Main, R & A Ltd
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Origins in the 1870s in Glasgow as the Argyle Ironmonger Company, which made cooking appliances. Robert B Main and Mathew Waddell then formed the firm of Waddell & Main. In 1884 R B Main went into partnership with his brother, A P Main to form the firm R & A Main with works at Park Street, Kinning Park, Glasgow. In 1897 the company amalgamated with Thomas Glover & Co, a dry gas meter manufacturer of London, to form Glover & Main Ltd. The two companies still operated under separate names, however, as well as under the amalgamated company. Glover & Main Ltd established the Gothic works at Camelon in 1900 and at Edmonton in 1899. The Camelon works were closed in 1964.
[Source: Falkirk Official Guide, 1960]
[Source: Falkirk Official Guide, 1960]
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A494.007
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Catalogue - Gas fires
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1937-1938
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A1112.002
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Book - Main Cookery Book
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Post 1937 {nd}
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A1112.001
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Book - Main Cookery Book
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1934
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A145.007
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Pamphlet - Visit to Gothic Works
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13 Dec 1913
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A494.006
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Catalogue - Gas fires
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1939
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A886.004
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Catalogue - Gas Fires
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1939-1940
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A886.003
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Catalogue - Gas Fires
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1922-1923
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A886.002
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Catalogue - Gas Fires
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(1904)
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A359.001
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Guides' notes for Gothic Iron Works
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1960
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A494.008
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Catalogue - Gas fires and stoves
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1903-1904
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P35963
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"Gothic Moulders No. II. Winners of Works Competition 1926"
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1926
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A1634.002
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Catalogue - The 'Main' Patent Gas Cookers and other gas household items
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(Circa 1900) {nd}
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P14023
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Packing Department, Gothic Foundry
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Circa 1913
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A359.001
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Guides' notes for Gothic Iron Works
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1960
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A252.013/21
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Accounts
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1918-1919
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A145.007
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Pamphlet - Visit to Gothic Works
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13 Dec 1913
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A1112.001
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Book - Main Cookery Book
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1934
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A1112.002
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Book - Main Cookery Book
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Post 1937 {nd}
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A1112.003
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Book - Main Cookery Book
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Post 1937 {nd}
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A959.001
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Book - Main Cookery Book
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Post 1937 {nd}
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P21063
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Main gas cooker-museum number 1980-049-001
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1994
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P28180
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Charabancs, Falkirk
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Circa 1919
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2019-006-001
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box; ammunition
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1943
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2015-024-003
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sample; fireplace
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2015-024-001
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sample; fireplace
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2015-024-002
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sample; fireplace
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A1123.001
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Receipt for Main Gas Fire
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1962
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A923.005
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Instructions for Morley GE 51 washing machine
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(1950s)
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Instructions for Morley GE 51 washing machine
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A923.003
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Instructions for Morley GE 51 washing machine
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(1950s)
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