Front cover of 1961 Steele and Brodie catalogue, maker of beehives and appliances in Wormit 1900 - 1998.
This photograph shows the decorative panel on the entrance wall to the houses where Steele and Brodie beekeeping equipment workshops stood. A fine reminder of this once thriving business on Kilmany Road. The Latin translation is tricky and goes something like this: I am a bee of the morning..... through labour..... I compose songs. Any ...
Dick Campbell in Steele and Brodie workshop.
Newspaper cutting about Steele and Brodie.
Steele and Brodie premises on Kilmany Road 1983.
Advertisement for sheds and poultry houses made by Steele and Brodie. In the inter-war years the company branched out into offering other joinery work. However from the 1930s bee-keeping as a hobby grew in popularity and the company concentrated on their bee-keeping supplies. During World War II and the immediate post-war years there was a ...
Steele and Brodie showcasing their products at one of the many agricultural shows that they attended, all over the UK. This one dates from around 1938.
The Steele and Brodie stall at the royal Highland Show at Ingleston, Edinburgh, probably around 1990.
Some of the beeswax candles made by Steele and Brodie, a sideline of their bee supplies.
Two photographs of the Steele and Brodie closure, one showing the sign for the closing down sale in May 1998, and one showing the site for sale after closure. So ended almost a century of bee equipment production in Wormit.
Steele and Brodie Ladies. Who? What? Why?
Steele and Brodie staff in 1992 showing some of the equipment made in the beehive works in Wormit. Also the newspaper article that accompanied the photograph.
Steele and Brodie workshop, Kilmany Road, Wormit.
Steele and Brodie premises on Kilmany Road, probably around 1990.
The story of Wormit's Steele and Brodie beehive works from Brian Nish.
An aerial view of the Steele and Brodie premises on Kilmany Road.
Two photographs showing the demolition of the Steele and Brodie premises in 1999.