Glasgow, 35 Clydeford Drive, McFarlane Land and Co Biscuit Factory General View
SC 596566
Description Glasgow, 35 Clydeford Drive, McFarlane Land and Co Biscuit Factory General View
Date 30/4/1967
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 596566
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Victoria Biscuit Works (Macfarlane Lang & Co Biscuit Factory), No 35 Clydeford Drive, Glasgow This works was built for Macfarlane Lang & Co, biscuit bakers, in the 1920s, to replace their first factory in Wesleyan Street, Bridgeton. This one was laid out horizontally rather than vertically. This shows the street frontage of the works, very much in the style of the 1920s. Behind this rather plain façade is a large area of workshops, housing bakery and finishing facilities. When the works was built the packing was all done manually. Macfarlane Lang & Co were the largest of the Glasgow biscuit bakers. They were, by 1967, part of the United Biscuits group, an amalgamation of several firms put together by Canadian entrepreneur Gary Weston. The brand name has not survived. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H67/225/1A
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