"Munitions Workers, Abbots Foundry Co, 26/4/1916"

Maker
Unknown
Production date
26 Apr 1916
 Description
A group of about 50 workers pose for the camera. Most are young women, and they are wearing protective clothing. One holds a toddler. Of the eight men, most are older although there is a young man at the front and a soldier wearing a Glengarry.
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Department
Photo
Maker
Production date
26 Apr 1916
Subject person
Subject place
Abbots Foundry/Bankside/Bainsford/Falkirk area
Subject notes
Many of Abbots regular workforce would have gone off to fight and were replaced by women.

Abbots Foundry Company was established on the site of an earlier foundry at Bankside and operated there until 1933. The company made cooking and heating appliances, guttering and rones.
Accession number
P14295

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