Report - William Cook & Son, Glasgow File & Saw Works, Dec 2014

[turkey]

was good to get back into the game...

 

[Brick_Man]

Aye live about 1 mile along the river from it. Just about untouched though a lot has gone missing since 3/4 years ago.

Fantasied about having an attic/ loft workshop all powered from a line shaft for ages, esp with as many roof lights as that place has. Can imagine in summer and harshest of winter not being the best place, but can you imagine, late march, sun beaming in, methodical clunking from the papped bearings, magic!

 

[darbians]

Great stuff. That loft is really nice.

 

[pigdog]

bloody good is that

 

[Major-Clanger]

What great photos, and look at the staircase. I love the fact we took such pride in basic utilitarian buildings.

 

[mello-jello]

Is this still here and accessible? I'm spellbound and want to go exploring for part of an ongoing photography project documenting Glasgow's post-industrial heritage in particular the death of its manufacturing industry!

 

[Speed]

Go and check!

 

[wee eddie]

Started in Cook's in 1967 as a storeboy, worked up to handsaws, set'nsharp ,anvil work etc. great memories.
Lot's of good friends..John A (Claude) Willie C ( ? ) Willie H (Arthur}big Brian (Ted). 50 years later ....

 

[wee eddie]

Turkey Cat and I, along with a non member decided to do something a little different this Christmas. On boxing day we bundled into Turk's shiny new motor and headed up to Glasgow. It was never going to be a ground-breaking exploring trip, just a casual mooch around some well known sites, some picture taking and a heavy night out on the town.

After said heavy night in "Propoganda", where we danced like dick heads to the music of our youth, we headed for the traditional Mc Donald's breakfast. As we pulled in the car park, I noticed we were next to a fabulous looking works, complete with iron windows, a ghost advert, and most importantly a boarded up door. I went to investigate whilst food was purchased.

I really didn't expect what we found. The works is very similar to George Barnsley, completely unmodernised and looking about the same as it would have done 50 - 100 years ago. Line shafts complete with various styles of wheels and pulleys, ancient benches and machinery, fireplaces and signage in situ, all still sitting there under hanging enamel shades thick with the dust of the ages...

One of the best sights was the remains of grinding benches, very similar to those in George Barnsley, and something I doubted I would ever get to see when I first started exploring all those years ago. It just shows that places like this, although harder to find nowadays are still sat there.

my fist job 1967...storeboy

 

[wee eddie]

I worked there over half a century ago....