Alloa Glassworks 1950

[dantedamiani]

I like the this video... It's neat to see the Drum Machines Operating... My Dad and Gran Dad worked in a glass container factory, and now I do as well as an operator apprentice... It's pretty much done the same way today!

[gofishron]

My grandfather worked there in the 50's, I actually have his bus. card in front of me.

Represented by Mr. G. W. Evans - man was a genious, told me some stories of the factory. This video 6:15 into it - man looks familier . . . looking for confirmation . . .

[buellyboy]

@gofishron Hi, my grandfather worked there in the 1950's too.  I've no idea who the gentleman is in the video.

[pesla]

i work in the glass manufacturing, my job is the feederman.

[buellyboy]

@pesla Difficult job Pesla, very hot. Takes skill to get those gobs right

[alcrisuk]

This is fascinating to watch, great wee bit of local history. Thanks for sharing!

[tigercubii]

my gandfather and his father and his father all worked at the glassworks in Alloa in the early 1800. Thanks for posting this.

[buellyboy]

That's some history. The cone that you see the furnaceman pushing the batch into the furnace, is still there. Built in 1824 your great grandparents must have seen it being built and worked in it.

[paddyheaver]

i got sacked from glassworks

[wordupgun]

great stuff I grew up with a view of the Alloa glassworks from my mums house...great that it is still there unlike the Alloa breweries...used to love the smell from the breweries, you knew you were back in Alloa!

[zimmlock]

Buellyboy, happy new year, do you know if there exist a kind of O-I workers forum? would be nice to talking glass manufacturing on a world wide scale.

[buellyboy]

Hi zimmlock, Happy New Year to you also. I'm afraid I've never heard of such a forum. I'm sure there are lots of o-i employees out there would love to chat, just look at all the videos on youtube with o-i themes.

[zimmlock]

nice movie and funny to read all comments of mostly O-I people. I work for O-I as a operator at a IS10 tripple, doing 450 jars a minute at Maastricht. Times have changed since the 50thees.

[buellyboy]

Hi zimmlock, glad you like the video. I've been in your plant a couple of times. Thats a fast machine, we have one similiar but it's been put back to duel now. We make mostly whisky bottles.

[Kawadrive]

Hello,i work at the Glass plant Group O-I Germany Rinteln /Weser and Ardagh Glass Germany Obernkirchen.

I love it

[buellyboy]

Hello, glad you like it. I've been in the Rinteln plant it's the cleanest, quietest glass plant I've ever seen. I know the Batch and Furnace manager very well.

[limglass]

Great movie! Work in a glass plant myself, Ardagh Glass in Limmared, Sweden. We are the makers of the Absolut Vodka bottle ;-)

[buellyboy]

Glad you liked it. We've made the Absolut too. How difficult is that ? If I see another one it'll be too soon. Cheers

[buellyboy]

I had the pleasure of meeting and working with people from your plant that moved to o-i

[bambam1869]

thanks for the video,my father started to work on that kind of machine in the 50's.has for me i work for o-i in montreal on the change crew in the forming...bambam.

[CrazyAlvis]

Finally a Lynch in action! I worked at the Lavington BC Canada plant from 1996 to 2008 when they shut us down :(

47 bottles per minute...you've got to love 6 section single gob IS machines.

[buellyboy]

Was your plant an O-I plant.

[CrazyAlvis]

Yes, it was Consumers Glass up to 2001, then it was an O-I Canada Corp. plant.

[bambam1869]

dan from o-i in montreal...i'm so sorry for your shut down in lavington wishing all the best for the future.

[pedanticjase]

fantastic video

[wafferty]

Yep thanx for posting this. I have tried to describe these forerunners to people..and there it is on my PC. Was it called a Lynch 10 at this time? it certainly is exactly the same one I worked on. wanna see a baby lynch now. By the way my dad worked the furnace and my mum a "sorter"..we was all there at the same time. Any info on this industry is interesting to me and I presume other ex-glassworkers.

[buellyboy]

My grandfather, granny, father, mother uncles, cousins and brother all worked in the Alloa factory, except for grandfather and granny we all were there at the same time. I work with the furnaces today. Glad you liked the video.

[wafferty]

Now thats a LYNCH 10 machine. I worked on them at the Dale, Brown co ltd in Swinton south yorkshire England, between 1968 and 1974..they were awsome machines and very dangerous. I went on to the IS machine during the same period. Anyone remember the baby lynch machines?

[buellyboy]

I never saw a Lynch myself but they were legend among the older operators including my dad. I remember an old boy where I lived who had no hands at all due to a Lynch machine

[incongra]

Thank you for posting this. It is highly appreciated.

[buellyboy]

Glad you liked it

[johnnyblunder]

Thanks 4 that, lovely to see old town again.....

[buellyboy]

A pleasure

[mauiglassblowing]

wow thanks for sharing ! - what a treat

[buellyboy]

Glad you like it so much, cheers