Glasgow, 30 Wesleyan Street, Victoria Bread and Biscuit Works View from SE showing SSW front and part of ESE front

Description Glasgow, 30 Wesleyan Street, Victoria Bread and Biscuit Works View from SE showing SSW front and part of ESE front

Date 2/5/1966

Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 587606

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Victoria Bread and Biscuit Works, 30 Wesleyan Street, Forbes Street and Cubie Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow (City of Glasgow council area) This large bakery was founded in 1880 by John McFarlane and Sons, and extended at various times up to the First World War. It was the largest of several mechanised bakeries in the East End of the city. This view shows the frontage to Forbes Street. The five storey block at the rear, with the stair tower was added in 1895 by JM Munro. The other buildings on the site had been added by 1911. This bakery continued in operation until 1974, making bread, cakes teabread and Scotch pies. The biscuit-baking part of the original business was moved to a new purpose-built factory in Tollcross in the 1920s. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H66/17/2D

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/587606

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap