Greetings,
My paternal grandfather lived at Kinning Park, Glasgow at the time of his death in January 1944.
At the time of his premature death, my grandfather worked as a carter for a galvanising company located along a street that once came off Govan Road at Paisley Road Toll and headed towards the River Clyde.
Latest maps do not show such a road (I think now covered by a housing estate), however, I have checked a map from the 1980s that shows a road called Marine Street that connected with Govan Road and headed north towards the Clyde.
Some Google ‘detective work’ seems to indicate that there was a galvanising plant by the name of Smith & McLean Ltd somewhere in that particular area.
As part of my ancestry search, it is appreciated if anyone is able to shed any more light on where Smith & McLean Ltd was actually located and whether it may be possible to obtain employment records.
Regards,
Ken Maxwell
(Sydney, Australia)