From steam engines to Sunny Delight
- S C J Cummins1,
- M Petticrew2,
- C Higgins2,
- L Sparks3,
- A Findlay3
- 1Department of Geography, Queen Mary, University of London, London, UK
- 2MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Glasgow, UK
- 3Institute for Retail Studies, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
- Correspondence to: Dr S C J Cummins Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK; s.c.j.cumminsqmul.ac.uk
The St Rollox works in Springburn (top left image—in 1955) was the last surviving locomotive works in Scotland. At the height of production during the first world war the St Rollox complex covered over 190 acres and provided work for about 5000 men. In 1965 the works underwent major renovations at a cost of £1.5 million (top right). By the early 1980s however the works had failed to make the transition from …
