Nigel Willis will be giving a talk to the Lochwinnoch Historical Society in the church hall of the Parish Church in Church Street on Thursday 15th March at 7.30pm.

Non-members will need to pay £3.

This is a remarkable story of great entrepreneurial spirit involving what was the oldest shipbuilding business in the world covering not only the shipbuilding in Greenock but also their shipbuilding in Canada, France and Hong Kong as well as their involvement in blockade running during the American civil war plus other surprises!