Bertrams staff retirement

Category

Library Item

Item no

33986

Title

Bertrams staff retirement

Description

Photograph of Bertrams staff on their retirement in 1974.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1974

Size

16.5 x 21.5 cm

Type

Photograph

Copyright

Reproduced by kind permission of William J. Hall

Bertrams Limited was a papermaking machinery engineers in Sciennes, Edinburgh. It was founded in 1821 by brothers George and William Bertram. Bertrams was very much a family orientated company, producing it's own Bertram Family Magazine which featured articles on their sports clubs, social activities and employee news.The company closed in 1985 mainly as a result of foreign competition and recession in the paper industry.

This collection has been made possible thanks to Bill Hall who followed his father and uncle into the Bertrams workplace and shared with us many photographs and information on the company.

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Manufacturing Industry > Manufacturing facilities > Engineering works

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Places > Edinburgh areas > Sciennes

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