An interesting article about the Buist family of Woodhaven. The article was written in 1905. William Buist established his joinery business at Woodhaven in 1875.
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.
Framed drawing of Sandy Rankine's joinery workshop in Woodhaven.
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 ...
The programme from the evening celebration in November 1907 of the golden wedding of Mr and Mrs William Buist. In 1875 William Buist started his joinery business at Woodhaven Pier. It would be continued by his grandson Willie Rankine and great-grandson Sandy Rankine until Sandy's retiral in 1990.
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.
Newspaper cutting from 1990 describing the events to celebrate the 70th birthday of joiner Sandy Rankine. The party took place in Sandy's 191-years-old workshop at Woodhaven pier. Sandy's great-grandfather William Buist started the joinery business here in 1875. Originally the building served as the pack-house for the Woodhaven ferry, where taxes and dues were paid ...
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.
A news cutting reporting Sandy Rankine's retiral in 1993, and a letter from Norwegian 333 squadron offering their congratulations and best wishes, and their appreciation of the way in which Sandy and his father Willie had maintained the strong friendship with 333 Squadron in the years since WWII.
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.
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.
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 ...