Drop-ins and deadlines
We are very grateful to those of you who came along to our final drop-in session on Monday 14th October at Campbeltown Town Hall. There will be an exhibition planning meeting late November/early December...
Tagged: Arthur Crossan
Dalintober School visit to Trench Point with Arthur Crossan
Following on from SKDT’s Top Skippers’ Choice school visits at the beginning of September, 2019, former plater and welder at Campbeltown Shipyard, Arthur Crossan, gave Dalintober Primary School P6 pupils and their class teacher...
Arthur Crossan – Plater/Welder
In June 1975 I applied for a job at Campbeltown Shipyard through the schools careers teacher, Donald Leys. At that time there were plenty of opportunities for school leavers to gain apprenticeship qualifications in...
Top Skippers’ Choice goes to school
One of the aims of SKDT’s Top Skippers’ Choice project was to reach out to local primary schools and to engage in some intergenerational work, so we took the project to both Castlehill and...
George Nelson – Plater and Shipwright
I started work at Campbeltown Shipyard as an apprentice plater and served my time from 1973 -1977. During my apprenticeship I attended Anniesland College. After completing my apprenticeship I went up to north west...
New from SKDT – Top Skippers’ Choice: Campbeltown Shipyard Ltd.
“I loved my time at the “Yerd”. It was a great place to work. The camaraderie and the pride from the workers was second to none, as we built the most successful fishing boats...