We are grateful to Gordon Wilson, a former employee of Campbeltown Shipyard, for this photo of him with the then Secretary for State for Scotland, Malcolm Rifkind. Gordon remembers that the yard had been working on the Thorsvoe (Yard No. 89) in 1990, a ferry launched in 1991 and which…
I served a 4 1/2 year apprenticeship in Glasgow with James, Young & Cunningham Engineering in Robertson Street. This, coincidentally was the street where the Campbeltown buses used to park up when they arrived in the city. When I was 16 years old I moved to Campbeltown to work at…
George Nelson, former plater at Campbeltown Shipyard, with his apprenticeship certificates from both the Campbeltown Shipyard and the Shipbuilding Industry Training Board. Photo courtesy of Jan Nimmo. I started work at Campbeltown Shipyard as an apprentice plater and served my time from 1973 -1977. During my apprenticeship I attended Anniesland…
