20th September Brian Newman
12.00 pm Made in Glasgow – From Girders !
The story of the Giant cranes that were made in Glasgow
and exported to various parts of the world. Four
examples of these cranes remain on Clydeside.
22nd October Christina Spencer
7.00 pm Archivist of Bibby Line Group, Liverpool.
The History of the Bibby Line
Founded in 1807, Bibby Line is today one of the world’s
oldest shipping companies in private ownership and
still owned and managed outright by the same family.
19th November John Hume
7.00 pm Shipbuilding in Govan until 1885
The foundation of marine engineering and shipbuilding
on the upper reaches of the Clyde were laid in Govan.
10th December Ian Johnston
7.00 pm The Fairfield Shipyard since 1886.
The remarkable if sometimes precarious story of
Glasgow’s famous and longest-lived shipyard.
FAIRFIELD HERITAGE
1048 Govan Rd,
Glasgow G51 4XS
Phone: 0141 445 5866
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