was sunk during an air attack. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In 2003, a large-scale restoration project began to return the Waverley to its original 1940's style. All made possible by funds from National Heritage Lottery Fund, PSPS with contributions also coming from Glasgow City Council, Scottish Enterprise Glasgow, the European Regional Development and local authorities. Not to mention the countless number of devoted volunteers and specialists who all contributed to the successful completion of the project. This important restoration re-affirmed the Waverley's importance within Scottish Heritage and paddle steamers as being of national significance.
These images provide a way of understanding Scotland's shipping industry whilst providing accessibility through digitisation of these images. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ballasttrust/6520853767/in/album-72157621779896773/" target="_blank">Ballast Trust Flickr image of the Waverley.</a> </span></div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ballasttrust/albums/72157633267509350" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ballast Trust Flickr photo album of other Paddle steamers on the Clyde. </span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQgTV91dUu0&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">Youtube Waverley Film.</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.waverleyexcursions.co.uk/welcome-aboard/about-the-ship/" target="_blank">Waverley Excursions. </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.clydewaterfront.com/clyde-heritage/prince's-dock/waverley" target="_blank">Clyde Waterfront. </a></span></div>
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Archivist (Ballast Trust)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08734512643400303447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6271482428702164295.post-84854894060975752332018-04-27T09:45:00.000+01:002018-04-27T09:45:40.109+01:00“H is for Headquarters”<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
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appropriate to document the move of the Trust to its current
headquarters in Johnstone. On this day 26 years ago, archival work
commenced at the Ballast Trust's new headquarters in Walkinshaw
street, Johnstone. The move was completed earlier in March 1992, a
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Prior to
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base at Malcolm's of Brookfield, however this was only a temporary
arrangement. The liquidation of Scott Lithgow shipyard saw the Trust
begin a large-scale operation to rescue and list the huge volume of
commercial and technical papers of the inoperative organisation. The
task was of such a scale it was agreed that all surviving records of
constituent companies would be centralised in the former Joiner's
Shop in the Kingston Yard. It was through this operation that the
Ballast Trust were able to secure a new headquarters for the next 3
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offices in Brookfield. Dated 17<sup>th</sup> December, 1988.
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It was in
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developed and the value and importance of its service came to be
fully understood and acknowledged. The enormity of this task is
apparent in Bill's correspondence, where he estimates over 120 tons
of material was collected from Scott Lithgow's and was brought to the
Joiner's shop for processing. This process culminated in a rich
collection covering a period of 120 years, including written
communication about the building of blockade runners on the Clyde
during the American Civil War, photo albums and a series of yard
manager diaries. These records were then transferred to the Scottish
Business Archive at the University of Glasgow by Glasgow University
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agreement of Kvaerner Kincaid of Greenock, to clear the vast quantity
of commercial and technical records from their premises. A similar
set-up to Scott Lithgow was granted and Kincaid's allowed the Trust
access to the mould loft of the former shipbuilders. At this point
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of its intention to demolish the Joiner's Shop and clear the site at
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Kingston Yard and at Kincaid's along with help from personnel at the
Scottish Records Office (now known as National Records of Scotland)
and Strathclyde Regional Archives (now known as Glasgow City
Archives) and students from Professor Slaven's Department of Economic
History in the University of Glasgow. The move began on the 16<sup>th</sup>
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This is correspondence between Bill Lind and Duncan Haws, Travel Creators
Ltd. explaining the Trust. Dated 8<sup>th</sup> March, 1994.
Reference No. UGD 301/1/26/35.
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The premises
at Walkinshaw Street, previously a furniture factory of James E.
Robertson and Sons Ltd. suited the purposes of the Trust well.
Between 1992 and 2007 this was where Bill was able to shape his
personal vision for the trust and what was required to identify, list
and catalogue technical records in order for them to be accessible
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<br />Archivist (Ballast Trust)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08734512643400303447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6271482428702164295.post-89669781878292449192016-07-15T16:33:00.002+01:002016-07-15T16:33:12.672+01:00Fair WeekendThis weekend marks the traditional start of the Glasgow Fair Fortnight and an appropriate time to share some of the wonderful images of paddlesteamers and later ships that were used by holiday makers to get away down the Clyde to the coast.<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">The ships shown above are </span>Jeanie Dean, Glen Sannox, Waverley III, Lucy Ashton but there are l<span style="text-align: left;">ots more images </span><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/paddlesteamer" style="text-align: left;">here</a><span style="text-align: left;"> and a nice BBC article about the history of the Glasgow Fair here: </span><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/glasgowandwestscotland/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8822000/8822032.stm" style="text-align: left;">Reliving Glasgow Fair Fortnight</a><span style="text-align: left;">.</span></div>
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