Search the archiveCurrently displaying: 5 results. Clear the searchYou've searched for:Subject: "Joiners" xDecade: "1970s" x Search term Filter by Format Newspaper cutting (3)Photograph (2)Filter by Area Newport (2)Wormit (2)Filter by Decade 1870s (2)1880s (2)1890s (2)1900s (2)1910s (2)1920s (3)1930s (3)1940s (3)1950s (3)1960s (3)1980s (1)1990s (1)2000s (1)Filter by Century 19th (2)21st (1) Sort by: RelevanceTitleOldestNewest Newspaper Cutting on Rankine's Joinery Business Centenary 1975 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. History of Rankine's Joinery at 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. Death of Sandy Rankine News Article 2008 Newspaper article from 2008 noting the death of Sandy Rankine of Woodhaven. Noted for his knowledge of the local area, Sandy was involved almost all his life with the family joinery business. After World War II Sandy helped maintain close links with the Norwegian servicemen who had been based at Woodhaven. William Willocks Joiner William Willocks had a well-known joinery and undertaker business in Newport from the 1930s with the name continuing until 1981. His main workshop was at the top of Robert Street, but he had various other premises too. He had a workshop in Wormit and for many years from the 1940s until the 1960s he operated ... Eddie Grimes' Workshop on West Road Eddie Grimes had his joinery workshop here on West Road in the 1960s and 1970s. For such an unassuming building, 35/37 West Road has an interesting history. The building started its life as the chapel for the Congregational Church, and it fulfilled this purpose from probably around 1822 until 1868 when their new church was ...