| Description | Digital copy of a black and white photograph of George Hay at the looms in Broadford Works, holding a shuttle. c. 1950 (1 image).
Digital copy of a black and white photograph (C) Aberdeen Journals Limited, showing finalists in the "Glamorous Grandad Competitions" at Richards Ltd. Quarter Century Club dinner dance. Associated news cutting is attached to the photograph. Finalists are Doddie Hay, Jim Park, George Hitchen and Bill Jones. c. 1960s (2 images, front and reverse). |
| Administrative History | The depositor's father, George Hay (b. 1920), was a loom tuner for the Weaving Department at Richards Limited for 42 years, from c. 1935/36 to 1980. The family had a mill house in Ann Street: initially a tenement at number 45, then a cottage at number 51. |