Because its Friday and I've been too swamped to scan. This picture makes me want to stop everything for a pint.Photo courtesy of GUAS ...
As part of the National Strategy for Business Archives in Scotland which is being launched tomorrow, the Ballast Trust has prepared a case study which you can read here.This is the postcard version of the case study that has been created to give away at the launch (excuse the rubbish phone pictures):There are seven other case studies featuring Tennent's, G. L. Watson &...
Still behind with the next lot of Dan McDonald photos, too busy organising the strategy launch for next week.Instead I bring you a lovely image of a drawing office from Bill's miscellaneous collection.I think this is beardmore's again. ...
Back in April, I uploaded a photo of HMS Candytuft to our flickr pages. The majority of the photos and images we have here at the Ballast Trust are of 'things', ships, locomotives, engines and it is rare to be able to make a personal connection to them.So I was delighted to receive an email this week from Mr Hayes, the nephew of...
There's an interesting blog post on the BBC arts blog view from the south bank about the Riverside Museum. Read it here. There's an interesting blog post on the BBC arts blog view from the south bank about the Riverside Museum. Read it here. ...
A slightly delayed Friday photo, things are a little hectic just now with preparations for the launch later this month of the National Strategy for Business Archives in Scotland.This is one of a series of photos I scanned in before Christmas to use for a leaflet about business archives in Scotland. This is an image of the William Beardmore & Co. works. ...
