Search the archiveCurrently displaying: 5 results. Clear the searchYou've searched for:Subject: "Joiners" xDecade: "1920s" x Search term Filter by Subject Mars Training Ship (1)The Mars ship (1)Filter by Format Newspaper cutting (3)Photograph (1)Picture (1)Filter by Area Wormit (4)Filter by Decade 1870s (3)1880s (3)1890s (3)1900s (3)1910s (3)1930s (4)1940s (4)1950s (4)1960s (4)1970s (3)1980s (1)1990s (1)2000s (1)Filter by Century 19th (3)21st (1) Sort by: RelevanceTitleOldestNewest Sandy Rankine at Woodhaven Pier, 1926 A photograph of Sandy Rankine at Woodhaven Pier, with the Mars in the background, 1926. Sandy's family owned the joinery workshop above the pier (now known as Old Boathouse) and he lived in a cottage right on the Woodhaven bend until the 1990s. 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. Drawing of Sandy Rankine's Joinery Workshop Framed drawing of Sandy Rankine's joinery workshop in Woodhaven. 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.
