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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Roxburghshire => Topic started by: classicgirl on Friday 16 August 19 11:17 BST (UK)
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Hiya
Am trying to think out of the box here
Is there such a place to see the names of the workforce who used to work at Pringles in Hawick in the early 1900's onwards?
A lot of my Ancestors where woollen framework knitters, I know a great aunt did as my mum got lots of cashmere tops from her
Thanks for looking
Carolyn :)
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Hi Carolyn,
Can't see anything online that would give you a list of employees in 1900's.
There is a short history which tells very little but gives a phone number 01450 360200 might be worth giving them a ring to see if they can help.
Good Luck and let us know how you get on
Dorrie
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Hi Carolyn
The following information from Douglas Scott's excellent online 'Hawick Word Book':
Records relating to
the firm, covering the period 1922–76 are listed
on the National Register of Archives and a book
‘Pringle of Scotland and the Hawick Knitwear
Story’ (2006) was written by Hugh Barty-King
Regards,
Lesley
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You are looking for a needle in a haystack - alot of record were destroyed when Dawson took Pringles over in the 60s - try going local for any information - project Hawick or auld hawick 2 on facebook might be able to reach out to local who know people who work there or even photos
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a number of years ago I tried to find information concerning another small company called Wm Lockie & Co Ltd in Drumlanrig Square where my aunt was the company secretary for years up to mid 1960s
but was rather unsuccessful.
I would be interested to hear if you get anywhere
Squirejay