Now I am used to Andy Robertson sending me his latest pictures on the changing landscape of the Twin
Cities which in years to come will be an invaluable record of the buildings we have lost and the ones we have gained.
More so, because Andy is scrupulous in photographing everything, from the demise of the old building to the breaking of the new ground, and then the steady development to finished property.
But today he offered something different and a bit more unique in the form of a picture postcard which he told me his wife “discovered on the internet by accident. The postcard is my great granduncle's factory at Brentford Bridge.
They relocated to there from Chelsea about 1910 and continued trading until about 1950.
Judging by the horse drawn transport, the photo is possibly pre 1930. The business was originally founded by my great great grandfather, William Robertson. This could well be the only photo of the factory in existence.”
Location; Bretford Bridge
Picture; the family factory, circa 1930 from the collection of Andy Robertson
Cities which in years to come will be an invaluable record of the buildings we have lost and the ones we have gained.
But today he offered something different and a bit more unique in the form of a picture postcard which he told me his wife “discovered on the internet by accident. The postcard is my great granduncle's factory at Brentford Bridge.
They relocated to there from Chelsea about 1910 and continued trading until about 1950.
Judging by the horse drawn transport, the photo is possibly pre 1930. The business was originally founded by my great great grandfather, William Robertson. This could well be the only photo of the factory in existence.”
Location; Bretford Bridge
Picture; the family factory, circa 1930 from the collection of Andy Robertson
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