The diamond or lozenge shaped trademark of the Saracen Foundry has become a well known motif. Even under layers of paint it can still be...

A 'found' photo to me at least is a print or a negative picked up somewhere that has no connection to you (yet). I started to pick these...

The Forbidden City - or the Palace Museum as it is now known there is a curious and rather remarkable building. It is unusual for many...

Charles D Young and Family “talent, ingenuity and enterprise” Charles Denoon Young (1822-1887) was born in Legerwood near Lauder, son of...

Not regular ironwork fare today but iron related...... Some months back I saw a portfolio of photographs for sale at an auction - the...

Like many other nations, the Scots travelled to the United States for many reasons. It is not surprising that some of the Scots...

Frederick Braby Co, Eclipse Iron & Galvanising Works (1839 - onwards) Originally established in London, Braby and Co established...

Three generations of Walter Macfarlane are buried here. The founder, his nephew and his son, Col Walter Macfarlane. Also buried here are...

The Stirling Black Boy fountain is an odd piece of work - it is the only known ornamental work by Glasgow firm Neilson and Co. Neilson...

The use of trade catalogues was an important sales tool for Victorian architectural ironworkers. We are used to being bombarded by brands...

Lanolin has been used for thousands of years to protect metal - from the armour of knights to bronze statues, this naturally produced...

James Bogardus is widely recognised as being the 'father of cast iron facades' except I believe he isn't. A schoolmaster in Perth with...

Some 25 years ago I started to collate information and research Scotland's architectural iron founding industry. Few people were...

Glasgow and many other cities had a period of removing the spikes from railings following incidents where people had accidentally impaled...