The 1960s saw a significant decline in the number of Scottish agricultural implement and machine makers. By the end of that decade a number of the key names that had been known and renowned were no longer in existence.
If we look back to the immediate post-war era, and to 1949, the picture was very different. There was a good number of Scottish makers, some of whom included names that had been around from the mid-nineteenth century or even earlier. It is worth recounting the names of these makers. Key ones included:
Allan Bros (Aberdeen) Ltd, Ashgrove Engineering Works, back Hilton Road, Aberdeen
Barclay, Ross & hutchison Ltd, 67 Green, Aberdeen
Robert Begg & Son, Implement Works, Dalry, Ayrshire
William Begg & Sons, plough specialists, Tarbolton, Mauchline, Ayrshire
J. Bissett & Sons Ltd, agricultural implement manufacturers, Blairgowrie, Perthshire
J. D. Bryan, Culthill Implement Works, Murthly, Perthshire
James Crichton, millwright and engineer, Chapel Street, Turriff, Aberdeenshire
Cruickshank & Co. Ltd, agricultural department, Denny iron Works, Denny
James A. Cuthbertson Ltd, Station Road, Biggar, Lanarkshire
The Dairy Supply Co. Ltd, 12 Grassmarket, Edinburgh
Dairyority Ltd, Old Faifley Mills, Hardgate, Duntocher, Dunbartonshire
William Dickie & Sons Ltd, Victoria Implement Works, East Kilbride, Lanarkshire
P. & R. Fleming, 10 Graham Square, Glasgow
R. G. Garvie & Sons, 2 Canal Road, Aberdeen
Gillies & Henderson Ltd, 59 Bread Street, Edinburgh
Geo. Henderson Ltd, 18 Forth Street, Edinburgh
Eddie T. Y. Gray, Fairbank Works, Fetterangus, Mintlaw Station, Aberdeen
George Henderson, agricultural and general engineer, Catrine Road, Mauchline, Ayrshire
Hutcheon (Turriff) Ltd, Turriff, Aberdeenshire
E. W. Innes, blacksmith and cartwright, Vulcan Works, Forres
Innes, Walker (Engineering), 30 Stanley Street, Glasgow
Alexander Jack & Sons Ltd, Maybole, Ayrshire
Robert Kay & Son, agricultural implement makers and body builders, Stirling Road, Milnathort
Alex Laurie & Sons, trailer and motor body builders, Falkirk
John S. Millar & Son, 91 High Street, Annan
James McGowan, Dechmont Welding & Engineering Co., Dalton, Cambuslang
Kenneth McKenzie & Sons, agricultural engineers, Evanton, Ross-shire
Wm McLean & Sons, Fairmuir Machine Works, Fairmuir, Dundee
A. Newlands & Sons Ltd, agricultural engineers, Linlithgow
John Oswald & Son, Damacre Road, Brechin, Angus A. & W. Pollock Ltd, Station Road, Mauchline, Ayrshire
Reekie Engineering Co. Ltd, Lochlands Works, Arbroath
William Reid & Leys Ltd, 8 Hadden Street, Aberdeen
David Ritchie, farm implement makers, Whitehills, Forfar
Alexander Scott, Caledonian Implement Works, St Ninians, Stirling
Scottish Farm Implements Ltd, Crosshouse, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire
George Sellar & Son Ltd, 30 Great Northern Road, Aberdeen
Thomas Sherriff & Co. Ltd, West Barns, Dunbar, East Lothian
Tullos Ltd, Aberdeen
James H. Steele Ltd, 57 Harrison Road, Edinburgh
J. & R. Wallace Ltd, The Foundry, Castle Douglas
John Wallace & Sons Ltd, 34 Paton Street, Glasgow
John Wallace & Sons (Ayr) Ltd, Townhead Works, Smith Street, Ayr
Wright Brothers (Boyne Mills) Ltd, Boyne Mills, Portsoy, Banffshire
How many of these names do you recognise?
