Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Wilson and Scotchman

From Graces Guide

Brewer's Engineers and Coppersmiths, Vat and Backmakers of Frome

1910 Company formed

1936 Made the vats for Guinness, Park Royal.

Wilson and Scotchman Limited, of Keyford, Frome, Somerset, made large oak vats for: Guinness, Park Royal; Guinness, Dublin; Bulmer, Hereford; Bulmer Magner, Colwall, Hereford; Ridler and Son, Hereford; Coate, Nailsea; Taunton Cider, Norton Fitzwarren; Showerings, Shepton Mallet; Anglo Cider Mills, Shepton Mallet; Edwin Hill, Staverton; F.Hill, Barkingdon Manor, Staverton, Totnes, Devon. They also made vats for Oporto, Portugal * Note: Order Book 4, 1930s, 1940s, given to Frome Museum, North Parade.

1977 Company closed

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Sources of Information

  • Vatmaking by R. R. Foskett. Published 1995