Workers At Greig’s Foundry, Fountain House Works, Dundee Street 1923
1923
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James Blackie (aged 21) in middle of front row.
John Greig & Sons was a business based at Fountain House Works in Dundee Street, Fountainbridge. They produced presses and other machinery for the printing and bookbinding trade.
Grace’s Guide describes the business as ‘manufacturer of guillotines, and many types of cutting, perforating, punching, nipping, gilding, bundling, and backing machines and presses for the printing, bookbinding, and other allied trades’.
Donor number: 0520-001
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