Lane and Girvan
of Caledonia Stove and Iron Works, Bonnybridge, Scotland
1904 Company founded by William Ross Lane and Hugh Girvan
1908 Partnership dissolved. '...Copartnership of LANE & GIRVAN, Ironfounders at Bonnybridge, in the County of Stirling, of which the Subscribers were the sole Partners, was DISSOLVED of mutual consent on 30th May 1908, by the retiral of the Subscriber Hugh Girvan. The Subscriber William Ross Lane will continue the Business for his own behoof under the same firm....Signatures of the said William Ross Lane and Hugh Girvan.[1]
1910 James Ferguson becomes a partner.
1915 Mention of William Boyle, the Works manager.[2]
1919 Private company. The Company was incorporated
1922 Mention of James Ferguson as managing director and William Boyle, works manager.[3]
1960 Taken over by Repton Foundry.
1961 Iron founders, manufacturers of general engineering and automobile castings, stoves, cookers, rain water and soil pipes, builders castings. 350 employees.
1961 Liquidated[4] and bought back from the liquidator by Repton and renamed Lane Girvan 1961
1967 Repton made a reverse take-over of Midland Industries; Lane and Girvan used the new parent company’s name.
1977 Closed.
Notes
- An example of one of their Caledonia stoves is on display at the museum in Barbados
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Edinburgh Gazette Publication date:2 June 1908 Issue:12043 Page:610
- ↑ Falkirk Herald - Saturday 28 August 1915
- ↑ Falkirk Herald - Saturday 01 April 1922
- ↑ The Edinburgh Gazette Publication date:20 January 1961 Issue:17894P age:44
- [1] Falkirk Archives: ironfounders