Letter - From Laurence Davie to George Reid Regarding Personal News
code: LVSAV2010.057
Description
Letter to George Reid, 17 Greendykes Road, Broxburn from Laurence Davie, 19 Lynn Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, dated 25 August 1946.
Content includes news of family, work in Cambridgeshire and the closure of Niddry (Hopetoun Oil Works), Laurence Davie seems to have worked at Hopetoun Oil Works in the past and asks after Ritchie, Nicol, W Thomson and S Russell
George Reid (1889-1990), 17 Greendykes Road, Broxburn worked at: Oakbank Oil Works, 1908 to 1931, Evaporating Plant & Retort Shift Foreman; Oakbank Oil Works, 1932, Demolition Manager; Hopetoun Oil Works, 1932 to 1943, Relief Foreman & Foreman; Hopetoun Oil Works, 1943 to 1946, Manager; Hayscraig Quarry & Hopetoun Oil Works, 1949 to 1953, Manager & Demolition Manager; Roman Camp Oil Works, 1953 to 1959, Manager & Demolition Manager