What I presume is a surviving part of the old Crossmyloof Bakery behind the Camphill Gate tenements on Pollokshaws Road on the Southside of Glasgow. This bakery was established in the 1840s by Neale Thomson to ensure his workers at the Adelphi Cotton Works in nearby Hutchesontown could purchase good quality bread at a price that was nuch cheaper than was available elsewhere.
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Thomson was well known for the care he showed towards his workforce and as well as the bakery, he also encouraged them to open savings accounts and matched their contributions with his own money. He also commissioned Alexander 'Greek' Thomson to build houses for them (the last of which was demolished in the 1970s). This is quite a contrast to how we expect business owners to act today.
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