Dumbarton CoOp choir 1950s and Balloch silk works

[mrs acb]

Ive been talking to some women from the Glasgow womens library and they are trying to find out some info for an elderly lady who wants to know more about the CoOp choir which ran in Dumbarton through the 1950s and anything to do with the silk works factory in Balloch.Any scraps of onfo at all would be of great help any ancedotes anything at all, as we can find nothing at all.Thanks

[Istrice]

Mrs ACB,

Sorry if this is too late to assist you, but I only came across the following site this evening, when looking for information about Dumbarton, and remembered having seen your query some time ago.  (http://www.melvich.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/mtam/prog2.htm).

The address should take you to a 1949 photograph of the Dumbarton Equitable Co-op Society Ltd (Educational Dept) Juvenile Choir 1948-49

The main site is "morethanamemory.org.uk", and among other things features 23 galleries of photographs of Dumbarton: people, street scenes, school photographs, etc.

Possibly the quickest way to get to these galleries, is to take the web address above "......./mtam/prog2.htm", and replace the highlighted part with "gallery1", "gallery2", "gallery3", etc up to "gallery23" (Omitting the inverted commas).

Regards

Istrice

[bankie]

Hers some photos of the factory and the silk strikers at Balloch, 1934

[mrs acb]

These are amazing photos ,thanks so much for sharing ♥