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Reference NoDD2480/11
Accession No 2503
TitleDigital images of Richards Limited's Broadford Works, taken by Iain Anderson
DescriptionImages img003 to img011 were taken in May 1984, images dscf0004 to dscf0011 on 25/06/2004.

DSCF0004: The picture with colour circles are about 10cm in diameter each, they were hand crafted in the lab to give the customer an idea of the colours of their carpets.
DSCF0010-11: views looking toward the north east of the site, taken from the top floor of the building attached to the lab on the North side.

Internal images in the laboratory
img003: colourist Eric Fortune in the laboratory.
img004-5: chemicals in laboratory.
img007: laboratory
img008: Iain Anderson and Mary Rand
img010: building was part of the dispatch store, the truck is facing the loading bay. When Iain started, the building was part of canvas spinning and the building in front of the bastille facing Maberly street was the canvas proofing plant.
img011: analytical balance, weighing to 0.001g, beside it is a dessicator.

Copyright: Iain Anderson
Date1984, 2004
Extent10 digital images
​Open or Restricted AccessOpen
Administrative HistoryIain Anderson worked at Richards Limited from 30/07/1979 to 21/02/2002 then from 03/02/2003 to 18/11/2004, initially as a laboratory technician (with Sandy Moir as the head chemist and Elaine Duncan the other technician) then from June 1982 as the only textile chemist at Richards.
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