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Nostalgia: Henry Robb shipyard strike – Evening News Article 6.4.13

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Ruth Macadam

Nostalgia: Henry Robb shipyard strike – Nostalgia – Scotsman.com. Please click the link above to read the article. Do you appear in this picture, and would you be prepared to meet up and tell me about your memories of the … Continue reading →

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    A blog about Henry Robb's Ltd. Shipbuilders and repairers from 1918 to 1984 at Leith.

    All comments, corrections and extra information very welcome as this blog is the starting point towards my writing a book about the yaird, the workers and the ships of Robb's.

    My personal interest? The Henry Robb who started the firm was my great grandfather.

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