Sewark/Newark St? Greenock

[raonull4]

hi
   the robert grieve at newark st was a sugar refiner
and had some sort of partnership with abram lyle
of tate and lyle,
he was also involved with some home for friendless boys,
there was a few grieves in the sugar industry in greenock

[sugarbakers]

Robert Grieve's property at 7 Newark St was called Glenholm. Members of the Grieve family were partners, with Abram Lyle, in the Glebe sugarhouse in Ker St from 1865 to beyond 1911, though Lyle had moved his refining interests to Silvertown in Essex by 1881.
The Glebe refinery was closed down in 1952, but, as far as I know, still stands -  https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3677283

[raonull4]

hi
  it is still standing,
the last known use of the building i m aware of
is that it was used by customs as a bond for contraband,

[sugarbakers]

Thank you, raonull4, that's good to hear.  So only two of the old UK refineries still standing, the other is in Lewins Mead, Bristol, now masquerading as the Hotel du Vin.

[raonull4]

Hi Sugarbaker
                   i meant to post this while back
its what remains of the glebe

[sugarbakers]

Thank you, raonull4 ... good to see it's still there.

[raonull4]

this picture is of sugar bonds James Watt Docks
where the sugar landed before being shipped
to the refineries,
as far as i m aware these are
the last remnants of the sugar industry in Greenock.

[raonull4]

forgot pic sorry

[sugarbakers]

Yes, thanks again, raonull4