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Title: Edinburgh Crystal photos Pressing Blowing Finishing etc
Post by: Frank on October 24, 2010, 05:03:28 PM

These images cover Norton Park and Penicuik in 1974 and 1975

LINK (http://www.scotlandsglass.co.uk/cms/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=23:edinburgh-crystal&Itemid=11&layout=default)

Title: Re: Edinburgh Crystal photos Pressing Blowing Finishing etc
Post by: Adam on October 25, 2010, 10:37:50 AM

Thanks for those, Frank.  Some details of the presses were interesting and also the fact that the good, old-fashioned corrugated iron shades have still not been replaced by something trendy!

Adam D.

Title: Re: Edinburgh Crystal photos Pressing Blowing Finishing etc
Post by: Frank on October 25, 2010, 11:13:07 AM

It must look mind-blowingly chaotic to the uninitiated and a world away from admiring the end products in isolation from the processes behind their creation.

Title: Re: Edinburgh Crystal photos Pressing Blowing Finishing etc
Post by: Frank on October 25, 2010, 02:55:05 PM

Several of the workers have now been named in the pictures, including John Lawrie from ECA.