John Brown Shipyard on the Clyde, Glasgow, Scotland (1926)

[scottbrown2001]

my great great great grandfather that came to america was named john brown i'm a shipbuilder thats neat'

[bigchappy1970]

its sad to see this industry now gone

[SDC05061956]

John Brown built a tanker called Lumen for Holt Tankers in 1925.

The work scaffolding (it was more normally called 'staging' in the yards) was very typical of the sort of work place that was tolerated well into the second half of the 20th Century - no protection rails let alone kick boards. No 'scaftags' and in winter it was icy and dark up there.

[Landulphcounter]

@SDC05061956

Your right it was called staging in the yards. I started scaffolding in Devonport dockyard in 1975 and that is what we called it. I'd forgotten that! Back then we wern't called scaffolders, we were known as the tubular party. We only put in a single handrail, no toeboards and no ledger or sway bracing. I often wonder how it stayed up!!

[cta1boy]

the ship onboard video should be scraped now..1924, if her registered on 1926, its mean no ship ever operated anymore from this date.

[weebarry668]

I used to labour on that yard when i was 16 on a FPSO called the Bleo Holm for a company called Bluewater.. my Da was on the project management team and i worked for an English company called Pipex...Best job i ever had, i miss it so... now its a college.... cant think of a more befitting tribute.

[SteffanLlwyd]

Brilliant!

No ear protection!!!

[DADRENO]

These films are a brilliant look into the past!

I think -

They were steel plates.

The ship would be watertight before the paint was added.

Shame there's no sound track though but.

Thanks again.