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HollowHorn
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 Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 8:38 pm Post subject: Kelvinbridge Station |
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I'm fairly well acquainted with photographs of the above station. While leafing through 'Shades of Grey' by Oscar Marzaroli I came across some photos of a coal yard in the vicinity & a building called 'Ramsay Ladders Depot'
Does anyone have further info on this, why that particular name for instance?
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Aha HH my dad used to actually have a set of Ramsay Ladders he used for his work. I think they also did scaffolding towers too.
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| scallopboy wrote: | | Aha HH my dad used to actually have a set of Ramsay Ladders he used for his work. I think they also did scaffolding towers too. |
Ramsay Ladders are still on the go somewhere. Folding or retractable Loft Ladders are often still referred to as a Ramsay Ladder. |
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| Socceroo....again... wrote: | | scallopboy wrote: | | Aha HH my dad used to actually have a set of Ramsay Ladders he used for his work. I think they also did scaffolding towers too. |
Ramsay Ladders are still on the go somewhere. Folding or retractable Loft Ladders are often still referred to as a Ramsay Ladder. |
My Mums loft hatch has a Ramsay ladder
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Have a look at
www.ramsayladders.co.uk
The company is based in Forfar.
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| Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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Folks, what I was trying to get is that the photos below obviously show a coal yard. I wondered why it was called 'Ramsay Ladders Depot' thinking that it might have some long lost meaning akin to 'Smithy Lye' (sp?)
So basically Ramsay Ladders had a workshop there before the coal yard came into being & the yard just adopted the name for the depot? Shame it turned out to be so mundane a reason.
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Nice work HH 
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made the signwriters job easier - only had to cover Ltd with Depot
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