Rankine's joinery business was situated in what is known as The Old Boathouse at Woodhaven until the 1990s. This newspaper article describes the firm at the time of its centenary in 1975.
Framed drawing of Sandy Rankine's joinery workshop in Woodhaven.
A magazine article from 1974 noting the history of the joinery business based at Woodhaven. It was started by William Buist in 1875, continued by his grandson William Rankine after World War I, and taken over by next generation Sandy Rankine in the 1960s.
William Willocks would later become a local joiner and undertaker, with workshops in both Robert Street, Newport and Bay Road, Wormit. From the 1940s until the 1960s he operated the successful carpet beating works at Wormit.