Rosebank Dye Works

My alarm went off at 5:45am, which wasn’t great, as we didn’t get home till gone 11pm last night.  Somehow I managed to stagger out of bed and get myself ready for work.  I was so grateful that the boys got up early to take me to the station for the 7:12am train.  My ultimate destination was Cambuslang for a 9:30am meeting, which I made with a few minutes to spare.  I managed to stay awake for the meeting and for the post-meeting discussions.  I got a lift back to the office, and arrived around 3pm.  This gave me a few hours for one of my least  favourite tasks – catching up with four days of e-mails. By the time I had done that it was time to go home, and I was so grateful to the boys for picking me up from the station, so I didn’t have to get the bus home.  I have just been for a walk round the block to get a few more steps in, but I am weary.

This is Rosebank Dye Works in Cambuslang (see below).  It is across the road from the station, and I see it every time I go there, but until I did a bit of googling tonight I had no idea what it was.  I am guessing it is a listed building, as it is sitting on a site which has been cleared apart from this rather splendid (though derelict) building.

I have so much back-blipping to do – the majority of our Devon holiday, and now our long weekend in Arran.  I need another few days off to catch up!

Rosebank Dye Works 1881 - 1945
Rosebank Dyeworks in Sommerville Street, Cambuslang was built in 1881 by the Sommerville family of Sorn in Ayrshire for the production of Turkey Red yarn. It covered over 18 acres and was located on the Rosebank Estate, purchased by Mr T. P. Miller in 1868. The dyeworks was later owned by T P. Miller & Co. and by the United Turkey Red Company of Alexandria in Dunbartonshire. It closed in about

1945. Yarn dyeing was a specialised business which served the power-loom weaving industry centred in the east end of Glasgow.

Taken from: Cambuslang Industrial History – see page 10 for an old image of the building.